Patient engagement is at the core of a patient-centered approach to spine care. Spine professionals engage with their patients with different tools. We all use language but to enhance it, very often a physical model can support the words chosen to educate.

In the past, models have been static, so it made it very difficult to connect patient’s back and neck pain to the specific movements that cause the pain. At Dynamic Disc Designs, we have developed models to help the practitioner engage in a mechanical way through a better rendering of a motion segment. We have created a dynamic disc with the ability of the models to bulge or herniate. We have integrated a dynamic nucleus pulposus and a stiffer annulus fibrosus as well as added features of the ligamentum flavum to show how the facets are inter-related to one another.

Explore how a dynamic model can enhance the language one uses in a clinical setting of a musculoskeletal practice.

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Perceptions of Pain and Making Sense of It – Study Summary

Perceptions of Pain - The Power of Proper Education "Non-specific" neck pain is defined as pain without a known cause. Usually, it disappears on its own after a few days or weeks. However, some people have pain that lasts longer, or that…
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Biofidelic Models for Back Pain Education

Dynamic Disc Models used in Peter Attia’s The Drive Podcast   Peter Attia MD's The Drive is a popular podcast where he interviews professionals in their own fields. In a recent interview with world-renowned back pain expert Stuart…
Pain Neuroscience education
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Pain Neuroscience Education – Cart Before the Horse?

This review examines the impact of pain neuroscience education on patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain. did we skip basic education? Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain (CMP) affects 20% of adults worldwide and is a leading cause of disability.…
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Why Do We Have Back Pain? The Perception Of Pain

Human beings universally share Low Back Pain (LBP) and the perception of pain as the sensation of back pain. Back pain, a ubiquitous companion in the human condition, transcends its physical manifestation to become a complex interplay of sensory…
disk hernia
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Exploring the Intersection: Integrating Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Functional Tests Assessment for Lumbar Disk Hernia Patients

Lumbar spine issues, especially disk herniations, afflict a large portion of the world's population. But despite being a leading cause of lower back pain, diagnosing disk hernations (DH) accurately is challenging due to various factors. While…
Patient Expections
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Navigating Patient Expectations in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy – Insights from Recent Research

INTRODUCTION: research in Musculoskeletal Science and Practice Managing patient expectations is a fundamental aspect of healthcare, especially in the realm of musculoskeletal physiotherapy, where diagnostic imaging often comes…
Anatomical Realism
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Dynamic Disc Designs Models’ Anatomical Realism

Dynamic Disc Designs Models’ Anatomical Realism helping professionals with their communication of back pain   Lower back pain is one of the most common health problems for which patients visit spine professionals. As a spine specialist,…
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Bed Rest for Backs: Is it So Wrong?

Bed Rest for Backs: Is it So Wrong? recumbency and recovery   When treating acute nonspecific low back pain (LBP), bed rest is often not recommended. In fact, many clinical practice guidelines for the care of acute nonspecific LBP…
Contextual Factors in LBP
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Contextual Factors | What’s in your clinical context in the management of low back pain?

What’s in your clinical context? contexual factors and their influence in low back pain care Contextual factors play a part in the care of low back pain sufferers. These factors are things like: what the doctor is wearing, how he smells,…