Thank you for your interest in our unique and revolutionary system of scoliosis care.
You may be wondering what separates the ScoliSMART® brand from other clinics
or treatment options. First of all, the ScoliSMART® brand is not a specific treatment,
but rather, a promise of integrity. When you choose one of our doctors you are
choosing an expert in the field of non invasive scoliosis diagnosis, treatment and
management.
We are a focused group of doctors who have dedicated our careers to finding a
better way to successfully treat scoliosis. All of our certified doctors are Fellows of
the International Chiropractic Scoliosis Board. Our group of doctors has published
scoliosis research, presented at SOSORT (International Society on Scoliosis
Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Treatment), written hundreds of scoliosis articles,
patented innovative exercise equipment, and taught post graduate classes on the
topic of non-surgical treatment of scoliosis.
We lead and operate dedicated scoliosis practices that are patient focused. We offer
a variety of techniques, diagnostics, and management strategies to best serve you
or your child’s needs. We strive to make it easy for patients to succeed at avoiding
invasive scoliosis procedures by minimizing the risk of progression and ultimately
providing an effective program to alter the natural course of scoliosis, long-term.
We practice in an environment of informed choice based on four principles
•Scoliosis treatment is tailored to the individual
•The alignment of your spine is controlled by your brain
• In order to permanently alter the alignment of your spine we must engage
the areas of your brain that control alignment
• The most effective way to engage the alignment areas of your brain is to
Un-Lock the Spine (i.e., increase flexibility) and Re-Train muscle memory using
ScoliSMART™ exercises
This core understanding allows our doctors to provide excellence in scoliosis
treatment and management. Offering new and innovative scoliosis equipment,
combined with our clinical experience. Ensure positive outcomes for patients and
families.
we know scoliosis™
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
4 ScoliSMART™ Clinics
5 Small Curves Camp
7 Scoliosis Boot Camp
9 What Happens After a
Camp?
10 ScoliPAIN for Adults
with Scoliosis
11 ScoliSMART™
Exercises
12 Scoliosis Activity Suit™
13 ScoliSMART™
Nutritional Support
14 ScoliScore™ Test
15 Patient Results
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212-354-2020
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Is ScoliSMART® right for you?
There is NO CHARGE for consultations or second opinions
Consultations can be conducted via email or phone once you have submitted
x-rays and provided general information regarding your situation including:
•Ageandgenderofpatient
•Ageofirstdiagnosis
•Measurementwhenirstdiagnosed
•Currentmeasurements
•Currenttreatmentandrecommendedtreatment
c l i n i c s
ScoliSMART® clinics offer a unique and personalized treatment experience. The
doctors who created this unique system of responsible scoliosis management have
over 50 years combined clinical experience working directly with scoliosis patients
of all age groups. Our clinics offer three programs to provide individual treatment
plans to accomplish goals and deliver results.
Our clinics are dedicated scoliosis treatment centers with caring, compassionate,
and skilled staff providing excellence in non surgical scoliosis treatment and assisting
you in reaching your goals.
Our Programs:
Small Curve Camp™ is a 5 day low intensity outpatient scoliosis exercise program
designed to replace the observation phase (“watchful waiting”) prescribed by
doctors when idiopathic scoliosis is first detected. This program is effective at
reducing and stabilizing spinal curvature less than 25°. It also includes home care
equipment, monitoring, and a long term strategy for success.
Scoliosis BootCamp™ is a 10 day moderate intensity outpatient scoliosis exercise
program addressing idiopathic scoliosis starting at 25°. The main goal of this
program is to properly determine the type of curvature, risk of progression, and
long term prognosis utilizing ScoliSMART™ exercises. This program is effective at
slowing or stopping progression, reducing existing curvature, and stabilizing the
spine, long term. BootCamp is available to children and younger adults where
structural changes will not prevent reduction.
ScoliPAIN™ is a 5 day outpatient treatment program designed to improve function,
stability, and appearance as well as decrease or eliminate pain caused from adult
scoliosis. A low to moderate intensity level allows for steady improvement in a short
amount of time. It is ideal for adults who are suffering from painful scoliosis.
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Our 5 day Small Curve Camp™ is the foundation of early intervention designed for
children diagnosed with spinal curvature below 25 degrees. Our system features
ScoliSMART™ exercise therapy, combined with gentle cyclical traction equipment
to reduce spinal rigidity often found at the apical (peak of curve) region of existing
curvature.
This program accomplishes the following:
•Provides a proactive, effective approach to the passive, traditional,
and risky “wait and see” do nothing concept
•Determines risk of progression
•Creates a comprehensive long term plan for your child’s scoliosis
•Slows or eliminates natural scoliosis progression
•Reduces existing spinal curvature
•Eliminates posture asymmetry
•Induces stability
Our doctors will provide detailed timelines, homecare
protocols, and treatment goals empowering parents
and children thereby significantly decreasing the risk of
developing moderate to severe spinal deformity. In most
cases early intervention will significantly reduce or even
eliminate risk of progression while reducing existing mild
scoliosis often to single digits. Postural and balance based
ScoliSMART™ training is the main focus, designed to cause
a different brain-muscle communication and change muscle
coordination, asymmetry, and muscle memory.
Statistically if scoliosis curves reach the 25° range the chance
of progression is near 70%. In most cases when scoliosis
curvatures measuring less than 25 degrees are treated using
neurological based rehabilitation the scoliosis can be defeated,
stabilizing the spinal curves at less than 10 degrees. In order
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for this to occur it is important to re-educate the postural neurology before the 30
degree mark occurs to maintain the upper hand regarding soft tissue adaptations.
When your child performs ScoliSMART™ exercises using Auto Response Training,
your child’s spine will react to specific exercise induced stimuli, causing their brain to
initiate and reorganize their posture, creating a more stable alignment with gravity.
This will reduce existing spinal curvature and significantly decrease the chance
that their scoliosis will worsen as they grow. Unlike traditional physical therapy or
chiropractic care, ScoliSMART™ rehabilitation requires specialized equipment
combined with a knowledgeable doctor to achieve the desired outcome. We hope
that you will choose our program for your proactive scoliosis treatment. We look
forward to meeting you.
Monday
Consult & Exam
1st treatment
Lunch
Treatment from
2-4pm
Tuesday
Treatment from
8am-12pm
Lunch
Treatment from
2-4pm
Wednesday
Treatment from
8am-12pm
Lunch
Treatment from
2-4pm
Thursday
Treatment from
8am-12pm
Lunch
Treatment from
2-4pm
Friday
Treatment from 8am-1pm
Home Care Review
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Example Small Curve Camp Schedule:
BEFOREBEFORE AFTERAFTER
CLINIC SCHEDULES WILL VARY
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Our 10 day moderate intensity exercise based program is designed to:
•Stop or slow progression
•Reduceandstabilizeexistingcurvature
•Improvefunctionandcosmeticappearance
•Eliminatetheneedforinvasivebracingorsurgery
This program uses a unique process to first Un-Lock the spine by decreasing
scoliosis rigidity caused from neurological and soft tissue adaptations. Followed
by ScoliSMART™ training using patented scoliosis exercise equipment specifically
designed to create new muscle memory. Scoliosis BootCamp™ comes complete
with homecare equipment and instructions, timelines, and re-evaluation points.
Thousands of children and adults have been through our Scoliosis BootCamp™
program achieving lasting scoliosis reduction, cosmetic improvement, and have
avoided more invasive scoliosis procedures like bracing or spinal fusion surgery.
The 5 R’s of a Successful BootCamp Program
Reduce Curve Rigidity
Every patient’s curvature will carry a certain amount of rigidity.
Your doctor will determine what treatment is necessary to decrease curve rigidity.
Retrain Muscle
ScoliSMART™ exercises are used to recruit new muscle memory which holds the
spine in a new straighter position.
Repeat Home Training
Multiple sessions of ScoliSMART™ exercise training at home will cause corrective
adaptation and spinal stability.
Re-Evaluate
Periodic evaluations are needed to monitor success of your home care
program and determine if more clinical treatment is needed.
Re-Engage
Additional treatment may be necessary to achieve
greater scoliosis reduction levels.
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Monday
Consult &
Exam 1st
treatment
Lunch
Treatment
from 2-4pm
Monday
Treatment
from
8am-12pm
Lunch
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from 2-4pm
Tuesday
Treatment
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8am-12pm
Lunch
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from 2-4pm
Tuesday
Treatment
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8am-12pm
Lunch
Treatment
from 2-4pm
Wednesday
Treatment
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8am-12pm
Lunch
Treatment
from 2-4pm
Wednesday
Treatment
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8am-12pm
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Thursday
Treatment
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8am-12pm
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Treatment
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Thursday
Treatment
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Treatment
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Example Scoliosis BootCamp™ Schedule:
Week Two:
Friday
Treatment from
8am-12pm Weekend
Care Review
Dismissed
Rehab Session
(2 total)
Friday
Treatment from
8am-12pm
Home Care Review
Dismissed
Saturday
Rehab Session
(4 Total)
Saturday
Sunday
Rehab Session
(4 Total)
Sunday
All Rehab sessions are conducted by the patient outside of the office according to the home rehab program
prescribed by the doctor.
CLINIC SCHEDULES WILL VARY
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Scoliosis is a progressive condition that is most active and aggressive during the
adolescent years in which a child is experiencing periods of rapid growth. It is
imperative that an ongoing scoliosis training program is consistently performed on
a daily basis. The single most important factor in the continued long-term success
of scoliosis stabilization is a high compliance rate with the home training
program. It needs to be recognized from the very beginning that the
home care program is a long-term commitment and must be continued
to ensure stabilization of the scoliosis during these periods of rapid growth.
The greatest factors in ensuring compliance to a long-term home training program
are a positive patient attitude towards the program and a low confusion rate. Keep
it fun/rewarding and keep it simple. While the patient will need to dedicate a fair
amount of time and effort into the initial scoliosis training program during the curve
reduction phase of treatment, they can often maintain their
scoliosis reduction with less effort once the curvature
has been stabilized.
What Happens After a Camp?
3-4 months following Scoliosis Exercise Camps
Static ScoliSMART™ Training
Morning (1 session before school or work):
Wear ScoliSMART™ Training Equipment 20 minutes
Afternoon (2 sessions after school or work)
Wear ScoliSMART™ Training Equipment 20 minutes
Spinal molding program prior to bed 15 minutes if prescribed.
Weekends (Up to 5 Sessions permitted)
Dynamic ScoliSMART™ Training1-2 hours daily movement wearing the Scoliosis Activity Suit™
Generally this routine is required for at least 6-8 months before
scoliosis stability is achieved and a reduction of home care
frequency can be considered, always consult your
doctor when changing training frequency.
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For Adult Scoliosis Sufferers
A less intense 5 day outpatient program for adults suffering from pain associated
from scoliosis, degeneration, or kyphosis specifically designed to increase
function levels and decrease pain using a combination of cyclical traction, muscle
detoxification, and exercise. In addition, a supportive neoprene Scoliosis Activity
Suit can be used to help stabilize “postural collapse”, the number one pain inducing
problem with adult scoliosis.
Unlike progressive juvenile or adolescent scoliosis adult curvature can be very
painful and create unwanted function changes. We have worked with hundreds of
adult patients with scoliosis, although overall corrective levels may be reduced due
to spinal degeneration, function can be significantly improved and pain can often
be reduced or eliminated.
Cosmetic Improvement after Just One Week of ScoliPain™
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What Makes ScoliSMART™ exercises so SMART?ScoliSMART™ exercise is the first scoliosis treatment approach that uses nutritional
support principles in combination with both static and dynamic Auto Response
Training equipment. Recent clinical studies have shown that certain neurotransmitter
(brain chemical) imbalances are commonly found in scoliosis patients. These
neurotransmitters are directly related to your spine’s reflex control mechanism which
affects your spine’s alignment.
Our doctors test these neurotransmitters and provide supplementation to support,
Rebalance, and prevent spinal fatigue during exercises. Neurotransmitter monitoring
in combination with Auto Response Training create a unique environment for
positively influencing these spine reflexes and reducing your scoliosis. Auto
Response Training is performed using specialized equipment such as the
TorsoTrainer™, Scoliosis Cantilever™ and the patented Scoliosis Activity
Suit™.
ScoliSMART™ exercises focus on your spines reflexes and subconscious
brain control. Like the beating of our heart, the alignment of our spinal
column is controlled by your brain. Like your heart beat, your spinal
alignment cannot be directly controlled by you. You can, however,
indirectly influence this control mechanism by causing a reaction.
Our doctors use innovative exercise equipment, this equipment
effectively engages the muscles influencing your spine’s alignment.
This equipment influences how the brain contracts your spine’s deep
muscle layers, the layers controlling alignment of your spine. You do not
“think” about which muscle to contract, rather your spines natural righting
reflexes automatically do it for you. This is known as Auto Response Training.
If you were to run up a flight of stairs your heart would automatically increase
its rate in order to produce more blood flow. It is an autonomic reflex that
increased the heart rate; we use this same principal to cause your spinal
reflexes to react causing more symmetrical muscle firing resulting in a
straighter spine.
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We use two types of Auto Response Training: Dynamic, with movement, and Static,
without movement. Your spinal reflexes are constantly controlling your spines
alignment and stability when sitting, standing, or walking. There are different
muscles that are firing in a sequence during each of these actions. The static
training is performed standing while balancing on a vestibular disc using specialized
cantilevers that create forces on the head, torso, or pelvis which in turn cause a
corrective response by the spinal reflexes that reduce your scoliosis. The dynamic
training is performed while walking wearing a specialized neoprene suit that creates
torque forces which cause your spinal reflexes to reduce your scoliosis.
The use of neurotransmitter testing and support enhances your potential for new
muscle programs to form. By creating a custom nutritional support program we
can help strengthen your spinal reflexes which in turn leads to a stronger exercise
induced response, better scoliosis reduction, and overall stability of your spine.
IT’S NOT A BRACE!
A dynamic ScoliSMART™ exercise program used in combination
with outpatient care.
Designed to work with the natural torque pattern of human
locomotion, the Scoliosis Activity Suit™ is the latest innovation
in scoliosis treatment.
New Scoliosis Activity Suit harnesses energy of human’s natural movement to create
new muscle memory. This new muscle memory reduces and stabilizes asymmetrical
muscle firing thereby reducing risk of curve progression and helping the spine
unwind naturally, never forced.
With each step, the body resists the Scoliosis Activity Suit’s force, changing the
muscle’s stored energy and firing sequence. Like muscles, the spine adapts in terms
of time and need according to demand.
Unlike bracing, the Scoliosis Activity Suit™ does not use direct pressure on the
peaks of the curves to force correction as forcing correction does not induce new
muscle memory.
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ScoliSMART™ Nutritional SupportQ) What are neurotransmitters?
A) Neurotransmitters are chemicals used by our brain to communicate
with the rest of the body. To use an analogy, our nervous system is
similar to a long stretch of roads and highways. Along various roads
we come to a traffic light. These ‘intersections’ or junctions use
neurotransmitters to allow nerve communication to continue on down
the road, similar to the way a green light allows traffic through, and red
tells it to stop. If there aren’t enough ‘green light’ neurotransmitters,
the brain cannot effectively communicate with the rest of the body,
thus contributing to neurological symptoms.
Q) How are neurotransmitters checked?
A) ScoliSMART™ clinics utilize urinalysis testing to look for direct measures of
neurotransmitters. Urinalysis is an easy, noninvasive means of collecting this
information. A single morning collection of urine is enough to evaluate the most
common neurotransmitters.
Q) How are neurotransmitter problems treated?
A) Since neurotransmitters are created from amino acids, and metabolized by various
enzymes, neurotransmitter imbalances can typically be corrected by individualized
amino acid and/or enzyme supplementation. Once neurotransmitter imbalances
are corrected via supplementation, ongoing maintenance can often be achieved by
dietary modification, thus introducing food choices that are rich in specific amino
acids or enzymes.
Q) How do neurotransmitter imbalances relate to scoliosis?
Preliminary research suggests that specific neurotransmitter deficiencies may
contribute to the development or progression of idiopathic scoliosis. Some
neurotransmitters are vital for the maintenance of normal postural control.
Therefore, if those neurotransmitters are out of balance, postural control suffers,
and therefore may create an environment favorable to the development of scoliosis,
or the progression of an existing scoliosis. It is also important to restore
normal neurotransmitter levels so that patients may improve their
ability to participate in exercise-based scoliosis
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programs. Since ScoliSMART™ exercises require repetitive stimulation of postural
control centers, having normal neurotransmitter levels may help scoliosis patients
get better results from their specifically prescribed ScoliSMART™ exercises.
Q) Is neurotransmitter testing covered by my insurance?
A) Yes, typically most insurance companies provide for neurotransmitter testing.
However, Pharmasan Labs is an out-of-network lab, so please check with your
insurance company to make sure out-of-network labs are a covered benefit. Also,
for those who are underinsured/uninsured, Pharmasan Labs offers a very reasonable
PrePay cash price to run the test.
ScoliScore™ ScoliScore™ is a Prognostic Genetic Test that can predict the progression of
scoliosis in the early stages of diagnosis and development. This test virtually
eliminates the traditional ‘wait and see’ method often prescribed by orthopedic
specialists for patients with curves that are lower than 25 degrees.
What are the results of the ScoliScore™ Test?
The ScoliScore test results provide a Curve Progression Score that assigns
a numerical value to the likelihood of a scoliotic curve progressing. This result
corresponds to the likelihood of mild, moderate, or severe curves—among
adolescents between the ages of 9-13 years. This test adds information beyond the
traditional factors your physician considers when evaluating the patient.
It is important to note that a Low Curve Progression Score result does not mean that
there is no chance that an Adolescent will have some curve progression. Instead,
the Curve Progression Score provides information about the likelihood of curve
progression—it cannot determine with 100% certainty that there will be no curve
progression.
What are the benefits of using the ScoliScore™ Test?
The test report delivers information for both physicians and patients with AIS
that may improve their confidence that treatment planning will be based on an
understanding of each individual patient’s disease characteristics.
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37% Initial Reduction
Kaylee is a 14.4 year old female Risser IV with a primary thoracic
scoliosis and right body shift of 2 inches. Initial response to 2 week
BootCamp resulted in a 37% reduction of her scoliosis from 49º
to 31º. She was prescribed daily home exercises consisting of a
TorsoTrainer™ and a vestibular disc to ensure new muscle memory
will be achieved. She will be evaluated in 3 months to determine the effectiveness
of home care.
Patient Results
80% Sustained Reduction
12 year old female high risk Risser II primary thoracic scoliosis. Two
week initial BootCamp, one additional week of camp at 6 months
and a total of 14 months home exercises using the TorsoTrainer™.
Sustained 80% reduction 29º to 6º after 14 months. She is now 13
and Risser III.
For more information, visit www.treatingscoliosis.com.
On the Path to Curve ReductionBrent is a 16 year old male Risser III presenting with a 48º primary
thoracic scoliosis. Following the Scoliosis BootCamp program,
he was able to reduce his scoliosis to 30º. He has been
prescribed a home care program consisting of auto
response training using a TorsoTrainer™ for
twenty minutes three times daily for four months. The
probability of long term success with his case
is high due to his age and initial
reduction level.
Sustained Correction Without Bracing
Maddie, now 16.7 years old has a lumbar scoliosis measuring 18º
using the standard Cobb measurement. She and her twin sister
started the program 3 years ago at age 13.7. Maddie presented
with a 37º curve before the program.
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