Ridgeview Medical Center Licenses LIFEBACK™ Spine Programs from Spinal Designs

MINNEAPOLIS, MN—November 20, 2006—Spinal Designs International, Inc. and Ridgeview Medical Center (Waconia, MN) have signed an agreement whereby Ridgeview Medical Center will add a LIFEBACK™ Spine Rehab Clinic as an extension of its Ridgeview Rehab Specialties services in Chanhassen, MN.

“The incidence and prevalence of chronic back pain is increasing with our aging population and sedentary lifestyles,” said Tom Konrardy, Director of Ridgeview Rehab Specialties. “Adding LIFEBACK Spine Programs to our rehab services ensures that we can provide a high-quality solution for patients suffering from this debilitating chronic disease.”

“We’re pleased that LIFEBACK Spine Programs have been selected by this highly respected healthcare organization to improve access to excellent long-term results from patients,” said Greg Peterson, CEO and President of Spinal Designs. “By including these programs in Ridgeview’s care venue, patients have additional assurance that functional recovery from chronic back pain is possible.”

This new Chanhassen location is the third LIFEBACK Spine Rehab Clinic to be added in the Twin Cities in 2006. The opening of the Chanhassen location comes two weeks after Spinal Designs entered into a strategic alliance and co-development agreement with SpineMark, Inc. (San Diego, CA). Under the terms of that agreement, LIFEBACK Spine Rehab Clinics will provide non-surgical and post-operative rehab services in SpineMark’s national network of Spine Centers of Excellence.

LIFEBACK Spine Programs are designed to enable patients to recover from chronic and recurring back and neck pain. They take a whole-person approach to what is a whole-person problem. Documented results on thousands of patients show that LIFEBACK programs help chronic spine pain sufferers reduce their pain, increase their home and work activities, and improve their short- and long-term quality of life.

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.

Ridgeview Medical Center is an independent, 129-bed acute care hospital located on Highway 5 in Waconia, MN. The hospital is the center of a regional health care network that includes clinics, emergency services and specialty programs. For more information on Ridgeview and its clinics, visit www.ridgeviewmedical.org.

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