Elevate your career. Empower your clients. Transform lives.
The Scoliosis Movement Specialist Certification, developed by internationally recognized scoliosis expert Erin Myers, is a comprehensive program that equips Pilates instructors, physical therapists, and all other movement professionals with the knowledge and tools to confidently assess, support, and train clients with scoliosis.
Through evidence-informed methodology and Spiral Spine’s signature movement-based approach, you’ll learn to:
- Assess and understand spinal curves and postural imbalances
- Design customized, curve-specific, safe, and effective movement plans
- Alleviate pain and improve spinal function
- Understand how to influence a reduction in both rotation and lateral bending of scoliosis
- Confidently train teens, adults, and aging populations with scoliosis
- Expand and retain your client base
Take online modules anywhere, anytime to learn at your own pace.
Each online module includes:
- Hours of expert-led video instruction by Erin Myers
- Comprehensive research materials to deepen your understanding
- Structured, downloadable handouts—complete with page references from Erin’s books, I Have Scoliosis; Now What? and Analyzing Scoliosis (sold separately), so you can follow along and apply key concepts with confidence
Erin and her team have found that instructors need time to learn content before applying it, which is why Modules 1-3 are required to be taken before attending Module 4.
Join a global community of specialists redefining scoliosis care through movement.
Module 1
In Module 1 you will learn about:
- what scoliosis is
- identifying which scoliosis myths are true and false
- common types of scoliosis
- guiding your clients to identify the possible causes of their scoliosis
- common secondary pathologies associated with scoliosis
- scoliosis bracing options
- scoliosis surgical options
- benefits of movement on scoliosis
- your scope of practice when it comes to addressing scoliosis
Requirements: None
$179/4-hour course
Module 2
In Module 2 you will learn about:
- Understanding the emotional and psychological impact of scoliosis
- Supporting the whole person—physically, emotionally, and functionally
- Creating a supportive initial contact experience for scoliosis clients
- Conducting visual and hands-on assessments
- Using a scoliometer and how its readings can help you understand a client’s scoli
- Using dot stickers as a visual aid for yourself and your clients
- Creating a diagram sketch with or without an x-ray
- Placing pads to derotate and realign the spine
- Assessing proprioception, core stability, and movement quality
- Identifying and differentiating between true and functional leg length discrepancies
- Understanding safe movement rules and restrictions for clients with spinal fusions
Requirements: Module 1: Scoli School
$179/4-hour course
Module 3
In Module 3 you will learn about:
- Coming soon.
Requirements: Module 1: Scoli School & Module 2: Scoli Detective
$179/4-hour course
Module 4
9 am – 6 pm Central Time
Offered simultaneously in-studio and online
In Module 4 you will:
- apply the knowledge gained from Modules 1, 2, & 3
- review Spiral Spine client case studies, analyzing real clients
- have an opportunity to analyze your own body or your clients’ bodies
- attend a Q and A with Erin Myers
Requirements: Module 1: Scoli School, Module 2: Scoli Detective, & Module 3: TBA
$379/8-hour hybrid workshop
Optional Module 5
A two-day, in-studio workshop, led by Erin and her teachers, that allows practitioners a fast-paced, hands-on, real-life studio setting experience. You’ll be shadowing and assisting Spiral’s teachers with attendees who have scoli throughout the entire Retreat. Learn more about the Scoliosis Retreat here.
While not required, the Scoliosis Retreat is designed to allow you to apply knowledge gained in Modules 1-4 under the supervision of Spiral’s staff.
$725/12-hour in-studio workshop
Optional Support
Book a lesson with one of Spiral Spine’s Scoliosis Educators at any point during the Scoliosis Movement Specialist Certification for assistance on tricky topics.
Virtual Scoliosis Research Seminars
90-minute webinars covering scoliosis research with lecture, movement, and Q&A session. Recordings are available for two weeks after the live seminar. Follow Spiral Spine on social media to stay up-to-date on offerings.
Testing Out
Requirements for testing out:
- Successful completion of Modules 1, 2, and 3 online
- Attendance of at least one Module 4 Workshop, either in-person or online
Process of testing out:
Step 1: Final Exam
Take the final exam online. This exam will be similar to the quizzes taken in Modules 1-3. Upon passing your final exam, you’ll gain acces to materials for Steps 2 and 3.
Step 2: Case Study
Complete and submit a client case study. Using the provided materials, you’ll put together a case study similar to those used in Module 4.
$179/Steps 1 & 2
Step 3: Practical Demonstration & Consultation
Perform a 30-minute practical demonstration of you analyzing and teaching the person you used as your case study. Afterward, you’ll have a 30-minute consultation with Jennifer Stark.
$105/Practical Demonstration & Consultation
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Purchase the Final Exam now, and receive Module 1: Scoli School for FREE!
Bundle includes Module 1: Scoli School, Module 2: Scoli Detective, Module 3: TBA, the Final Exam, as well as Case Study and Practical Demonstration materials.
Frequently Asked Questions
Erin and her team are working to wrap up filming and creating handouts for the remaining modules. To stay up-to-date on the Scoliosis Movement Specialist Certification Program, follow Spiral Spine on social media and/or sign up for the newsletter.
There’s a deficit between those with scoliosis who need care and movement practitioners who are highly trained in caring for those with scoliosis. Scoliosis affects over 7 million people in the U.S. alone — yet most movement professionals feel unsure about how to safely support these clients. This certification is designed to help you serve an underserved population by teaching you evidence-based methods to:
- reduce pain
- improve posture
- enhance breathing mechanics
- slow curve progression
- improve biomechanical function
- increase confidence, trust, and loyalty
This program is designed for Pilates instructors, physical therapists, yoga teachers, personal trainers, occupational therapists, and other movement professionals who want to specialize in working with clients who have scoliosis. No prior scoliosis training is required—just a solid understanding of movement instruction.
No! Anyone can take these modules to learn about scoliosis. Spiral Spine clients often decide to take Pilates teacher training courses from the studio to simply learn more about their bodies. These modules are designed to educate those who have an existing understanding of anatomy and teaching movement; so if you don’t have a background in movement instruction, you may need to use outside resources to fully comprehend the materials provided.
The Scoliosis Movement Specialist Certification modules are not pre-approved CECs. You will need to petition the NPCP, NASM, ACE, or other certifying body for approval with the materials provided in the modules, along with your module certificates of completion.
The first three Modules are built to be accessed for the life of the program after purchase and completion. You’ll be able to go back to them whenever you need or desire.
Module 4 is taught live but does include online materials that you will retain access to for the life of the program.
First, you’ll take the three online Modules designed to be completed at your own pace.
Second, you’ll register and take the Module 4 workshop either virtually or in-studio. Register here.
Third, you’ll take your Final Exam and complete your Case Study online at your own pace.
Finally, you’ll complete your Practical Demonstration and have a Consultation with Jennifer Stark either virtually or in-studio. Book a Private Lesson with her to schedule this.
The Certification is built based on the experiences Erin and her team have had in teaching scoliosis courses for years. Spiral Spine’s team has found that instructors need time to learn content before applying it, which is why the Modules are ordered as they are; they progressively build upon one another.
As the Certification is designed progressively, Spiral Spine’s team wanted those taking it to know where Scoliosis Retreat attendance would be most beneficial.
Spiral Spine staff also recognizes that traveling to Nashville, TN is not accessible for everyone who wants to become a Certified Scoliosis Movement Specialist. The Certification is built to be completed entirely online or in a hybrid form to meet the needs of anyone going through certification.
No. You will not be required to complete CECs to retain your Scoliosis Movement Specialist Certification; however, you can always stay up to date on the latest scoli research by following Spiral Spine on social media and/or signing up for the newsletter.
Book a private lesson with one of Spiral Spine’s Scoliosis Educators at any point during the Scoliosis Movement Specialist Certification for assistance on tricky topics.
We offer private training for Module 4. Don’t hesitate to get in touch with the Education Coordinator via [email protected] for more information and to schedule.
Spiral Spine staff will not be traveling to teach any of the Modules for the Scoliosis Movement Specialist Certification. It is designed to negate the need for Spiral Spine staff to travel.
Once you have completed the full certification, you’ll have the option to have your information added to our map of Scoliosis Movement Specialists around the world.