05/08/2026
Some of the research that motivates us 💚🔩📋
We recently looked at an inspiring research paper that came out of Hong Kong and China a few years ago that studied the effects of Scoliosis Specific Exercise before spinal fusion and the results were amazing.
After just 5-days of SSE the study showed a significant improvement in fulcrum bending flexibility, lung function and ultimately Cobb angle correction postoperatively vs patients whose curves were rigid and did not partake in SSE.
It’s important to say that this study was not conducted on ScolioPilates specifically but it was on the Schroth method of SSE who’s principals of breath work, spinal elongation, expansion of concavities and de rotational work are shared with ScolioPilates.
Of course there are so many factors that will contribute to a persons outcome for spinal fusion surgery but this paper is really cool and keeps the conversation open for the importance of scoliosis specific exercise even for those considering fusion surgery.
Another win for the Scoliosis Exercise community! 💚🔩
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11729093/
(Yunli Fan, Michael K T To, Guan-Ming Kuang, Nan Lou, Feng Zhu, Huiren Tao, Guangshuo Li, Eric H K Yeung, Kenneth M C Cheung, Jason P Y Cheung)