Professional events and training
We attend international conferences, exchange experience with colleagues and contribute to education in scoliosis management, spinal bracing and cranial orthoses.
International SOSORT conferences
Our senior clinicians regularly attend international scientific meetings of SOSORT, the Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment, bringing current international knowledge into our work.
These meetings provide opportunities to present our work internationally and meet leading specialists in conservative scoliosis management.
Collaboration with Jacques Chêneau, MD
We shared a friendship and professional collaboration with Jacques Chêneau, MD, particularly in theoretical work. We discussed conservative scoliosis management and exchanged clinical experience.
We were also invited to celebrate Dr Jacques Chêneau's 80th birthday.
Conferences and professional journals
FOPTO
We regularly attend conferences of FOPTO, the Czech federation of technical orthotics and prosthetics professionals. The federation also publishes the specialist journal Ortopedická protetika.
Multidisciplinary professional meetings
We participate as presenters and attendees at multidisciplinary conferences relevant to orthotics and prosthetics.
Conference information from the Czech Society for Connective Tissues
Pohybové ústrojí / Locomotor System journal
The journal Pohybové ústrojí – Pokroky ve výzkumu, diagnostice a terapii (Locomotor System: Advances in Research, Diagnostics and Therapy) is a multidisciplinary publication featuring articles in Czech and English.
Ing. Pavel Černý, Ph.D. is a member of the editorial board and contributes primarily as a specialist reviewer.
Professional courses and sharing expertise
Diagnosis and treatment of scoliosis
These multi-day courses focus on scoliosis and are intended mainly for physicians and physiotherapists.
In Module A, our specialists teach scoliosis bracing. In Module B, we provide the practical component of the training.
Asymmetric motor development in infants and toddlers
We contribute to the multi-day professional course Asymmetric motor development in infants and children under three: prevention and treatment using the ACT method.
Our staff teach about cranial deformities and the use of corrective and postoperative cranial orthoses.