The purpose of this team is to have a nucleus of medical professionals who devote a higher percentage of their time toward patient consultation, literature review, and peer education on issues concerning the cervical spine. Such tasks can consist of investigating contributory factors to the development of cervical pain, looking for trends in the bio-mechanical presentation of cervical disorders, as well as the looking at some of the most the effective therapeutic treatments for such disorders.
Patient education is also a priority.
Advancing clinical diagnostics through thorough and accurate bio-mechanical assessment may save many dollars in the realm of more expensive diagnostic imaging and in treatment of conditions that may not be the true source of the problem. We are currently in the process of developing intake and discharge baseline forms that monitor pain location and intensity, frequency, duration, provoking activities and postures, functional tolerance and overall percentage improvement comparing the start of therapy to discharge from therapy. At this time, there is no active research underway involving this team.