LEVEL 1 (L1) - 6 days LEVEL 2 (L2) - 6 days. LEVEL 3 (L3) - 6 days
Barcelona Scoliosis Physiotherapy School (BSPTS-Concept by Rigo) Schroth-Barcelona Institute (SBI)
L1
2025 Courses June 16-21, 2025-Stevens Point, Wisconsin September 22-27, 2025-San Jose, California
Join us for a L1 Training and Certification course for conservative treatment of spinal deformities. The course materials are those developed by Dr. Manuel Rigo of the BSPTS and SBI and encompass all of the elements of the European training in scoliosis rehabilitation as developed by Katharina Schroth and her daughter, Christa Lehnert-Schroth. This course is now known as the “Basic Certification Course” or “L1”.
PRICING : $2850 for 6 day L1 course.
PREREQUISITE BASIC course with a passing exam to proceed to Level 1 training. The BASIC course is available online or in person.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND Level 1 training course is only open to physical therapists.
OBJECTIVES
Understand history of Schroth method and relationship to BSPTS-Concept by Rigo
Understand multidisciplinary approach to conservative management of scoliosis
Perform an individualized scoliosis patient clinical evaluation
Understand radiological variables in scoliosis assessment and classification
Identify scoliosis patient appropriate for conservative management
Develop specific treatment plans and goals
Treat patients with basic 3D principles of correction according to BSPTS-Concept by Rigo
Treat in 5 basic starting positions (supine, prone, side-lying, sitting and standing)
Teach joint protection and proper ADL principles for patients with scoliosis
DESCRIPTION Course curriculum includes Schroth principles of 3-D exercises for sensory-motor and kinesthetic development. Goals of treatment are to facilitate corrections of the altered posture and teach the patient to maintain corrections in daily living in order to minimize progression of spinal deformity.
Six day L1 course provides in-depth explanation of anatomy, etiology, clinical examination, and treatment of scoliosis. Participants will learn to recognize, evaluate, and treat different scoliosis curve patterns. Other concepts covered include bracing, radiological positioning (Cobb angle axial rotation, central sacral line, transitional point, Risser) and Sagittal configuration.
Schroth principles of correction: pelvic corrections, correction of the postural collapse (auto-elongation), correction of the front component (deflection), correction of the rotation component (de-rotation), rotational breathing, facilitation and stabilization.
BSPTS-Concept by Rigo principles: Auto-elongation and postural deflection and de-rotation from a 3D postural corrected and stable pelvis (detorsion); increase of the de-rotational component through tensional pair-of-forces – Asymmetrical Sagittal Straightening; Increase of the deflection component throughout frontal posture over-correction and or tensional force-counter-force; reshape the trunk throughout control of the internal volumes and breathing mechanics.
Course format includes lectures, labs for evaluation and exercise, and live patient demonstration. On the final day participants will take an exam. The L1 trained physical therapist must take the L2 training course within 1-3 years. NOTE: If you have already taken C1, C2 will continue to be offered for the next 3 years (through 2022), for individuals who started under the last certification to finish it. Registration and payment are due 5 weeks prior to the course start date of each course. Courses fill up quickly so it is encouraged to register early.
2025 Courses July 21-26, 2025-Stevens Point, Wisconsin
WHAT'S NEW? LEVEL 2 course is 6 days.
PRICING : $2,950 for 6 day L2 course.
PREREQUISITE L1 course with a passing exam to proceed to Level 2 training. WHO SHOULD ATTEND Level 2 training course is only open to physical therapists who have passed Level 1. OBJECTIVES
Describe the general principles of the BSPTS Concept by Rigo
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
Carry out the advanced exercises for the treatment of scoliosis
Understand the clinical reasoning and the therapeutic decision made by the teacher, as well as the observation of the in situ treatment with real patients from each of the functional groups
Perform the practice and treatment, supervised by the teacher, with patients with scoliosis from each of the functional groups
Understand and comprehend the scoliotic patients' treatment
DESCRIPTION This six day L2 course curriculum includes an understanding of the Rigo Concept - BSPTS knowledge and principles. Goals of this course include:
Knowing and using the Rigo Concept during the treatment of patients with scoliosis using the starting positions in unloading, loading and special positions
Understanding sagittal balance in the scoliosis patient population
Knowing the importance of orthopedic work : Rigo 3D Brace
Acquiring the skills and appropriate manual techniques for the treatment of patients with scoliosis in each of the functional groups
Schroth-based principles of correction: pelvic corrections, correction of the postural collapse (auto-elongation), correction of the front component (deflection), correction of the rotation component (de-rotation), rotational breathing, facilitation and stabilization. BSPTS Concept by Rigo principles: Auto-elongation and postural deflection and de-rotation from a 3D postural corrected and stable pelvis (detorsion); increase of the de-rotational component through tensional pair-of-forces – Asymmetrical Sagittal Straightening; Increase of the deflection component throughout frontal posture over-correction and or tensional force-counter-force; reshape the trunk throughout control of the internal volumes and breathing mechanics. Course format includes lectures, labs for evaluation and exercise, and live patient demonstration. On the final day participants will take an exam. The L1 trained physical therapist must take the L2 training course within 1-3 years.
L3 will be the final course in the BSPTS North America curriculum for physical therapists to become fully certified. The L3 course is being added as a means to provide the advanced education needed to treat the complexities of scoliosis.
Final course for certification! WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Level 3 training course is only open only to Physical Therapists.
PRICING: $2950 USD
COURSE LENGTH: Six days
PREREQUISITE: Level 2 passing exam and L3 Case Reports which is an update to one of your L2 Case Reports and a Poster Board Presentation.
OBJECTIVES and OUTCOMES
Define scoliosis in adults: novo scoliosis and adolescence scoliosis with development in the adult.
Describe the clinical and radiological aspects of the adult patient with scoliosis and the differences between the two clinical types.
Know about the current range of surgical approaches for patients with scoliosis.
Establish teamwork to treat patients with scoliosis.
Differentiate the correction principle using the Rigo Concept brace.
DESCRIPTION OF CURRICULUM The course curriculum includes adult complex patients and post-surgery complications, strategies for management of patients using small support groups, correction principle used in orthopedics and the characteristics of the Rigo-Cheneau brace.
FORMAT: L3 includes lectures, clinical case discussion-treatment of the scoliosis in an adult; labs for evaluation and exercise; “group sessions” with live volunteer demonstrations; practical demonstration of the correction principles of the Rigo Concept brace. On the final day, participants will take a written and a practical exam.
CERTIFICATION: Upon passing L3 practical exam and poster presentation, the BSPTS full certification is complete and valid for life.
2025 dates: No L3 scheduled at this time in 2025 contact Beth Janssen, PT at [email protected] for more information
Just follow this link to register: bsptsnorthamerica-rigoconcept.com/registration.html
Contact Scoliosis Rehab, Inc. if you are interested in obtaining information on our courses (877.734.2220).
Courses For PTs
BSPTS-Concept by Rigo Basic
C1 certification is primarily intended for use in 1:1 individual physical therapy treatment of patients with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS). It may be applied with limitations in some cases for children with neuromuscular scoliosis. It is not intended for use in adults with painful, degenerative scoliosis, for providing group therapy, or providing immersion type training.
BSPTS-Concept by Rigo Advanced
C2 course may be attained between 1-3 years following C1 certification. Failure to attend C2 within 1-3 years of C1 will result in loss of C1 certification. BSPTS C2 certification is required for treatment of adults with degenerative and painful scoliosis, treatment of patients post scoliosis spinal surgery, or providing group therapy and providing immersion type training.
IMPORTANT STATEMENT RELATED TO TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS:
BSPTS-Concept by Rigo is not against any possible treatment strategy offered by good scoliosis specialists on an EBM basis. BSPTS-Concept by Rigo is just offering some tools for scoliosis non-surgical management but do not state that these tools are enough to manage all scoliosis cases. BSPTS-Concept by Rigo offers education to PTs with the strong recommendation of working integrated in a multidisciplinary team basically formed by MD (orthopedic surgeon), MD (specialists in spinal deformities, mainly physiatrists), Orthotist specialists in trunk braces and Psychologists if possible.
Treatment recommendations are given by MDs usually following a classical list of 'treatment of first election' - 'treatment of second election', and so on, according to international SRS and SOSORT guidelines. The treatment of first election is sometimes non-surgical and sometimes surgical. When a non-surgeon MD chairs the treatment team and gives a list of treatment options where surgery is a theoretical first election or even an option, we recommend consulting also a good orthopedic surgeon, specialist in spinal deformities to get a second opinion.
The orthopedic surgeon can explain treatment options and give his/her opinion about pros- and contras- for any treatment option and when the information is not satisfactory for the patients orfor the physiatrist (non-surgeon MD) a third opinion is mandatory.
BSPTS-Concept by Rigo is educating for a good practice and declares not to be responsible for bad practice performed by any certificated PT
TIPS ON FINDING A CERTIFIED PHYSICAL THERAPIST
We recommend asking for the physical therapist’s level of certification, years of experience treating patients with scoliosis, number of patients they have treated with scoliosis and a list of past or current patients you may contact.
