Know • understand • support
Your presence is not an extra.
It is part of the change.
Parents learn how the exercises should look, how to reinforce helpful responses and how to support safe practice at home.
03 chapters
For parents
At the beginning, uncertainty is often more tiring than the exercise itself.
We overcome the first critical moment.
The first difficulty is information overload. In a passive model, the child works with the therapist while the parent does not know what correct practice should look like.
At Skolio, the parent learns to recognise accurate performance and common errors, so home sessions do not become guesswork.
For parents
Support in a way that gradually makes less support necessary.
We overcome the second critical moment.
A parent or accompanying person becomes an active part of the learning process. During the programme, they learn how to reinforce useful postural responses without creating pressure or constant correction.
At home, words, gestures and carefully chosen cues help the child repeat the new response until it becomes easier to access independently.
For parents
The patient should not have to guess. The parent should not have to improvise.
We work as one team.
Simple measurement and observation methods help the family understand where the spine is and whether an exercise is being performed correctly. The procedure can be recorded on a phone.
Educational materials explain scoliosis not only as a spinal curve but also as a challenge involving proprioception, body representation and the way the nervous system uses sensory information.
Important / safety
Diagnosis comes first.
Then the right path.
A parent supports therapy but does not replace the physiotherapist or physician. The scope of home supervision should always be clear.
Jacek Staniszewskiphysiotherapist • author • founder of Skolio