80% of Patients Reduced or Eliminated Their Pain in a Schroth program
In 1989, 311 scoliosis patients 12 - 69 years old with an average Cobb angle of 50.5 degrees filled out pain questionnaires at the beginning and end of their treatment programs at the Katharina Schroth Klinik. They were asked to rate their pain on a scale of 0 - 5
(0 = no pain, 1 = low, 2 = moderate, 3 = rather intense, 4 = very intense, 5 = scarcely bearable).
Before treatment, 60% reported pain ranging from 3 - 5 (average rating was 2.7)
After Treatment:
- 80% of them rated their pain between 0 - 2 (Average rating dropped to 1.1).
- 43.7% received TOTAL pain relief from the program
Source: Weiss HR, "Scoliosis-related pain in adults: Treatment influences," European Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 3/3 (1993): 91-94.