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| SEAS in short: quick data, courses and future
SEAS (Scientific Exercise Approach to Scoliosis) is one of the few approaches to scoliosis treatment based on specific exercises. It is spread worldwide thanks to training events organised for years on all five continents. What is SEAS, in short?
These specific exercises are varied and updated continuously to avoid boredom and stimulate our nervous system and our spine more and more with a custom self-correction individualised for each curve... |
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If I experience pain when doing an exercise, it means I'm hurting myself Not necessarily. During some exercises, it is expected to get some discomfort, and it is the physio's job to help the patient distinguish between "normal" pain and pain due to incorrect exercise execution.
It's like how it feels to resume physical activity after a long break. You feel a bit sore for the first few days, but that doesn't mean you are developing something potentially dangerous. Numerous scientific articles underline that active exercise therapies actually encourage the brain to re-modulate the sensation of pain, and help the patient understand that "pain" does not necessarily mean "harm". |
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| Edgar Mora Montoya shares his experience
"The course has been a great learning experience, not only because of the scientific evidence and the experience of the teaching staff and faculty, but also because it allowed me to share clinical cases and scoliosis management methods with people from other countries, and I learned a lot from this exchange" - so comments dr Edgar Mora Montoya, a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation specialist from Costa Rica who attended Scoliosis Master in edition 2023.
He also said: "In my daily practise as a specialist in rehabilitation, it is of utmost importance to make decisions under the greatest scientific rigour, and this course provided participants with the best evidence in order to improve management and make better decisions for our patients".
We closed our Master 2023 with satisfaction and we are already preparing for the next one beginning in January.
Early bird extended! You can register at a reduced rate until the 7th of January to participate in the 2024 Isico World Master course.
Early bird extended! |
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SEAS: an intense month closes a very intense year! An intense end of the year is confirmed for our SEAS courses worldwide, which have seen us move from one continent to another many times over the months.
The year 2023 closes in a row with a SEAS course organised in New York, USA, where our physiotherapist Alessandra Negrini held SEAS I and II courses for over 30 participants; finally, again, Michele Romano, our physiotherapy director, first travelled to Korea, to be precise, to Busan and Suwon, from December 7 to 10, then headed to China, to Hang Zhou, a few days ago, for the last SEAS I 2023.
In 2024, we will start our worldwide SEAS courses in Brazil, where ISICO has been collaborating for years with the Linear Saude Movimento Clinic as a local host. |
| Isico's social channels: follow us!
For a few years now, Isico has consolidated its presence on social media, reaching thousands of people, specialists, and patients through various channels, from Facebook to Instagram, X, and LinkedIn, but also with short videos uploaded on Scoliosis Manager, our YouTube channel.
Follow us so as not to miss our updates, in-depth research from international scientific literature, the answers to the most frequently asked questions on scoliosis, braces, and exercises, comments and video insights from our medical specialists and therapists, events, and participation in conferences and international courses. |
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| Isico Pills: a video about Roland Morris Questionnaire
Watch the short video about Roland Morris Questionnaire given by physiotherapist Serena Quaggio available with English subtitles and share it with #isicopills on social networks. |
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Physical activity in adults with scoliosis: what and how much?
Exercise helps relieve pain, improve functionality and improve quality of life. A healthy back, which does not necessarily mean a straight back, can withstand everyday life's stresses. When you have scoliosis, it is especially important to train the muscles that support the spine, to stabilise it.
However, we must distinguish clearly between sport and self-correction exercises, i.e. active movements designed to lead to better spine positioning in the three space planes, which the patient performs independently. These exercises, explicitly prescribed for scoliosis to stabilise the condition, serve therapeutic purposes. On the other hand, no general physical activity or sport can be said to “treat” scoliosis. Adults with scoliosis can and MUST do some form of physical activity at least 2-3 times a week, choosing between the various disciplines according to their own inclinations and being careful to respect their limits. Those whose scoliosis causes them pain must make sure their chosen activity respects this limitation. |
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| A video commentary about scoliosis
and spinal deformities
Dr. Fabio Zaina, a physiatrist at Isico and one of the authors of the published study Scoliosis and spinal deformities: twenty years of innovations, highlights in a video-commentary how, in the last twenty years, there are innovations and evidence in conservative treatment for scoliosis and spinal deformities...
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The Italian Scoliosis Study Group selects the best published papers on conservative spine treatment from the global scientific literature every year. Here is the abstract from one of these papers.
BrAIST-Calc: Prediction of Individualized Benefit from Bracing for Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
Lori A Dolan, Stuart L Weinstein, Matthew B Dobbs, John M Jack Flynn, Daniel W Green, Matthew F Halsey, M Timothy Hresko, Walter F Krengel 3rd, Charles T Mehlman, Todd A Milbrandt,
Peter O Newton, Nigel Price , James O Sanders, Michael L Schmitz, Richard M Schwend, Suken A Shah, Kit Song, Vishwas Talwalkar
Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2023 Nov 23.doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000004879. |
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We know how important it is to share experiences and get comfort from those who are going through the same difficulties in a tiring and demanding therapy like that with exercises and braces. For this reason, a few months ago, we collected short testimonies from some of our patients participating in a summer camp organised by Isico. Below, you can find one of these
Dear Zoe, My name’s Sara and I’m 14. Like you, I’ll be starting High School next year ^^. I’ve been wearing a brace for 9 years, and at the beginning I was wearing it 23 hours a day. I was still little when we discovered that I had scoliosis.
My great “warrior friends” and I are happy to welcome you to the team of brace wearers, and help you understand that scoliosis is nothing but a horrible monster we have to fight, and the brace is our coat of armour. I do hope that our stories and anecdotes about life in a brace will help you in this difficult situation. Remember, you’re not alone and, like all warriors, you have to fight if you want to win :)).
I know that a brace can feel uncomfortable, but actually it only feels like that the first few times you put it on (or at least that’s how it was for me, and I hope it will be the same for you, too). I don’t know if you do sport of any kind, but if you do, I can guarantee that even though your brace won’t make things easier for you, it doesn’t have to stop you from doing anything you want to do. In my case, over the course of my life I have done all sorts of sports: soccer, artistic gymnastics, climbing, swimming, parkour, handball, and aerial silks… all with a brace on. Don’t let your brace spoil your life. At the end of the day, it’s just a stupid bit of plastic, right? :))
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More and more, our home, the earth, catches fire with dozens of conflicts in which, among civilians, children are the primary victims. Injured, killed, or forced to abandon their families, they are deprived of the fundamental rights that any child should have, from school to health, but above all, to live their childhood.
In this time of celebration for the New Year, we have gathered the newborns of all those who work for Isico as a symbol of all the children in the world who have the right to simply be children.
"We will honour Christmas in our hearts, and try to keep it all the year "
(inspired by Charles Dickens) |
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