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| Isico: our first 20 years!
2003-2023: 20 years of activity, two decades of steady growth, from a small clinic in Milan staffed by a handful of specialists to our current network of centres in 37 cities and a team of 101 medical/health professionals and administrative staff. Over the past 20 years, we have looked after over 51,000 patients and created a Clinical and Scientific Institute, recording many achievements...
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April, a month packed with SEAS! Several events have taken place over the last few weeks, and many more are approaching over the next few weeks, all of which have as their common denominator the Scientific Exercise Approach to Scoliosis.
After the course held in Budapest from April 14–16, led by our physiotherapist director Michele Romano in his second time in Hungary, he followed remotely, as usual, the SEAS Level 1 course held in São Paulo, Brazil, for 20 participants by our local SEAS certified therapist and organizer, Isis Navarro. Instead, two SEAS courses will follow in May in Turkey, from May 9 to 14, again held by Michele Romano, and a SEAS 2 course will follow in Denver, from May 20 to 22, which will instead involve our physiotherapist Alessandra Negrini.
After the success of the first webinar held live in February with Kyiv (with over 700 people connected), Michele Romano will hold a second webinar on the SEAS approach on May 23rd.
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| Leaving for Melbourne
In a few days, our specialists, Dr Sabrina Donzelli, Dr Fabio Zaina, and our physiotherapy director, Michele Romano, will be present at the international annual Sosort conference, held from May 1–5 in Melbourne, Australia (please visit the website to register for the event or know more about it).
In fact, 8 abstracts will be presented during the conference, one of which, "Developing a new tool for scoliosis screening in a tertiary specialist setting using artificial intelligence: a retrospective study on 10,813 patients" (see below), is also competing for this edition of the Sosort Award. Who knows if Isico will once again win the coveted award! We remind you that at the same time as SOSORT, during the Spineweek, also the 45th ISSLS conference will be held in which Dr Fabio Zaina will participate, representing Isico. |
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Isico Pills Watch the short video about "Active self correction" given by Martina Poggio, PT, available with English subtitles. Share it with #isicopills on social networks!
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Can you swim if you have scoliosis?
Swimming is a great all-round sport good for the limbs, heart, and lungs, but it is not beneficial for the back; the spine is designed to cope with the force of gravity and must be trained with this in mind. In water, no force is exerted on the shoulders: this is useful in acute conditions, but does not help train the back.
The use of swimming to correct scoliosis is a tradition that dates back to when it was thought that scoliosis could be treated by eliminating the force of gravity. In Eastern Europe, there were even centres where they tried to cure severe scoliosis by confining patients to bed for months. Nowadays, through rehabilitation training, we try to train certain physical abilities in order to overcome the force of gravity, but this cannot be done so well in the water.
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| If I experience pain when doing an exercise, does this mean I'm injuring myself?
Not necessarily. During some exercises, it is normal to get some discomfort, and it is the physio’s job to help the patient distinguish between “normal” pain and pain due to incorrect execution of the exercise. It’s a bit like how it feels when you 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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| Scoliosis screening: our study on Artificial Intelligence in the running for the Award Developing a new tool for scoliosis screening in a tertiary specialist setting using artificial intelligence: a retrospective study on 10,813 patients is one of the ISICO studies due to be presented at the next SOSORT conference, which will take place in Melbourne, Australia.
The fact that the study is also a candidate for the SOSORT Award consolidates the standing of ISICO, which in recent years has not only participated with its research but also been awarded this prestigious prize on several occasions... |
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Bridging Motor Learning Principles with Physiotherapy Specific Scoliosis Exercises: a Perspective Article Marissa Muccio, Osnat Atun-Einy, Michal Kafri, Sandra L Kaplan Phys Occup Ther Pediatr 2023 Mar 15;1-18.doi: 10.1080/01942638.2023.2186198 |
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Skiing, playing a musical instrument, dancing or even jumping in the air - is it possible when wearing a brace? Yes, it is; the hundreds of patients who participated during the past 10 years in our Concorsetto, the national ISICO competition dedicated to brace wearers, proved it.
The videos and images of these kids are the best encouragement for those who are preparing to follow a demanding therapy such as that for scoliosis, and who are living the fear of not being able to practice a sport or play an instrument.
For our monthly appointment find out on our YouTube channel @ScoliosisManager how much fun Alessia has, while twirling...
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