ISICO - Italian Scientific Spine Institute

22/12/2025

📩 Sono aperte le iscrizioni al Master ISICO dedicato alla riabilitazione delle deformità vertebrali, che comincerà il 19 marzo 2026 a Milano.

Il Master è l'unico corso in Italia che consente di apprendere e mettere in pratica:
▪️ l’approccio SEAS, tra i pochi metodi con evidenze scientifiche di efficacia nel trattamento non chirurgico;
▪️ il principio SPORT per la prescrizione e costruzione del corsetto Sforzesco.

Ampio spazio a esercitazioni pratiche e tre giornate di frequenza presso i Centri ISICO. Previsti 50 crediti ECM.

Riservato a laureati in Medicina e Chirurgia e a laureati/diplomati in Fisioterapia (o studenti dell’ultimo anno). Numero chiuso con iscrizioni in ordine cronologico.

Quota ridotta entro il 31 gennaio 2026 e ulteriore sconto per i Soci GSS. Le scorse edizioni sono andate esaurite prima della scadenza early bird.

Vai al sito e iscriviti 👉🏻 https://www.masterisico.it/

Segreteria organizzativa:
Enrica Cignatta – Cell. 349 2191038 – Tel. 0381 23617
Email: enrica.cignatta@isico.it

19/12/2025

📢 GIORNATA DI SCREENING GRATUITO

La scoliosi spesso non si vede, ma cresce con tuo figlio.
Per questo lo screening precoce è fondamentale: individuarla in tempo può fare davvero la differenza.
ISICO, in collaborazione con Salvati Diagnostica, organizza una giornata di screening gratuito per la schiena dei bambini e ragazzi a Terni.
Non si fermano quindi le nostre proposte negli ambulatori sparsi sul territorio: seguici per scoprire i prossimi eventi in calendario!
📅 30 dicembre | 9.00–20.00
📍 Salvati Diagnostica – Terni
- Valutazione con Silvia Bernardini, fisioterapista ISICO
📞 Prenota: 0744 403033 | 351 6341597 (anche WhatsApp)
o scrivi a info@salvatidiagnostica.it

17/12/2025

📣 SCREENING GRATUITO PER LA SCOLIOSI PEDIATRICA
🗓️ Sabato 10 gennaio, In collaborazione con ISICO – Istituto Scientifico Italiano Colonna Vertebrale

👉 La scoliosi in età evolutiva può cambiare rapidamente: per questo una valutazione precoce è uno strumento prezioso per intervenire in modo efficace e ridurre al minimo trattamenti più complessi in futuro.

📌 Quando è consigliato lo screening?
Nella fascia in cui la crescita è più rapida:
* 5ª elementare / 1ª media per le femmine
* 1ª / 2ª media per i maschi

Identificare un’alterazione posturale in questo momento della crescita consente di avviare percorsi mirati, personalizzati e il meno invasivi possibile.

👨⚕️ Durante la giornata, gli specialisti ISICO effettueranno una valutazione dedicata e risponderanno ai dubbi delle famiglie.

Per info e prenotazioni:
☎️ 0574 548911
💬 Whatsapp 351 8752886
📍Viale Eugenio Barsanti 24, Prato (PO)

Istituto Medico Toscano

15/12/2025

This study was the first of its kind to utilize an online crowd-sourced survey to comprehensively investigate perceptions of spinal deformity (ASD) and it addressed the United States adult population, as its baseline knowledge and perceptions of ASD are unknown. It demonstrated a trend toward significantly lower scoliosis screening rates in respondents > 65 years old. While awareness was relatively high in domains, such as symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment, common misconceptions persisted regarding disease pathophysiology, expected recovery, complications, and pain; areas where perceptions underestimated risks compared with published outcomes. These findings highlight important knowledge gaps that may influence care-seeking behavior, referral patterns, and expectation management, demonstrating the need for targeted educational initiatives.

Read the article 👉🏻 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41125969/

12/12/2025

⚠️ DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 11TH⚠️
www.scoliosismaster.org

🎧 “Principles and Practice of Scoliosis Conservative Treatment” – Scoliosis Online Master Course, Edition 2026 🎧

Here is another piece of feedback from a participant of the 2025 edition. Don't miss the chance to enhance your knowledge!

🎯 "The course is thoughtfully designed and highly relevant to the principles and practices of conservative scoliosis treatment. It provides valuable insights and case-based learning that translate effectively into real-world scenarios."

If you’re committed to evidence-based scoliosis care, multidisciplinary communication, and strengthening your clinical reasoning, this course offers the structured, high-level training you’re looking for.

11/12/2025

PSSE Association — Second Official Webinar
We are pleased to invite all physiotherapists trained in scoliosis-specific approaches to our second official webinar.
🗓 Date: 18 December 2025
⏰ Time: 19:30 GMT+2
🎙 Topic: The Strengths and Weaknesses of PSSE Schools: An open discussion between different approaches and schools.
Our distinguished speakers:
Garikoitz Aristegui Racero
Nikola Jevtic
Tuğba Kuru Çolak
Tony Betts
Michele Romano
Andrzej M’hango
This event will bring together experts from different PSSE approaches to reflect, compare, and openly discuss key elements of scoliosis-specific physiotherapy.
Join us and be part of shaping the future of conservative scoliosis care.

🔗https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_MU6DYEnVT8ebimAzeyA4Bw

🤝 Connect. Learn. Grow.

08/12/2025

The Bracing in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis Trial (BrAIST)1, 2 included adolescents who met current indications for bracing, traditionally defined as high-risk for curve progression. However, it was not concerned with preventing progression but with the ability of bracing to prevent curve progression to a surgical threshold.
The aim of this study was to derive and validate a prognostic model of benefit from bracing for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).
The resulting externally validated model can be used by clinicians and families to make informed, individualised decisions about when and how much to brace to avoid progression to surgery. If widely adopted, this model could decrease overbracing of AIS, improve adherence, and, most importantly, decrease the likelihood of spinal fusion in this population.

Link to the article 👉🏻 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10841822/

05/12/2025

🎧 “Principles and Practice of Scoliosis Conservative Treatment” – Scoliosis Online Master Course, Edition 2026 🎧

🦜 Early bird is extended to January 11th --> www.scoliosismaster.org

📑 Another feedback from the past course:

💬 “The course offers great depth of content, plenty of case-based learning, good flexibility, and ample time to complete the curriculum.
Throughout the course, I gained many useful practical insights and reviewing the comprehensive literature on spinal deformities also gave me a strong sense of confidence.
The detailed videos, the availability of PDFs, the discussion groups and the live sessions - all were complementary and extremely valuable throughout the course
Previously, I used to feel hesitant about recommending braces and monitoring their effects. Now, I feel more confident. After this course, I feel stronger to see and treat more scoliosis patients.”💬

If you’re committed to evidence-based scoliosis care, multidisciplinary communication, and strengthening your clinical reasoning, this course offers the structured, high-level training you’re looking for.

04/12/2025

📍 ISICO is coming to Metro Manila, Philippines.

👍 Michele Romano, ISICO's Director of Physiotherapy, will teach a SEAS Level 1 course from January 8 to 10, 2026

⏰ Very few spots left to close the class!
👉 Hurry up and contact the local host at seminars.cei@gmail.com and/or seminars@ceiphilippines.com Scoliosis Basics

✅ SEAS is an acronym for “Scientific Exercises Approach to Scoliosis”. The principles of SEAS are based on active self-correction that is taught individually to every patient and then associated with stabilising exercises, including neuromotor control and proprioceptive training and balance, further to being incorporated into daily living activities.
The SEAS approach is also characterised by a cognitive-behavioural approach towards the patient and their family to maximise compliance with treatment.

03/12/2025

Giornata dedicata allo 𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗦𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗦𝗜 𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔
sabato 𝟭𝟯 𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗲, 𝘀𝘂 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼
In collaborazione con 𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗢 - Istituto Scientifico Italiano Colonna Vertebrale
🩻🔍👩🦱👧
Intervenire tempestivamente nella scoliosi infantile significa sfruttare la crescita straordinaria dei primi anni in modo da poter prevenire progressioni gravi.
È fondamentale per questo fare prevenzione: la diagnosi precoce permette di avere cure adeguate con migliori risultati e minore invasività.
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Lo screening è consigliato a tutta la popolazione particolarmente nella fascia quinta elementare/prima media per le femmine, e prima/seconda media per i maschi: questa età coincide con l’età pubere, quella a più alto rischio evolutivo per la scoliosi.
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Prenota il tuo appuntamento di screening con gli esperti di Isico presso il Centro di Medicina integrata San Raffaele di Mezzolombardo (TN).
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Info e prenotazioni allo ☎0461 601270

integrata

01/12/2025

01/12/2025

Why screen for scoliosis?

Screening allows us to assess, early on, the possibility of vertebral deformities developing later, in a high-risk period.
Indeed, in this way, any problems can be picked up on at the very start. This is important because prevention is better than cure: identification of a spinal deformity at an early stage allows the best possible outcome of conservative treatment.

Go to our FAQs 👉🏻 https://en.isico.it/scoliosis-faq/ -id-4