Description
Injury and the Intervertebral Disc
Instructor: James Demetrious, DC, DABCO
Cost: $25.00 / 1 CE Hours (50-minute hours)
- Course description:
- Dr. Demetrious provides a brief discussion related to research and physiologic rationales related to the effect of trauma and mechanisms of healing affecting the intervertebral disc (1.0 CE hours).
- Hourly Syllabus:
- Hour 1: Epidemiology of IVD in asymptomatic cohort, annular tears, HIZs, pathogenesis of IVD healing, IVD nutrition, Modic changes.
- Learning Objectives:
- Attendees will better understand current concepts related to the effects of injury on the IVD.
- Attendees will attain insight into IVD injury, healing and clinical progression.
Instructor: James Demetrious, DC, DABCO
Dr. James Demetrious is a nationally distinguished, board certified chiropractic orthopedist. He is a clinician, educator, author, and editor. Dr. Demetrious teaches post-graduate coursework on behalf of Northeast College of Health Sciences. He is a member of the NCMIC Speakers’ Bureau and teaches post-graduate coursework throughout the United States. He has published peer-reviewed journal papers related to advanced differential diagnosis. He serves as an editorial reviewer on behalf of the journals: Spine, Annals of Internal Medicine, and Clinical Anatomy. Dr. Demetrious has continually cared for patients since 1986.
