ISM Certification Case Reports Library

Ms. P is a 27 yo female who was assessed at The ScoliClinic in Dec 2023 for right sided neck tension. She underwent fusion surgery for her right sided thoracic Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis. Her thoracic spine was fused from T3-T12 in 2011 and was corrected to a Cobb angle of 22°. She also has a...

BK is a 65-year-old male that presents to the clinic with the chief complaint of right sided hip pain, ongoing for the past 6 weeks since he ‘twisted funny’ at pickleball. The hip has been more sore in general, with clicking and perceived weakness when he is doing stairs, will “lock” if he...

Ms. C is a 40 year old female referred for a scoliosis specific assessment at Diane Lee & Associates. Ms. C presented with persistent, irritable, lower back pain, as well as intermittent pain that shoots down to the left foot or into the right thigh.

Ms. L is a 25-year-old college student in NYC who presented to her initial evaluation in 2021 with complaints of “neck pain, painful popping in the throat, chronic daily joint subluxations and dislocations, movement and painful spasms in the throat causing loss of vision and significant...

Mrs. D is a 44-year-old female, who was referred to the clinic for a pelvic floor assessment to determine the relationship to her right hip and pelvic girdle pain. The story of her right hip meaningful complaint first began 11 years prior after Mrs. D’s description of a traumatic delivery.

Ms. CS is a 28 year old female that works as a Licensed Nurse Practitioner at an Extended Care Facility. Her complaints on initial visit were severe soreness over the left shoulder/neck area that started overnight 3 days prior to the assessment with no apparent causation factors.

Every once in a while, an ISM Series graduate qualifies for certification simply through the process of the dialogue between us that creates a beautiful ISM clinical reasoning form, without following this with a written case report.

Every once in a while, an ISM Series graduate qualifies for certification simply through the process of the dialogue between us that creates a beautiful ISM clinical reasoning form, without following this with a written case report.

Ms. O is a 31 year old female who is moderately active, eats well and sleeps well. She experiences pain after she has worked more than 4 hours or if she completes weighted upper body activities after not doing them for a while. Running also aggravates her symptoms.

Ms. A is a 33 year old female, who presented to clinic on January 10, 2023, reporting pain in her right “sit bone” with workouts. She describes the pain as “nervy”. This pain has been present, on and off, for many years (~10 years), and has worsened recently.

In September 2022, Mrs B presented to the clinic for an initial assessment and treatment. She chose to come to the clinic as she was an avid CrossFitter who was a former high level CrossFit master’s athlete. She mentioned it being difficult to find therapists over the years as they would often...