Contents

Etiologies of Painful Spinal Disorders; PART I. Lumbosacral Spine: 2. Pathophysiology of Painful Lumbosacral Spine Disorders; Section A. Axial Low Back Pain: 3. Mechanical Assessment of Axial Lumbosacral Pain; A. Internal Disc Disruption (IDD); 4. Diagnostic Imaging of Lumbosacral IDD; 5. Provocation and Analgesic Discography Evaluation of Lumbosacral IDD; 6. Epidural Steroids for Lumboscral IDD; 7. Intradiscal Heating Procedures for Lumbosacral IDD; 8. Intradiscal biologic Agents for Lumbosacral IDD; B. Facet Joint Dysfunction; 9. Diagnostic Imaging of Painful Lumbar Facet Joints; 10. Diagnostic Blockade of Symptomatic Lumbar Facet joints; 11. Therapeutic Intra-Articular Lumbar Facet Joint Injections; 12. Radiofreguency Denervation for Lumbar Facet Joint Pain; C. Sacroiliac Joint Dysfunction: 13. Diagnostic Imaging of Painful Sacroiliac Joints; 14. Diagnostic bloackade of Symptomatic Sacroiliac Joints; 15. Therapeutic Intra-Articular injections for Painful Sacroiliac Joints; 16. Neuroblative Techniques for Sacroiliac joint Pain; D. Unique Conditions: 17. Midline Posterior Element Disorders; 18. Fusion Hardware Mediated Low Back Pain; 19. Lumbosacral Spine Disorders in the Young Athlete; Section B. Radiculopathy/ Radicular Pain: 20. An Algorithmic Approach to Lumbosacral Radicular Pain; 21. Diagnostic Imaging of Limbosacral Radiculopathy; 22. Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Lumbosacral Radiculopathy; 23. Epidural Steroid Instillation for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy; 24. Therapeutic Intradiscal Procedures for Lumbosacral Radiculopathy ; 25. Neuromodulation for Lumbosacral Radicular Pain; Section C. Functional Restoration and Biomechanics: 26. Functional Restoration of Painful Lumbar Spinal Disorders; 27. Biomechanical Principles for reducing Low Back Pain; PART II. Cervical Spine: 28. Pathophysiology of Painful Cervical Spine Disorders; Section A. Axial Neck Pain: 29. Algorithmic Approach to Cervical Axial Pain; A. Internal Disc Disruption: 30. Diagnostic Imaging of Cervical IDD; 31. Provocation Discography Evaluation of Cervical IDD; 32. Percutaneous Treatment for Cervical IDD; B. Facet Joint Pain: 33. Diagnostic Imaging of Painful Cervical Facet Joints; 34. Diagnostic Blockade of Painful Cervical Facet Joints; 35. Therapeutic Intra-Articular Cervical Facet Joint Injections; 36. Radiofrequency Denervation for Cervical Facet Joint Pain; 37. Chronic Whiplash and Whiplash Associated Disorders; Section B. Radiculopathy/Radicular Pain: 38. Algorithmic Application of Cervical Radicular Pain; 39. Diagnostic Imaging of Cervical Radiculopathy; 40. Electrodiagnostic Evaluation of Cervical Radiculopathy 41. Epidural Steroid Instillation for Cervical Radiculopathy; 42. Percutaneous Cervical Radiculopathy; 43. Neuromodulation for Cervical Radicular Pain; Section C. Functional Restoration: 44. Functional Rehabilitation of Painful Cervical Spinal Disorders; PART III. Osteoporotic Spine and Pelvis: 45. Biomechanics and Pathophysiology of the Osteoporotic Spine and Pelvis; Section A. Spinal and Pelvic Fractures: 46. Percutaneous vertebroplasty; 47. Percutaneous Augmentation using Void Creation; 48. Evaluation and Treatment of Pelvic Insufficiency Fractures; Section B. Osteoporotic Spine Care: 49. Pharmacologic Strategies for the Osteoporotic Patient; 50. Functional Restoration of the Osteoporotic Patient