Moderator: Ryan Tauzell, PT, MA, Cert. MDT
Nutrition plays an important role in health, wellness, and prevention and treatment of various disorders. Numerous factors and comorbidities are apparent in patients with spinal pain disorders that may be responsive to nutritional interventions, ranging from physiological processes (e.g. inflammation) to general health (e.g. obesity). However, specific information is largely unavailable to assist spine care practitioners with clinical decision-making processes for implementation of nutritional approaches for their patients. This symposium will discuss nutritional considerations for management of spinal pain disorders.
Upon completion of this meeting, participants should gain strategies to:
- Disseminate evidence regarding nutrition for management of spinal pain disorders;
- Provide knowledge to spine care practitioners to improve clinical decision-making processes related to nutrition for spinal pain disorders;
- Enable spine care practitioners to apply nutritional approaches for management of patients with spinal pain disorders.
Agenda
Introduction
Ryan Tauzell, MD, PT, Cert. MDT
General Introduction to Nutrition for Spine Care
John Mayer, DC, PhD, CCRP, FACSM
Physiological Considerations for Nutritional Management: Part 1: Inflammation, Hormonal Influences, Nutrition for Healing
Carrie Diulus, MD
Physiological Considerations for Nutritional Management: Part 2: Inflammation, Hormonal Influences, Nutrition for Healing
Alison Stout, DO
Discussion and Q&A
All Faculty