Patient Resources

 Instructions for Home-Monitoring Scoliosis Here is an important video explaining how to check your child’s (or your) spine while you are taking a break from active care.   Call the office with any questions.  We can tell you the last scoliometer reading you or your child had on previous examination (see the attached video).   We … Read more

Perform while sitting. Sit straight and arch your lower back while pushing your knees apart. Extend your head. Hold for 5 seconds. **WARNING** These videos are intended to be a supplemental resource for patients who have already been assessed and received assigned exercises to perform at the Hudson Valley Scoliosis Correction Center. Each patient is … Read more

Lie on your stomach. Use a roll at the bridge of your nose. Chin up slightly. Push your head down into the table. Hold for 5 seconds. **WARNING** These videos are intended to be a supplemental resource for patients who have already been assessed and received assigned exercises to perform at Strauss Scoliosis Correction. Each … Read more

Lie on your back with your Right / Left side against the wall. Use a roll under your Neck ONLY, NO low back roll. Cross the Right / Left ankle on top. Block your Right / Left hip high, other hip low. Push your legs against the wall WITHOUT moving them. Hold for 10 seconds. … Read more

Lie on your back. Use a roll for your neck and low back. Block the Right / Left hip high, other hip low. Lift your Right / Left leg up and out at a 45 degree angle 6 inches from the floor with a 2-3 lb weight on. Bend your other leg up. Hold for … Read more

Lie on your Right / Left side. Use two rolls under your neck and head. Raise both legs up 6 inches off of the floor. Hold for 5 seconds. **WARNING** These videos are intended to be a supplemental resource for patients who have already been assessed and received assigned exercises to perform at Strauss Scoliosis … Read more

Do this stretch with the Right / Left knee bent and up on a chair and the opposite leg straight back. Hold for 60 seconds. **WARNING** These videos are intended to be a supplemental resource for patients who have already been assessed and received assigned exercises to perform at Strauss Scoliosis Correction. Each patient is … Read more

For thoracic scoliosis curves, perform while standing. Bend to the Right / Left with your head up. Hold for 60 seconds. **WARNING** These videos are intended to be a supplemental resource for patients who have already been assessed and received assigned exercises to perform at Strauss Scoliosis Correction. Each patient is prescribed an individualized program … Read more