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Seminars, advanced trainings/ education classes, and workshops – for specialists by orthopedics experts

Current information 2020/03

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18th RSC® Brace Scoliosis Intensive Seminar

2½-Days Seminar

Current information 2020/03

We will inform you about all relevant questions on security at upcoming Ortholutions seminars here.

The RSC® Intensive Seminar & Workshop, once a year, is run by Dr. Manuel Rigo MD PhD, held in English language.
It is aimed at treatment teams (1 orthopedic technician, 1 medical doctor, 1 physiotherapist) who then receive the Ortholutions Original RSC® Brace, or at individual participants such as orthopedic technicians who would like to continue their education.

At least one Original RSC® Brace scoliosis corset restoration will be tried on during the course. If you are interested in bringing your own patient to the seminar as a demo patient, please contact us.
We would be happy to inform you how the process could be.

Chairman and lecturer: Dr. Manuel Rigo (Barcelona, Spanien)
Lecturer: Dino Gallo CPO, Jenny Schmid CPO (Ortholutions)
Organisation: Jenny Schmid CPO (Ortholutions)

For participating in this intensive seminar, all orthopedic technicians from Germany receive: 20 IQZ advanced training points.

Registration fees:
Price per participant: to be announced
Price per 2-person treatment team (orthopedic technician / physiotherapist): to be announced
Price per 3-person treatment team (orthopedic specialist / orthopedic technician / physiotherapist): to be announced
(Prices each plus VAT.)

Program example (based on previous seminar)

– Subject to changes –

Friday – Day 1

10:00 a.m. Non-surgical treatment of idiopathic scoliosis (IS) (M Rigo)

• Definitions and terminology
• Signs of non-surgical treatment
• Adjustments and follow-up treatments

11:30 a.m. Coffee break

11:50 a.m. Pathomechanism of progression and 3D property of IS (M Rigo)

1:00 p.m. Lunch break

2:00 p.m. Biomechanical principles of RSC® – Part I (M Rigo)

• 3-point system
• Regional and local derotation
• Sagittal balance and alignment

3:30 p.m. Coffee break

4:00 p.m. Biomechanical principles of RSC® – Part II (M Rigo)
–Curve pattern classification according to Rigo et al.

5:30 p.m. Coffee break

6:00 p.m. Biomechanical principles of RSC® – Part III (M Rigo)
– Brace design according to Rigo classification – basic system

7:00 p.m. End of the seminar program – day 1

Saturday – Day 2

9:00 a.m. Patient assessment: measurement, clinical photos, scan – Practical part for the entire team and discussion (D Gallo and J Schmid)
– Explanation and demonstration
– Exercise for all participants

11:30 a.m. Coffee break

12:00 p.m. X-ray measurement and classification – Practical part for the entire team and discussion (M Rigo)

1:00 p.m. Lunch break

2:00 p.m. X-ray measurement and classification – Practical part and discussion (M Rigo)

3:00 p.m. Measurement. Second fitting – Practical part for the entire team (D Gallo)

4:00 p.m. Coffee break

4:30 p.m. Biomechanical principles of the RSC® – Part IV (M Rigo)
– Corset design according to Rigo classification – Details.

5:30 p.m. Corset fitting – First fitting and discussion (M Rigo and D Gallo)

7:00 p.m. End of the seminar program – day 2

8:00 p.m. Participant dinner / Social dinner

Sunday – Day 3

8:30 a.m. Corset fitting and fitting. – Second fitting and discussion (M Rigo and D Gallo)

9:30 am Physiotherapy: An essential part of the treatment (M Rigo)

10:30 am Coffee break

11:00 a.m. Test

12:00 p.m. Summary and issuance of participation certificates

2-Day Seminar The Chêneau-Brace after Rigo

2 ½ day scoliosis advanced training

with Dr. Mina Jelačić MD

about the Original RSC® Brace philosophy and the Original Rigo® System Chêneau® (RSC®) Brace for RSC® treatment teams

In this two-day theory seminar, Dr. Mina Jelačić MD will present the biomechanical aspects and the pathomechanism of idiopathic scoliosis, the three-dimensional correction principles of the Rigo Chêneau corset restoration and will demonstrate the manufacturing process with classification, modeling technique, and brace fitting.

Registration fee
3 participants OT, MD, PT
[To be announced alongside with new dates]
– 1 participant additionally to a team – per Person additionally to a RSC® treatment team
[To be announced alongside with new dates]
1 participant only – MD, OT or PT
[To be announced alongside with new dates]

Additional food during RSC® Brace seminar/ per person
– including social dinner.
[To be announced alongside with new dates]

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Self-booking – The price for a seminar at the Ortholutions Scoliosis Center does not include the cost of accommodation and travel.