Exploring the Sound of Synovial Joint Distraction: Is it a Gas Bubble or Something Else?

joint cracking

When we experience a “pop” or “snap” sound during the distraction of a synovial joint, most people wonder what exactly causes this audible noise. While there is a prevailing belief that it’s a gas bubble that produces sound, a new, yet simple, hypothesis challenges this notion.   Dr. Jerome Fryer, the Chief Innovation Officer at Dynamic […]

Courtroom Education Pivots on Accurate 3d Modelling

accurate 3d modelling

Jury Settles on 8 Million Dollar FedEx Crash In a recent court case, Dynamic Disc Models played a critical role in educating the court on the mechanism of the motor vehicle accident and educating the doctors (and jurors) about the injured spinal tissues. In 2014, a FedEx truck failed to apply the brakes on the […]

Stuart McGill using Dynamic Disc Models to Share His Knowledge

McGill and Spine Models

Stuart McGill on Back Talk Doc podcast. Professor McGill of backfitpro sharing is knowledge using Dynamic Disc Models to teach. TRANSCRIBED FROM VOICE TO TEXT so some errors exist below. Sanjiv Lakhia DO (00:00:05): When I started the podcast back talk doc, about two years ago, I had two goals in mind. First, obviously, I’m […]

Models are only scary if you make them that way – Dynamic Disc Designs

models are not scary, patient education

Dr. Jerome Fryer (CEO of Dynamic Disc Designs Corp): “Hello everyone. Dr. Jerome Fryer here of Dynamic Disc Designs. I just want to reach out to those customers that have one of my models. There’s been a lot of talk lately on social media regarding how models can be scary. I don’t know how they’re […]

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Patient Education - Cervical Models

Dynamic cervical spine models have been static in the past. Research demonstrates MRI can show problems like disc bulge and disc herniation even though patients do not have symptoms. Interestingly, there has been a shift in clinical thinking that many MRIs are ordered unnecessarily and can lead to unnecessary surgery. What we are beginning to […]

Synovial Fold Release and Joint Cracking

Synovial fold, tag, meniscoid

Synovial Fold Release and Joint Cracking : a New Hypothesis for the Sound Generator has been created In 2013, much work on simulating the synovial joint was conducted and led to in-vitro testing using ddd models to demonstrate the sound. The mechanism of a cracking joint sound was produced with two factors in place.  The […]

Understanding Core Exercises

Core Muscles of Spine

Core stabilization exercises and why they work for many mechanical low back pain sufferers. spinal stabilization At Dynamic Disc Designs, we believe the answers may not be as complicated as we thought. In a 2012 publication titled, A Meta-Analysis of Core Stability Exercise versus General Exercise for Chronic Low Back Pain1 the authors looked to […]

Audible Articular Release Model

Audible articular release

Audible articular release sounds are very common with spinal manipulation. There are still many people afraid of the sound and prevent them from trying spinal manipulation as a treatment for back or neck pain. To improve the explanation of this common procedure, Dr. Jerome Fryer, chief innovations officer at Dynamic Disc Designs Corp., has developed an […]

Audible Noises and Synovial Joints

Synovial Joints, Synovial Fold

The classic “pop” or “snap” or audible noises associated with a synovial joint distraction is a curious sound. There seems to be a generalized consensus that the structure responsible for the noise is a gas bubble. For a review, you can read here and find out that we don’t really know where the sound is […]