Spinal Designs’ LIFEBACK™ Spine Programs Now at HealthEast

Minneapolis — February 8, 2006 — Spinal Designs International, Inc. and HealthEast Care System have signed an agreement whereby HealthEast Optimum Rehab will now offer Spinal Designs’ LIFEBACK™ Spine Programs.

“Chronic back pain continues to be the primary cause for patient visits through our Optimum Rehab services, and our primary physician clinics,” said Jean Pagel, Director of Acute Care Rehab Services, HealthEast. “Adding the proven LIFEBACK Spine Programs to our rehab services lets us expand the level of care we can provide for these chronic back pain patients.”

“HealthEast selected our LIFEBACK Spine Programs because of their long-documented success with patients,” said Greg Peterson, CEO and President of Spinal Designs. “Ongoing measurements show that 94 percent of our patients are satisfied with their progress and recovery one year after completing a LIFEBACK program.”

LIFEBACK programs are designed to enable patients to recover from chronic non-surgical and post-operative back pain and regain their quality of life in the process. The programs take a train vs. treat, whole-person approach that empowers patients to master their back pain, manage their own functional recovery, and make wise lifestyle choices thereafter.

The scientifically engineered programs combine core strengthening and stabilization training, flexibility training, unloading therapies, and therapeutic activities that support cognitive behavioral change. Patients completing a LIFEBACK program are monitored and coached for two years to reinforce program compliance, and gather patient outcomes data. Documented results on thousands of patients show that LIFEBACK programs help them stop or reduce doctor visits and medication usage, as well as improve their home and work activities, including return to work.

LIFEBACK programs are delivered by specially trained spine rehab therapists through a growing network of LIFEBACK™ Spine Rehab Clinics that now includes HealthEast’s clinic in Maplewood, MN. More than 400 insurance companies provide reimbursement for LIFEBACK programs.

Spinal Designs International licenses proprietary, evidence-based LIFEBACK Spine Programs to hospitals and provider clinics as services for their chronic spine patients. These programs treat spinal disease in its totality through patient-responsible disease management versus repeated clinician-provided treatments that focus on symptom management. The programs are available through LIFEBACK Spine Rehab Clinics in Minnesota and North Dakota. For more information on LIFEBACK programs, send email to info@spinaldesigns.com.

HealthEast Care System is a community-focused, non-profit health care system that provides innovative technology, compassionate care and a full spectrum of family health services. HealthEast includes Bethesda Hospital, St. John’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Woodwinds Health Campus as well as outpatient services, clinics, pharmacies and transportation services.

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