“BoneFit™ is an evidence-informed exercise training workshop, designed for healthcare professionals and exercise specialists. It provides instruction on the most appropriate, safe and effective methods to prescribe and progress exercise for individuals with low bone density and minimize their risk of falls and fractures.

Devices like inversion tables have flooded the market in recent years as the U.S.'s appetite for consumerism and quick fixes has soared. We think it’s important to address them as a unit to help you all distinguish between passive and active treatments for scoliosis.

Spinal surgery can be scary, but life after spinal surgery for scoliosis doesn’t have to be. In fact, we hope that life after scoliosis surgery (for those who need it) is actually better.

Exercise is always (at least part of) the answer in treating disease, be it arthritis, asthma, anxiety, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, back pain, or scoliosis. We, as physical therapists, consider ourselves the exercise specialists.

When we work with adults who are profoundly “correcting” their posture and re-shaping their torsos we are metaphorically jumping up and down with joy. Because, like so often happens in medicine, even if the research isn’t holding up, the anecdotal evidence can be powerful.

As many of you know, we welcomed our third son, Cairo, about 8 weeks ago. As all babies do, they come out of the womb looking simultaneously perfect (to us parents) and a little funny to the rest of the world.

Today we’re talking imaging – medical imaging – breaking down what types of images we use for diagnosis and treatment of those with scoliosis and kyphosis.

If you are one of the many kids, adolescents, or adults living with and managing scoliosis, the importance of the health and strength of your bones cannot be overstated – we need to talk people!

As I find myself late in my third trimester of pregnancy, needing many more healthcare services than I typically would, I realize that so many of my healthcare providers are out-of-network with my health insurance.

Who is Bertolotti and what they heck is the syndrome named after him? This is a question I found myself asking earlier this week, after spotting a large bony abnormality on a patient’s x-ray.

Most of our teenage patients here at SchrothDC have been given the diagnosis of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). It’s fairly common: out of 100 kiddos, approximately 3 of them will be diagnosed with it.