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Certified Postural Restoration Center · C2 Advanced Schroth Certified Scoliosis Therapists (BSPTS)

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SCIENTIFIC EXERCISES APPROACH TO SCOLIOSIS (SEAS)

October 19, 2016 by Lisa Mangino

Postural Restoration Institute® (PRI) Method, Schroth Scoliosis Rehab, Inc. and now A Third Method to Conservatively Treat Scoliosis at Advance Physical Therapy

Lisa Mangino, pediatric physical therapist from Advance Physical Therapy, traveled to Avanti Therapy in Boulder, Colorado in September to learn about the Scientific Exercises Approach to Scoliosis (SEAS) method. The speakers, Michele Romano and Alessandra Negrini, directly from Italy’s Instituto Scientifico Italiano Colonno Vertebrale (ISICO), are well-published and the founders of this conservative treatment technique. They offered exercises that take 20 minutes a day to perform. The program can be customized to the patient’s curve pattern and interests while focusing on the sensory awareness of posture and position. Active spinal corrections are taught in this hands-on technique. Once the spinal corrections are performed independently, they are challenged with physical movements designed to strengthen muscles to hold the correction. Over time, these stronger, more balanced muscles will support the new corrected posture in every day life.

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Lisa Mangino with Michele Romano, PT of Italy’s ISICO and SEAS method founder

Lisa has already begun to use this treatment method with her patients, who offer positive feedback about the ease of performance. This new technique, in combination with concepts and exercises from the Postural Restoration Institute® and Schroth Scoliosis Rehab, Inc. is proving to be a powerful recipe to conservatively manage spinal curve progression and resulting pain.

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Alessandra Negrini, PT teaching Lisa the active spinal correction technique

If you would like more information about this collaborative approach to treat and manage scoliosis, we would be happy to talk with you.

Advance Physical Therapy 77 S Elliott Rd, Chapel Hill NC

919-932-7266

Filed Under: Postural Restoration, Schroth Based Therapy, Scoliosis, scoliosis intensive program

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About Lisa Mangino

Lisa is one of a few clinicians in the country with the unique combination of certifications in pediatrics and postural restoration as well as training in NDT and the Schroth Method for scoliosis. Lisa's interest include, but are not limited to: the prevention of surgery in children with scoliosis (combining both Schroth and PRI principles), performance improvement in young athletes, children with undiagnosed pain that has proven to be difficult to manage with traditional forms of physical therapy and gross motor incoordination/ gross motor delay.

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Advance Physical Therapy is a physical therapist owned practice offering quality rehabilitation to clients in Chapel Hill, Durham, Carrboro, Pittsboro, Cary and surrounding areas of the Triangle in North Carolina.

Our therapists are highly experienced in traditional physical therapy techniques and have specialized expertise in a variety of areas including Postural Restoration, Manual Therapy, Counterstrain, Schroth based Scoliosis Rehabilitation, Pediatrics, Sports Medicine, Orthotics and Personal Training.

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