Lessons Learned Around the Assessment and Treatment of the Adult Patient with Scoliosis—A Conversation with Two Experts
July 21, 2025 | Five or six times a year, Columbia Pediatric Orthopedics hosts a “Lunch & Learn” webinar series. The webinars are designed to improve scoliosis and spine care by providing participants and faculty a forum for interaction and collaboration.
The series continued on Monday, July 21, 2025 with Lessons Learned Around the Assessment and Treatment of the Adult Patient with Scoliosis
Moderators: Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH, and Prachi Bakarania, DPT, Schroth Barcelona C2-Cert, SEAS-2
Guest Speakers: Alessandra Negrini, Physiotherapist, Italy’s Instituto Scientifico Italiano Colonno Vertebrale (ISICO), and Amy Sbihli, MPT, DPT, Owner, Spine Academy Physical Therapy
View the bios of this webinar’s guest speakers below. Also watch the video recorded that day featuring Alessandra Negrini and Amy Sbihli, MPT, DPT.
Dr. Zeeshan M. Sardar
Alessandra Negrini, Physiotherapist, from Italy’s Instituto Scientifico Italiano Colonno Vertebrale (ISICO):
- SOSORT member since 2010
- Speaker in numerous national and international meetings
- Since 2011 teacher in national and international educational SEAS Courses for physicians and physiotherapists
- Winner of 2019 SOSORT Award: Impact of sports activity on fulltime braced patients: an observational study on 785 Risser 0-2 adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis
Beth Terranova, DPT
Amy Sbihli, MPT, DPT Amy Sbihli is the owner of Spine Academy Physical Therapy in the Boston area. She began working with outpatient orthopedic spine and scoliosis patients of all ages in 2004. Amy is certified to practice and teach the Rigo Concept – Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School (BSPTS) and earned her Schroth certification in 2005 from Dr. Manuel Rigo of the Barcelona Scoliosis Physical Therapy School.
Since then she has spent the past 15 years treating patients and traveling to Spain, Italy, Germany, Croatia, and Canada to further her education and speak at conferences on scoliosis. She is also a founding member of the BSPTS – North America, which trains physical therapists in the Rigo Concept – BSPTS.
Amy received Masters and Doctorate degrees in physical therapy from Washington University in St Louis. She also holds a BA in Kinesiology from the University of Michigan where she was also a student athlete earning All-America honors in NCAA Track and Cross Country. Treatment expertise includes scoliosis, SI, orthopedic spine, movement dysfunction, and Pilates.
