Primary Spine Care 16
Clinical Necessity for Relationships with MDs & Lawyers Online

15 CE Credits

Become the Spine Expert Medical Specialists Trust

Master Triage, Neurodiagnostics, and Advanced Imaging Interpretation—Then Apply It Immediately in Practice

If you want to be taken seriously by medical specialists, build a reputation as a collaborative spine clinician, and elevate your standing in the medical-legal community, this course delivers the clinical expertise and documentation skills to do it.

You’ll learn how to triage complex and trauma cases, sharpen neurodiagnostic decision-making, and confidently interpret advanced spinal imaging (MRI/CT/X-ray)—then use evidence-based demonstrative reporting to support patient-centered collaborative care.

This is not theory. Every module is designed to be implemented immediately—in your documentation, your clinical workflow, and your referral relationships.

Who This Course Is For

This program is designed for chiropractors and spine-focused clinicians who want to:

• Collaborate confidently with MD PCPs, specialists, ERs, and urgent care

• Build expert credibility through evidence-based, demonstrative documentation

• Improve diagnostic certainty and reduce “non-specific back pain” outcomes

• Strengthen case defensibility in medical-legal and expert witness environments

• Increase practice growth through reputation-building clinical excellence

What You’ll Be Able to Do After This Course

✅ 1) Triage With Confidence

Learn how to assess and prioritize acute, chronic, and trauma cases to determine urgency, risk, and next steps—then build a complete care path using all available diagnostic tools.

✅ 2) Strengthen Neurodiagnostic Accuracy

Develop clinical fluency in neurological evaluation and decision-making—so your diagnoses align with standards expected in interdisciplinary care and medical-legal review.

✅ 3) Interpret Advanced Imaging Like a Spine Expert

Gain the ability to interpret MRI, CT, and X-ray results with confidence—so you can identify critical pathology, support evidence-based conclusions, and collaborate effectively with radiologists and specialists.

✅ 4) Build Collaborative Relationships Through Ethical Documentation

Learn the documentation framework that fosters trust with medical providers and strengthens professional credibility—while also supporting ethical billing and compliant clinical recordkeeping.

Key Outcomes (Why This Matters)

Evidence-based demonstrative documentation is often the deciding factor in:

• Establishing meaningful relationships with medical providers

• Creating defensible diagnoses, prognosis, and treatment plans

• Dispelling the outdated “non-specific back pain” dogma

• Improving patient outcomes through clinical specificity

• Supporting medical-legal clarity through evidence-driven rationale

When your documentation and imaging interpretation are strong enough for medical scrutiny, chiropractic utilization increases dramatically—because your clinical story becomes undeniable.

Course Curriculum (15 Total Academic Hours)

Module 1 — 2 Hours

Current and Future Trends in Documentation & Practice Growth

History Taking & Examination
Faculty: Mark Studin, DC • Don Capoferri, DC

Learn the documentation approach that builds reputation and fosters collaboration. See how demonstrative reporting supports patient-centered care, helps develop MD relationships, and positions chiropractic as a modern, evidence-based spine profession.

Module 2 — 2 Hours

MRI Spine Case Review

Diagnostic Testing & Differential Diagnosis
Faculty: Patricia Roche, DO, CAQ (Radiology & Neuroradiology) • Mark Studin, DC

A structured clinical case review of spinal MRI including:

• Sagittal & axial views

• T1, T2, STIR, proton density sequences

• Identification of vertebrae, spinal cord, discs, nerve roots, thecal sac, PLL, epidural veins, fat-saturation pulses

Pathology covered includes:
bulges, herniations, protrusions, extrusions, myelomalacia, cord edema, Schmorl’s nodes

Module 3 — 1 Hour

Triage: Part 1

Diagnostic Testing & Differential Diagnosis
Faculty: Mark Studin, DC • Don Capoferri, DC

Learn triage strategies for chronic and trauma cases, determine urgency, and create an evidence-driven care path that leads to an accurate, defensible diagnosis.

Module 4 — 2 Hours

Age-Dating Herniated Disc & Trauma

Diagnostic Testing & Differential Diagnosis
Faculty: Mark Studin, DC • Don Capoferri, DC

Age-dating disc pathology is a defining skill of true spine expertise—especially in collaborative and medical-legal environments. Learn how to correlate clinical findings with advanced imaging and joint pathology to create:

• Evidence-based rationale

• Accurate prognosis

• Defensible expert-level conclusions

Module 5 — 2 Hours

Updated Trends in Spinal Biomechanics & Ligamentous Pathology

History Taking & Examination
Faculty: Mark Studin, DC • Don Capoferri, DC

A master-class in ligament pathology and its relevance to spine care:

• Anatomy, physiology, vascularization, neurological innervation

• Mechanisms of trauma and compensatory biomechanics

• Tissue repair and sequelae (acute and chronic)

• Ligament pathology correlation to path-neuro-biomechanical lesions

• The role of ligaments in spinal adjustment mechanisms and clinical decision-making

Module 6 — 1 Hour

Case History Presentation

History Taking & Examination
Faculty: Mark Studin, DC • Don Capoferri, DC

Clinical grand rounds on disc, ligament, and spinal pathology:

• Diagnosis creation

• Prognosis formulation

• Treatment plan development

• How follow-up exams drive updates to diagnosis and treatment planning

Module 7 — 2 Hours

Latest Evidence on Making Non-Specific Back Pain Specific

Diagnostic Testing & Differential Diagnosis
Faculty: Mark Studin, DC • Don Capoferri, DC

Learn how to replace “non-specific” labels with evidence-based spinal diagnosis. This module teaches how to apply the evidence to collaborative management—and how to communicate conclusive diagnosis in a way medical specialists recognize and trust.

Module 8 — 3 Hours

Creating Ethical Collaborative Relationships + Documentation That Fosters Trust

Ethical Billing & Coding
Faculty: Mark Studin, DC • Don Capoferri, DC

A step-by-step guide to documentation that supports quality healthcare and professional credibility in a changing reimbursement landscape:

• Why clinical notes matter

• The importance of context

• What to include in every note

• Tips for better documentation

• Basic legal considerations

• Ethical documentation that strengthens interdisciplinary trust

Faculty (Expert-Led Instruction)

This course is taught by experienced clinicians and medical imaging experts recognized for their work in collaborative care and medical-legal spine expertise.

Mark Studin, DC, FPSC, FASBE(C), DAAPM
Don Capoferri, DC, FBST, FPSC
Patricia Roche, DO, CAQ (Radiology & Neuroradiology)

Course Details

• Total Academic Time: 15 Hours

• Format: Modular learning with real-world clinical application

• Tuition: $299.00

Ready to Elevate Your Clinical Authority?

If you want to collaborate with medical specialists, improve outcomes through diagnostic certainty, and build credibility in the medical-legal space, this course delivers the skills and structure to make it happen.

✅ Learn it.
✅ Apply it immediately.
✅ Build the reputation that drives referrals and trust.

Enroll today.

Instructions: Once you purchase the course online, it will be immediately active in your account. If you have any issues, please contact Cara 631-804-2845 or CaraRoss220@Gmail.com

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