Rigo Concept Level 1 - Treatment of patients with scoliosis and other spinal deformities

* Please note there is mandatory online training to be completed prior to starting the face to face training, contact the clinic for a discount on this. *

BSPTS is a school created to offer education to Physiotherapists in treating patients with scoliosis and other spinal disorders, according to the general principles of the so called Physiotherapy Scoliosis Specific Exercises –PSSE (see SOSORT Guidelines).

BSPTS, while initially inspired and based on the original physiotherapy method created by Katharina Schroth, has evolved paying attention to three spheres of knowledge:

1. Specific knowledge on Scoliosis and other spinal disorders

2. The BSPTS-Concept by Rigo. Based on four general principles: Three-dimensional stable postural correction; Expansion Technique; Muscle activation and Integration.

3. The BSPTS-Technique. Based on different touching formats (feeling format, passive-active format, inducing format, dissociating format, activation format, integration format)

Level 1 lasts 6 days, 8 hours per day, a total of 48 teaching hours, divided in 2 weekends, where theoretical and practical explanations are combined.

Specific objectives at Level 1

Train the student to:

• Describe the general principles of the Rigo Concept BSPTS.
• Establish the specific principles to treat the scoliosis.
• Define the correction strategies needed for each specific case and at each of its treatment positions.
• Develop a treatment plan appropriate for the clinical and radiological aspects specific to the patient.
• Select the basic starting positions (supine, prone, decubitus lateral, sitting and standing) depending on each curve pattern.
• Carry out the treatment of the patients based on the treatment and correction principles 3D of Rigo Concept BSPTS during the treatment positions and put it in tension appropriately for each curve pattern.

There will be a written exam at the end of Level 1, and certificate.

To access Level 2 it is necessary to pass this Level 1 exam as well as preparing and presenting to the BSPTS-Educational Committee a ‘Case Report’ during the time between Level 1 and Level 2.

For the Level 1 course: Spaces are limited on the course so book in advance to avoid disappointment.