Dr. Ramsin Benyamin gives a brief talk on osteoporotic fractures and how he has focused his practice in preventing these atraumatic fractures. He explains how the consequences of such fractures can be life altering. He also discusses bone density preservation and the proper treatment for such fractures, including vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty.

Douglass Beall, MD, discusses managing discogenic back pain without surgery. Traditionally, patients can use physical therapy and chiropractic interventions to help manage back pain. Surgery can be used to help manage it as well; however, it is expensive and only 50% of patients improve after surgical procedures. Non-invasive methods for managing back pain include nerve ablation, and injections with stem cells, hydrogels, or amino acid peptides. The average procedure time for these non-invasive methods is 5.5 minutes, and studies show that there is significant improvement in pain, function, and quality of life.

Dr. Stogicza describes in great detail, the reemergence of prolotherapy, and why its efficacy is becoming more recognized in treating pain. She describes prolotherapy as “absolutely the opposite of every standard technique.” She explains how it is categorized as regenerative therapy, and gives an example of how prolotherapy is used to treat the root cause of cervicogenic headaches by allowing the body to heal the ligamentous (soft tissue) damage that can refer pain to cause such headaches.