Our Approach to Healthcare

• Promotion of conservative and cooperative spinal care
• Cultivating of interdisciplinary referrals
• Providing of continuing education and credentialing for physicians
• Expansion of therapeutic options for patients
• Provision of educational resources for patients, physicians and the public
• Informing the public of advances in spinal care

Cooperative Spine Care:

What is it? Cooperative spine care refers to two or more health professionals who work together to preserve or restore spinal integrity while prioritizing the patients well being. May require complex care of more than one spine specialist. Candidates for cooperative spine care include individuals who:

• Have multiple uses to the spine to varying degrees
• Are not responding to a conservative approach
• Require medication and physical medical approach
• Have progressive neurological compromise
• Have a complicated spinal condition
• Have failed to respond to surgery

• Reduce unnecessary testing
• Early detection of spinal disorders at varying stages of development
• Optimize intensity of care
• Reduce the risk of unnecessary surgery
• Improve patient recovery
• Reduce overall cost of spine care
• Provide the full spectrum of spinal care

Dr. David Nygaard, M.S., M.B.A., A.A.S.P., Board Certified Atlas Orthogonist