Samantha Green, Author at Scoliosis SOS

Feb

2026

Raynaud’s Awareness Month: Exploring the Relationship Between Raynaud’s and Scoliosis

Samantha Green

What is Raynaud’s Phenomenon? Raynaud’s Phenomenon, sometimes referred to as Raynaud’s Syndrome or Raynaud’s Disease, is a condition that affects the extremities, particularly the fingers and toes, but sometimes the ears and nose too! It is a vascular disorder that leads to lowered blood flow (ischaemia) to the digits in response to low temperatures and/or … Read more

Jan

2026

What to Expect from your Check-Up Appointment

Samantha Green

What is a Check-Up Appointment? Your care doesn’t stop after your initial course of treatment; your condition will be consistently monitored with frequent check-up appointments. After completing your treatment at Scoliosis SOS, you will be provided with an individualised Home Exercise Plan of Physiotherapeutic Scoliosis Specific Exercises that you learned under our care, to maintain … Read more

Dec

2025

Rigo-Schroth Therapy

Samantha Green

Where did it start? One of the original approaches to treating scoliosis whilst avoiding surgical intervention is the use of an exercise based physical therapy programme called the Schroth Method. This method was derived in Germany in 1921 by Katarina Schroth, a physiotherapist who suffered with scoliosis and successfully formulated her own treatment using mirrors. … Read more

Nov

2025

Scoliosis Physiotherapy: How targeted Exercises Correct a Curved Spine

Samantha Green

Why do we use physiotherapy? Scoliosis develops and progresses by following Stoke’s Vicious Cycle. It starts with a trigger, which 80% of the time is idiopathic (unknown). Due to the effects of gravity, asymmetrical loading of the spine occurs which then means the spine grows asymmetrically, creating a scoliotic posture, and so on. The best … Read more

Oct

2025

Pain Relief for Adults with Scoliosis

Samantha Green

What causes pain in adults with scoliosis? Scoliosis in adults can either present as pain free, or it can cause pain as a result of the physical changes on the spine, causing muscular imbalances and/or stress. Pain ranges in severity, type, and location, and is addressed on a case-by-case basis, but this section explores the … Read more