IS3 - International Sports and Spine Society

Our Mission

IS3's mission is to promote "evidence-based" health care information to help guide consumers with musculoskeletal pain disorders in making appropriate decisions about their care. In particular, self-care advice; when to see a doctor; and how to find a highly trained specialist. The membership includes physicians(D.C., D.O., Ph.D. & M.D.), PT's, ATC's, exercise physiologists and kinesiologists.

Web Site Goals

This website is focused on prevention, care, and rehabilitation of potentially disabling muscle and joint conditions. While relief of symptoms is always a reason health care consumers seek health care advice, modern scientific evidence indicates that the cause of most pain is functional in nature. Functional sources of pain include decreased activity tolerance and decreased fitness. For this reason this site focuses on the following functional goals:

• increasing activity tolerance in individuals suffering acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions
• procurement of self-care skills for controlling and coping with recurrent or chronic musculoskeletal conditions
• increasing fitness as a rehabilitation and preventive tool
• increasing performance capacity for elite athletes

Conditions We Treat

Typical conditions which this functional rehabilitation oriented approach is designed for include:

• low back pain
• sciatica
• whiplash
• headaches
• fibromyalgia
• rotator cuff syndrome
• patello-femoral syndromes
• tendinditis
• carpal tunnel syndrome
• ankle sprain
• osteoarthritis of the knee or hip
• balance disorders
• frailty