The Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School (BSPTS) teaches the Rigo Concept, which is derived from Schroth Method. Learn more about Dr. Rigo, the BSPTS school, and the Rigo Concept here.
BSPTS is a physical therapy technique used to treat those with idiopathic scoliosis, kyphosis, and other spinal disorders. This method assumes that the scoliotic posture promotes curve progression. This therapy uses cognitive, sensory-motor and kinesthetic training to teach the patients to improve their scoliotic posture.
The BSPTS scoliosis rehabilitation program uses a multidisciplinary approach. It integrates rehabilitation together with standard strategic treatment and assessment protocols.
History of the BSPTS As It Relates to the Schroth Method
Katharina Schroth was born February 22, 1894, in Dresden, Germany. She was diagnosed with scoliosis as a teen. The doctors thought it would be best for her to have surgery to correct the curvature of her spine. However, she did not want surgery. She decided that she would figure out how to exercise, work, and live life with her body. She created a program of education for herself and for others in 1920 called the Schroth Method. Christa Lehnert-Schroth, Katharina's daughter, completed physical therapy school and helped her mother further develop her theories and training practices. The family's interests and support grew with Katharina's grandson Han-Rudolf Weiss, MD. Together they opened up an in-patient facility in Bad Sobernheim, Germany.
Elena Salva, a physiotherapist, learned about the Schroth Method in Germany and trained under Katharina and Christa. Elena's son-in-law, Dr. Manuel Rigo followed the ideas of Katharina and Christa to develop a school to teach the world about this method. The school's name is Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School (BSPTS). Our therapist Amy Sbihli, PT, MPT, DPT trained under Dr. Rigo in the United States, as well as Barcelona, Spain, and is a founding member of this School. She is one of 3 instructors in the USA teaching under the BSPTS school.
The literature supports that thousands of patients have been treated with these three dimensional curve-specific exercise programs with positive results. (Fusco 2011).
BSPTS is a physical therapy technique used to treat those with idiopathic scoliosis, kyphosis, and other spinal disorders. This method assumes that the scoliotic posture promotes curve progression. This therapy uses cognitive, sensory-motor and kinesthetic training to teach the patients to improve their scoliotic posture.
The BSPTS scoliosis rehabilitation program uses a multidisciplinary approach. It integrates rehabilitation together with standard strategic treatment and assessment protocols.
History of the BSPTS As It Relates to the Schroth Method
Katharina Schroth was born February 22, 1894, in Dresden, Germany. She was diagnosed with scoliosis as a teen. The doctors thought it would be best for her to have surgery to correct the curvature of her spine. However, she did not want surgery. She decided that she would figure out how to exercise, work, and live life with her body. She created a program of education for herself and for others in 1920 called the Schroth Method. Christa Lehnert-Schroth, Katharina's daughter, completed physical therapy school and helped her mother further develop her theories and training practices. The family's interests and support grew with Katharina's grandson Han-Rudolf Weiss, MD. Together they opened up an in-patient facility in Bad Sobernheim, Germany.
Elena Salva, a physiotherapist, learned about the Schroth Method in Germany and trained under Katharina and Christa. Elena's son-in-law, Dr. Manuel Rigo followed the ideas of Katharina and Christa to develop a school to teach the world about this method. The school's name is Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School (BSPTS). Our therapist Amy Sbihli, PT, MPT, DPT trained under Dr. Rigo in the United States, as well as Barcelona, Spain, and is a founding member of this School. She is one of 3 instructors in the USA teaching under the BSPTS school.
The literature supports that thousands of patients have been treated with these three dimensional curve-specific exercise programs with positive results. (Fusco 2011).