Summit Orthopedics Licenses LIFEBACK™ Spine Programs from Spinal Designs International

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – June 8, 2007 - Spinal Designs International, Inc. and Summit Orthopedics have signed an agreement whereby Summit Orthopedics will now offer LIFEBACK™ Spine Programs as an extension of their care in Woodbury and Eagan, Minnesota.

"The LIFEBACK Spine Programs are an exciting new addition to the ever-growing continuum of musculoskeletal care offered at Summit Orthopedics,” said Ken Brockman, CEO of Summit Orthopedics, “These unique spine care programs are different then anything currently offered in the in the Woodbury or Eagan areas.”

LIFEBACK Spine Programs are like no other therapy option. LIFEBACK Programs are designed to enable non-operative and post-operative patients to recover from chronic (>12 weeks pain) and recurring back and neck pain by engaging a whole-person approach to what is a whole-person problem.

LIFEBACK Spine Programs are evidence-based, multi-modal, active rehabilitation programs that integrate 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 chronic spine pain sufferers reduce their pain, increase their home and work activities, and improve their short- and long-term quality of life.

“We are pleased that LIFEBACK Spine Programs have been selected by this highly respected health care organization to optimize non-surgical and post-operative spine patient outcomes,” said Lisa Lavin, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Spinal Designs. “With the inclusion of LIFEBACK within Summit Orthopedics’ care continuum, patients have additional assurance of functional recovery from chronic back and neck pain.”

LIFEBACK programs are delivered by specially trained spine rehab therapists through a growing network of LIFEBACK™ Spine Rehab Clinics in Minnesota and North Dakota. More than 400 insurance companies provide reimbursement for LIFEBACK programs.

Summit Orthopedics is a leader in providing world-class general and subspecialty orthopedic care. Summit provides professional, high quality, cost-effective orthopedic care to all of their patients, everyday. Summit Orthopedics has eleven clinic locations, all conveniently located throughout the Eastern Twin Cities metro area (Minnesota). For additional information please visit www.summitortho.com or call 651.842.5200.

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, please visit www.LIFEBACK.com or call 612.378.0161.

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