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In the treatment of scoliosis, the Rovatti Method (R) provides therapeutic rehabilitation professionals with a method, starting from the same theoretical concepts as the Lyon treatment, that encourages active participation from the patient as a subject in the personal process of re-education and self-correction. The Rovatti Method (R) works with professional-quality elastic bands of different densities and levels of resistance which are capable of wrapping and shaping the spine as if they were the hands of a therapist. In this way, the limits of physiotherapeutic or kinesitherapeutic treatments imposed on the therapist-patient relationship can be exceeded. This type of treatment thus makes it possible to treat multiple patients simultaneously. This results in a double advantage: it offers younger patients a corrective method that's easier to accept, while working as a team; the second motivating factor is economic in nature, for those families who are in need of a challenging therapeutic process. In addition the theoretical and practical handbook offers an anthology of exercises (about 80, explained and illustrated) which are essential and characteristic of the Rovatti Method (R), exploring the modes of execution, principles, and corrective objectives. The exercises are organized into categories, according to their corrective goals, and offered to patients in relation to the risk of development of their scoliosis. Potential readers: rehabilitation specialists, physiotherapists, motor science graduates.

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Emanuele Rovatti obtained his specialization in Kinesiology and Rehabilitative Kinesiology and the degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences Movement Science at the School of Medicine and Surgery of the University of Chieti, Italy. He was the regional technical assistant of the Italian Athletics Federation in Lombardy. He was Head of Medical Gymnastics and Functional Recovery at the Erre Medical-kinesiological Center in Inzago, Milan, and the technical Director of the MEDI Care Center (Melzo, Milan), Kinesiology and Physiotherapy Department. Since 2008 he manages two Rovatti Plan (R) centers in Italy. In addition, he is a trainer in municipalities and schools in Milan on the subject of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. He is associated with professional organizations such as the national Union of Kinesiologists (Unione Nazionale Chinesiologi, UNC), the Italian Society of Ergonomics (Societa Italiana di Ergonomia, SIE), the Study Group of Scoliosis (Gruppo di Studio Scoliosi, GSS), the Italian Society of Medical Gymnastics (Societa Italiana di Ginnastica Medica SIGM), the European Physical Therapy Group for Scoliosis (Groupe Europeen Kinesitherapique Travail Scoliose, GEKTS), and the Tuscan Association of Experts and Advisors (Collegio Toscano Periti Esperti Consulenti). Marco Rovatti received a degree in Sport and Movement Sciences at the State University of Milan, Italy and a diploma in Massage Physical Therapy. Already during his professional training, following in his father's path, he has been interested in pathologies of the vertebral column while working at the Rovatti Plan (R) Centers. He is a certified ART (R) (Active Release Techniques (R)) therapist for the Upper Extremity; Lower Extremity, Spine, Long Nerve Entrapment, Active Palpation, Masters Certified. He has also obtained the FMS (Functional Movement Systems), SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment), TPI (Titleist Performance Institute), OTZ ( one to zero - Health Education Systems), and SRM (Stress Relief Method) certification. He is Head of the Physiotherapy sector of the Rovatti Plan (R) Centers.

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