Klappsches creep

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The Klappsche creep or Kriechverfahren was developed by Rudolf folding from 1905 to scoliosis therapy developed at the International Sports students camp during the 1936 Summer Olympics unveiled in Berlin.

In the following decades, the procedure developed into the standard of conservative treatment for children and adolescents. Indications were a disturbance of the posture and deformation of the spine , mainly idiopathic scoliosis and Scheuermann's disease . Klapp developed his gymnastics based on the bad experience with the orthotic shapes used at the time . The passive wearing of such a corset at that time mostly only led to a delayed deterioration of the deformations.

The exercises can also be performed in very strenuous versions for the trained patient. To protect the knees, hands and toes, pads made of felt (traditional) or foam are strapped down. The stress on the wrist and knee joints during the exercises is considerable and, depending on the patient's previous stress, can mean that the therapy is excluded.

Therapy goals are to strengthen and, if necessary, stretch the core muscles , as well as mobilize and “straighten” the spine. This is intended to correct the deviations of the spine from physiological norms . Klapp had given a fixed set of precisely defined commands for his exercises , which had to be called up for the exercises. This tone of command, which comes from Klapp's military background, is no longer popular today and is pushed into the background.

Lately this group of exercises has been suppressed and partly forgotten. In the meantime, the procedure has undergone some changes in order to harmonize with today's treatment strategies.

Regarding the effect of gymnastics: "Rudolf Klapp countered the critical arguments with the hypotheses on phylogeny and ontogeny . Individual findings parameters are recorded, documented and regularly checked using standardized and specific measuring methods in order to prove [the] effects. X-ray controls and surface measurements can clinically objectified effects are confirmed and documented. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Susanne Hirsch: Klappsches creeping today - it works !: An efficient treatment method rediscovered. Richard Pflaum, Munich et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-7905-0953-3 .

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