How to do it
Lie on the convex side over a small support and lengthen the trunk. Breathe into the collapsed ribs.
Default dose
3 × 30s · each side
This is the library's default dose. Each person's programme is set after assessment, around the grade of their finding and their own conditions and limits.
Muscles involved
- holding still Abdominal obliques, Quadratus lumborum, Latissimus dorsi
Muscle colours in the animation: orange working, blue stretching, amber holding still. These muscles were measured on the 3D model.
Where it sits in a programme: Integrate
The fourth phase is integration: using the new pattern in whole, everyday movements — standing, bending, squatting, walking — so the correction does not stay on the exercise mat.
Which postural findings it is prescribed for
It appears in the example programme on these pages:
Take care
- If the movement causes pain or makes pain worse, stop and contact the clinic or your doctor.
Source
Clinical guideline:
- Negrini S, Donzelli S, Aulisa AG, et al. 2016 SOSORT guidelines: orthopaedic and rehabilitation treatment of idiopathic scoliosis during growth. Scoliosis Spinal Disord. 2018;13:3.
SOSORT guideline: scoliosis-specific exercise with three-dimensional self-correction, supervised; not general exercise.
A related study summary on this site: Do scoliosis-specific exercises change the Cobb angle, the trunk rotation and the adolescent's quality of life?