Yoga for scoliosis and corrective exercise to improve scoliosis,

poor posture and back pain

Specialities

Scoliosis

With appropriate exercise, you can improve the function of your spine, and your posture. Because scoliosis is a progressive condition, it is important to stop the momentum of the curve with a...

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Herniation

For disc issues, spondylolisthesis, stenosis and back pain, we work in 3 essential ways to improve your condition. The first is to learn how to move safely and understand the...

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Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation

Many women experience pelvic floor dysfunction and varying degrees of organ prolapse. Poor posture is an undiscussed and untreated causative factor for pelvic floor dysfunction...

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Hi. I'm Jane DoCampo

I am a yoga therapist, a corrective exercise specialist, and personal trainer specializing in back care and scoliosis. I am certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists and the National Academy of Sports Medicine. Additionally, I am registered with Yoga Alliance as an E-RYT 500 and hold an M.A. in Communications.

Since 2012, I have taught back care, scoliosis, and wall ropes classes at Yoga Union Backcare, Scoliosis and Therapy Center in NYC and at my own studio, My Back and Body Clinic, in Woodcliff Lake, NJ. In 2020, I relocated to Sarasota, FL where I work virtually and in person with back care students.

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What clients are saying

"Jane is the most gifted yoga instructor/healer I have ever met. I attend her classes to help with my scoliosis and prolapse issues." Beth


"After our session I'm holding myself in a new way -an informed way." Lorraine


"Our daughter found peace with her back once she started with you Jane. You give her confidence and strength in an area that she felt was out of control. We can't thank you enough!" Valerie


"Thanks for working with my mom. My parents tell me that you always have amazing exercises for her although it is very challenging for mom during the sessions. If she doesn't go to your sessions, she could never do those moves on her own. I'm just surprised how that one hour helps her posture. It's truly magical what you do." Janelle


"Jane teaches with precision, lots of attention, encouragement, and humor. Classes are well paced. Along with focusing on spinal asymmetry, Jane incorporates general body strength and fitness work in her classes, which is a big plus. Her depth of knowledge and experience shows in all the best ways. I've studied with Jane for about 7 months, and I feel better, look better, and my body functions better!" Nina


"You have been a special teacher and friend to me since I began at Yoga Union two years ago. You have provided encouragement and guidance. You are a major part of the improvement of my back and posture.

I was born with scoliosis 66 years ago, and have experienced many different therapies but none have empowered me the way that the classes you teach at Yoga Union do. I have come in contact with many wonderful teachers at Yoga Union but you are a special favorite of mine. Not only because of your skill and knowledge of the body but your uplifting personality and positive approach.

I would strongly encourage anyone who is searching for a solution to back pain pay a visit to your studio. In addition, for mature women who are facing osteoporosis and shortening of the spine, your strength work is an essential part of proactive healthcare." Sharon

Recent posts

By Jane DoCampo 28 Jul, 2022
Nearly any article I come across for improving back pain will invariably recommend the cat/cow exercise (a repeated arching and rounding of the spine). This is a thoughtless, rather than thoughtful addition to a sequence for back pain. Anyone providing recommendations to total strangers should only include harmless exercise with consideration of what potential serious issues can be creating back pain. While some people searching the internet for back pain relief may have no damage in their spine whatsoever, many have serious issues for which cat/cow is contraindicated and harmful such as: disc herniation; spinal stenosis; spondylolisthesis; or scoliosis. Cat/cow would aggravate and worsen each of these conditions. Moreover, when a spine is in enough distress that someone is searching for relief, often in the form of back spasms or the feeling of a pulled muscle, that spine will respond much better to stability work performed in neutral spine alignment rather than excessive motion. In fact, most likely the reason an otherwise healthy spine would be in distress, would be because of lack of awareness of neutral spine alignment as they were performing some task, exercise, or just sitting or standing in misalignment. A muscle in spasm is asking to return to its normal resting length rather than being stretched. The takeaway here is that it is much better and useful to teach neutral spine work rather than repeatedly and mindlessly including cat/cow not knowing what brought the reader to you. If you would like to learn neutral spine work, contact me at SarasotaScoliosis.com. Jane DoCampo is certified by the International Association of Yoga Therapists and is a NASM corrective exercise specialist specializing in scoliosis, herniation, and pelvic floor dysfunction.
Align your body
By Jane DoCampo 01 May, 2022
Causes of back pain and the solution for back pain
Deep core exercise
By Jane DoCampo 30 Apr, 2022
Best core exercise for back pain
By Jane DoCampo 29 Apr, 2022
Many of us share this story: We attend a yoga class or two, return with increasing regularity, and soon make room in our lives for our practice. (Some of us even organize our lives around our practice.) It's something we can't pinpoint at first, but we recognize its goodness, the way we feel after practice, and it keeps us coming back. Yoga is endlessly fascinating, asking us to coordinate our body parts into a vast array of shapes and examine our possible resistance (physical or mental) to said shapes. There is the excitement of feeling stronger and progressing as gradually we gain understanding of opposing energetic forces, inner & outer body awareness, how our breath mobilizes the body and makes the whole practice a moving meditation. I moved through this progression over years, eventually becoming a teacher of students of all ability levels, striving for more clarity and precision in my teaching, working to keep my students safe and aligned (and safety is a challenge for so many reasons: a student could have innate postural imbalances that aren't being properly addressed as they practice leading to injury; they may push ahead into a shape before they have all the information to proceed knowledgeably; they may be working in a way that creates instability when what everyone needs is stability, etc.). And then I began studying with Alison West of Yoga Union, NYC and learned the Ropes! Wall ropes are an unmatchable teaching tool. They are a speed course to greater understanding, strength and refinement of the asana practice. In the hands of a skillful teacher, they retrain your body, your proprioception and correct imbalances. Ropes let you feel with great clarity the intent behind each pose and keep your body safe in increasingly deeper shapes. You feel even better after a ropes practice because you've tractioned your spine and avoided working in habitual, negative postural patterns. And when you practice out of the ropes, you take that knowledge with you for a safer, more productive practice. For beginning and advanced practitioners, those, like myself, working with herniation or scoliosis, athletes who become imbalanced from playing a one-sided sport, or those recovering from other injuries, wall ropes are a wonderful tool to inform and work productively to improve their backs and entire bodies and stay as strong as you want to be! I see remarkable results in my students and feel limited when I'm teaching without this equipment.
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