BSPTS NORTH AMERICA Region

The United States BSPTS Instructors have a strong history together.  Our experience as individual Schroth clinicians dates back to as early as 2004. After years of clinical practice, we began teaching courses under the curriculum of Dr. Rigo in 2010. We started our first US cooperative teaching group (Scoliosis Education Seminars) in 2013, which became Schroth Barcelona Institute, LLC in 2016. Schroth Barcelona Institute (SBI) now represents BSPTS – US group of instructors.

The SBI instructors have made great strides in the US to improve the education on quality, cost effective treatment for patients with scoliosis. SBI has held  62 courses for C1, 34 courses for C2, and as of the end of 2019, we have certified nearly 300 C1 therapists and over 250  C2 therapists. SBI students rate our courses highly for the organized and professional teaching style of the instructors. There are a growing number of US institutions sending therapists to SBI courses in order to implement high quality scoliosis care into their facilities.

In addition to having offered BSPTS curriculum to physical therapists,  SBI further promotes education for all health care professionals through short courses, university lectures, presentations at health care institutions, and courses at professional meetings such as the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).  All of the instructors have been active members and strong participants in the Society of Scoliosis Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Treatment (SOSORT).   SBI also stays connected in the scoliosis community through Facebook, Linked-In, our quarterly newsletters to past students, and through our website https://www.schroth-barcelonainstitute.com

SBI currently has 4 US instructors. We teach our courses at our own local clinics and at host facilities around the country. We have monthly Skype meetings and annual in-person instructor retreats to stay connected and continue to improve the quality of our courses. We are supported by our part-time administrator who manages our website, and by our course lab and teaching assistants.