spine – MD Update

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MILD® Gets a Second Look

December 1, 2018February 15, 2019 Holly Hinson academy of American orthopedic medicine, American orthopedic medicine, anesthesiologist, anesthesiology, anesthetic, cord nerve, Danesh Mazloomdoost, decompression, delicate muscle, FDA-cleared, FDA-cleared alternative, fellowship-trained, future surgery, Gil Dunn Danesh Mazloomdoost, Gil Dunn Mazloomdoost, good candidate, Hackett-Hemwall Patterson, Hackett-Hemwall Patterson foundation, hardened ligament, iData, iData research, image001 photo, image002 photo, invasive lumbar decompression, invasive surgery, Joseph east hospital, ligament, local anesthetic, low risk alternative, LSS, lumbar, lumbar decompression, Mazloomdoost, medical director, medical director of Wellward regenerative medicine, Medicare, medicine, mild procedure, MILD®, national reimbursement coverage, nerve, outpatient, outpatient procedure, pain, photo, physician, procedure, revolutionary procedure, risk alternative, spinal cord nerve, spinal procedure, spine, stenosis, structural integrity, surgeon chip, surgery, traditional spinal surgery, universal condition, Vertos, Wellward, Wellward regenerative medicine

LEXINGTON Experiencing back issues as we age is so prevalent, it’s almost a universal condition. In fact, according to iData

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Complementary Care

Physical Therapy – Medicine in Motion

September 1, 2018November 9, 2018 MD-Update Staff acute patient, bluegrass, body 's ability, cardinal Hill rehabilitation hospital, chronic pain, chronic pain care, CSAS, degenerative disc issue, disc injury, disc issue, educate patient, excess tension, exercise, fast patient, full complement of service line, Gil Dunn, Goumas, gradual degeneration, Hill rehabilitation hospital, image001 photo, Jason Goumas, Lexington Jason Goumas, live healthy life, maintenance, medication, movement treatment, necessary maintenance activity, outpatient field, pain, pain care, pain center, pain center of the bluegrass 's, pain medication, pain pathway, pain treatment center, pain treatment center of the bluegrass, patient 's education, physical therapist, physical therapy, poor posture, problematic sign, Pt, simple act, spinal disc injury, spine, talented team of healthcare provider, therapist, therapy, vast majority of the problem, wide variety of facility

LEXINGTON Jason Goumas, PT, CSAS, has more than 20 years of diverse experience in physical therapy, mostly in the outpatient

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MRI in Early Onset Scoliosis: Is Universal Screening Necessary?

June 1, 2018November 9, 2018 Rebecca Davis abnormal MRI find, adverse effect, anesthesia, child 's mission, child location, curvature of the spine, curve, early onset scoliosis, evidenced-based, evidenced-based care, funded research project, important aspect of evidenced-based care, inception of Shriners hospital, Lexington, Lexington 's research program, Lexington facility, Lexington Shriners, Lexington Shriners medical center, medical center, MRI, MRI find, MRI screen, multiple exposure, onset scoliosis, progressive scoliosis, research project, scoliosis, screen, Shriners, Shriners hospital, spine

LEXINGTON One of the core aspects Shriners Hospitals for Children’s mission is to conduct innovative research that will improve the

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Changing the Paradigm on Pain Management

December 1, 2017February 9, 2018 Donna Ison Alabama-Birmingham, anesthesia residency, anesthesiology, APRN, away pain, broad spectrum of chronic pain condition, chief complaint of head, chronic migraine relief, chronic pain, chronic pain management, clinic, commonwealth, commonwealth 's physician, commonwealth pain, complex option, complex regional pain syndrome, comprehensive approach, comprehensive pain clinic, comprehensive pain management clinic, CP&S, CP&S deal, CRPS, department of anesthesiology, DRGs, enter pain management, epidural steroid injection, Evansville, fellowship, field of anesthesiology, general surgery internship, generalized plan, implantable device, Indiana, Indiana license, injection, intercostal nerve block, Jackson, James Jackson, Jason Lewis, Kentucky, Kyle, Kyle young, L., Lewis, like-minded physician, Louisville, lumbar discography, medical competency, medical degree, medication, medication management, medicine, migraine relief, misconception, multimodal, narcotic, neuromodulation, new breed of young physician, Nicolaus Winters, offer alternative, opioids, Owensboro, pain, pain clinic, pain management, pain management clinic, pain management fellowship, pain medicine fellowship, pain syndrome, partner, patient-centered, patient-centered therapy, photo, physician, procedure-oriented, progressive pain clinic, public 's misconception, residency, respective reason, reward thing, right thing, Rob Densmore, spine, sport medicine fellowship, state young, successful pain management clinic, surgery, surgery internship, team-based approach, therapy, throw narcotic, time patient, traditional pain medicine, traditional pain therapy, U, U of L., university of Alabama-Birmingham, wide range of treatment, Winters, Winters state

LOUISVILLE In recent days, everyone seems to have developed a strong response to the words “pain management.” The topic is

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Small Town Services Get Big City Upgrade

December 1, 2017February 9, 2018 Jennifer S. Newton 10-county area, 25 % growth, ablation, academic medical center, access gap, autonomy of a progressive model, Bowling, Bowling green, Bowling green access, brain, clinic, craniofacial, craniofacial pain syndrome, CT, degenerative spine disease, director of the surgical movement disorder program, disorder, epilepsy, fast grow city, fast-growing population of Bowling, feel of WKONA, fellowship, functional neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery deal, functional stereotactic neurosurgery, Gilbert clinic, Graves Gilbert, Graves Gilbert clinic, intraoperative, Kentucky, large multidisciplinary physician group develop, lesion, Louisville, majority of Shanks 's practice, Md., movement disorder, movement disorder team, multi-fellowship, multidisciplinary movement disorder team, multidisciplinary neurosurgical service, multidisciplinary team, multispecialty, multispecialty physician group, navigation, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery deal, neurosurgical associate, neurosurgical service line, Norton hospital, outside of academic medical center, pain, pain specialist, physician, physician group develop, progressive model, real time, Shanks, Shanks 's practice, small town service, specialist, spine, spine disease, spine tumor, state of Kentucky, stereotactic neurosurgery, surgical movement disorder program, therapy, tissue, Todd Shanks, top-notch program, treatment of movement disorder, tumor, U, university of Louisville, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt university, western Kentucky, WKONA

BOWLING GREEN Access. Access. Access. It’s been the rallying cry for years in healthcare reform. In Kentucky, and nationally, public

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Events – Oct 2017

October 1, 2017 MD-Update Staff apiary, baby health service, back pain, bank team, BB&T, Bill Walton, bluegrass, bluegrass council, bluegrass council of the blind, cancer, cancer research, color of courage raise record amount, commonwealth, commonwealth pain, courage, courage raise record amount, Dana-Faber, Dana-Faber cancer institute, David Bosomworth, David Moore, extreme lateral Interbody fusion, financial partner team, five year history, fundraiser, Gil Dunn, Gil Dunn Brandon Gish, Gil Dunn Lexington, Gil Dunn Lexington medical society foundation, golf, golf committee member, golf out, golf tournament, golfer, hope scarf, hope scarf 's mission, host 28, host 28 th, Houston Oaks, Houston Oaks country club, Interbody, Interbody fusion, James Graham Brown, James Graham Brown cancer center, Jewish hospital, John Collins, Joseph east, Kentucky, Kentucky 's medical history, Kentucky orthopedics associate, Ky., Kyle, Kyle young, l-r, Lara MacGregor, Lauren Williams, Lexington, Lexington medical society, Lexington medical society foundation, LMSF, Louisville, Louisville resident Lara MacGregor, magic garden party, MD-UPDATE, MDU, medical center, MSN, neurosurgeon, new location, new office, new Shriners hospital, old medical society, orthopedics, PA-C, pain, partner team, pediatric orthopedic surgeon, people face cancer, photo, physician, picture-perfect day, play area, preservation of Kentucky 's medical history, procedure, RN, scarf, Shriners, Shriners hospital, society foundation, spine, sponsor of color of courage, stage IV breast cancer survivor, surgeon, surgery, SVMIC, Tony Lewgood, tournament, tournament chair, Walton, XLIF, XLIF procedure

Colors of Courage Raises Record Amount for Hope Scarves and Cancer Research LOUISVILLE A record amount, over $151,000, was raised

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Commonwealth Pain & Spine Has Merged with Advanced Pain Medicine in Lexington, Ky.

August 1, 2017 MD-Update Staff advanced pain medicine, American board, American board of anesthesiology, anesthesiology, Bosomworth, bright pain management expert, commonwealth, commonwealth pain, comprehensive pain management network, COO of commonwealth pain, CP&S, Dr. Brandon Gish, Ellison, execution of evolve, field of pain management, Gish, Jeff Ellison, Ky., Lexington, Lexington community, medical degree, medicine, message of opioid awareness, Opioid, opioid dependency, pain, pain management expert, pain management network, pain medicine, patient-centered delivery model, Saroj Dubal, spine, spine family, spine family of clinic, state-of-the-art procedure, suite 300 location, suite 300 location of advanced pain medicine, UK Chandler, UK Chandler medical center, UK college, UK college of medicine

LEXINGTON For years, Saroj Dubal, MD, has served the Lexington community in the field of pain management. Recently, Dubal announced

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Special Section

Bringing the Best to Bowling Green

August 1, 2017 Donna Ison 50 % reduction, 50 % reduction of pain, adult degenerative condition, America 's healthcare system, arm surgery, arthritis, Arthroscopic, Arthroscopy, B., Bowling, brain, brain stimulation, carpel tunnel syndrome, challenge of pain, Cleveland clinic university hand, clinic, comprehensive physical therapy service, Contracture, craniofacial, craniofacial pain, cutting-edge care, D., deep brain stimulation, deformity, degenerative joint, disorder, Dupuytren 's Contracture, evolution of America 's healthcare system, extremity fellowship, fellowship, full-service pain management, ganglion cyst, Gilbert clinic, Gilbert-Graves, Gilbert-Graves clinic, hand fellowship, hand therapy, happy patient, high incidence of Dupuytren 's Contracture, Hines pharmacy, incision, interventional pain specialist, J., joint dysfunction, joint replacement, Keith D., Kentucky, lifeline home health, lumbo-pelvic, lumbo-pelvic disorder, medicine, Morrison, movement disorder, movement disorder surgery, multiple concern, multiple facility, nerve test, neurologic test, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgical associate, neurosurgical care, orthopedic care, orthopedic residency, orthopedic surgeon, orthopedics, pain, pain specialist, patient range, people of western Kentucky, Phillip J., Phillip Singer, photo, physician, primary generator, primary generator of pain, ProRehab, residency, Richards, sacro-iliac, Shanks, shoulder, Singer, Singer 's patient, spine, spine care, spine tumor, sport medicine, streamlined care, surgeon, surgery, therapy, Todd Shanks, treatment of trauma, U, upper extremity fellowship, well-trained physician, western Kentucky, WKONA, WKONA physician

BOWLING GREEN In recent years, the evolution of America’s healthcare system became inevitable. Phillip J. Singer, MD, an orthopedic surgeon

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A Perfect Fit

August 1, 2017 Bob Bake Accufill, Ashland, associate orthopedic surgeon, attend realign broken bone, back pain, bone, bone filler, computer-assisted technology, conservative medical management, cuff, David Waespe, development of a robust practice, ER technician, fellowship, general orthopedics, Gil Dunn James Rice, Grau, Heilig, incision, ingrowth of the surround bone, James Rice, joint replacement, joint replacement material, Kentucky, Kentucky orthopedic associate, Ky., mechanical engineer degree, Michael Heilig, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication, optimal outcome, orthopedic resident, orthopedic surgeon end, orthopedic surgery, orthopedics, outcome, pain, patient selection, perfect fit, photo, physician, physician assistant, physician of Kentucky orthopedic associate, pre-med course, procedure, proper patient selection, replacement, replacement material, Rice, robust practice, rotator, rotator cuff tear, severe rotator cuff tear, single orthopedic surgeon, spine, spine fellowship, stage of conservative management, subchondroplasty, subspecialty, subspecialty fellowship, surgeon, surgeon end, surgery, surround bone, Winchester, Winchester Greg Grau, Winchester location, Winchester use, Winchester use prove technique

WINCHESTER Greg Grau, MD, had decided before he even went to medical school that he wanted a career in orthopedic

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Continual Refinement

December 1, 2016January 19, 2017 Jennifer S. Newton 25 % cranial work, 75 % spine-related disorder, advanced neurosurgery, army treat active duty service member, baptist health, baptist health center, board-certified, board-certified neurosurgeon, Cole, continual refinement, general neurosurgeon, health center, I, I trauma center, John Cole, Jonathan Hodes, Kentucky 's high rate, Kentucky 's high rate of smoke, limitless enthusiasm, neuro reference, neurosurgeon, neurosurgery, neurosurgery practice, neurosurgical resident, new practice, obvious neuro reference, oncology, outcome, practice of Jonathan Hodes, quiet role, search of a position, spine, spine fellowship, spine work, spine-related, spine-related disorder, trauma, tumor, UK 's level I trauma center

LOUISVILLE Perhaps you could call his approach tactical, as his military background might imply, or cerebral, as is the obvious

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