Neurosurgeon’s active rehabilitation program changes people’s lives for the better
Dr. Luke Knox, a spine neurosurgeon based in Fayetteville, Arkansas began integrating the David Spine concept in 2016 into his Total Spine clinic that is a part of the Washington Regional Medical System. This article discusses his program and how effective it has been in improving people’s quality of life.
Cervical Muscular Endurance Performance in Women With and Without Migraine
Published: Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 2019 Volume:0 Issue:0 Pages:1–24 DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2019.8816
7 reasons why data-driven, device-based exercise therapy will change spine and orthopedic care
There is strong scientific evidence that structured exercise therapy should be used as the first-line treatment for a number of musculoskeletal problems. There are, however, no definitions for the best kind of exercise therapy for each problem. Both tools and methods are relatively randomly used to the best knowledge of each therapists. In this article I claim that data-driven, device-based exercise therapy will become de facto standard and will fundamentally change spine and orthopedic care.
Data-driven rehabilitation improves St. Lucas’ productivity and outcomes
In a blog post Dr. Marc Soenen and Luc van Compernolle showed how St. Lucas hospital in Bruges, Belgium got nationwide reimbursement for their back and spine program. In this blog, they explain how their new data-driven DAVID rehabilitation system helps both patients and therapists by improving productivity, patient engagement, and overall outcomes.
How back-related sick days at Mercedes-Benz factory dropped by 75%
The partnership between a Spanish health service company Athlon Koop and David Health Solutions has produced successful company prevention programs in Spanish factories including Mercedes-Benz and Renault, among others. This article focuses on the case of Mercedes-Benz and how a company prevention program powered by DAVID helped to improve the operations at their factories. Asier Viteri, Director of Athlon, discusses this program and its successful results.
Exercise performance, not your age, is the best guide to how long you’re going to live
Performance on a treadmill stress test, used to calculate your “physiological” age, is a better predictor of longevity than your actual chronological age.
And when doctors talk about physiological age – whether their bodies are older or younger than the actual years they have lived – patients are more motivated to maintain their exercise regime or improve it.
This is because they are given a simpler picture – rather than a more complex detailing of health factors measured in testing – and can more easily understand how their level of fitness is keeping them “younger” or pushing them into the grave.
How one clinic is transforming the rehabilitation mindset in Moldova
In 2014, Dumitru Sufrai, Executive Director, opened a private rehabilitation clinic in Chisinau, Moldova and became the first in the country to provide the David Spine Concept to locals. In this article he explains the challenges in introducing a new active therapy model in a country where quick fixes are too common.
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