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Explore core patient education chapters, interactive tools, and related evidence references. Search or filter by topic at your own pace.

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Reference

Patient Handouts & Office Materials

Download the office brochure to revisit with your physician or share with family, plus printing guidance.

Downloadable PDF

Conditions

Could My Chronic Low Back Pain Be Vertebrogenic?

What vertebrogenic pain is, where it comes from, and how it differs from other back pain.

5–7 min read

Anatomy

Interactive Anatomy

Explore the disc, endplates, and basivertebral nerve in an interactive diagram.

Interactive

Imaging

Understanding Modic Changes

What Modic Type 1 and Type 2 changes on an MRI may mean — and what they don't.

6–8 min read

Imaging

MRI Learning Center

A visual guide to Modic changes on MRI and related reading.

Learning center

Procedure

The BVNA Procedure

How basivertebral nerve ablation is designed to interrupt a pain pathway.

Chapter

Consultation

How Vertebrogenic Pain Is Evaluated

The reasoning a physician uses to weigh history, examination, and imaging together.

6–8 min read

Technology

Technologies Used to Perform BVNA

A balanced overview of the FDA-cleared systems used to perform the procedure.

Overview

Technology

Boston Scientific Intracept System

An educational look at one system used to perform BVNA.

System

Technology

Stryker OptaBlate BVN System

An educational look at another system used to perform BVNA.

System

Evidence

Clinical Evidence Library

Explore published studies and the evidence behind BVNA.

Research library

Evidence

Clinical Case Studies

Browse de-identified educational cases.

Case library

Consultation

Preparing for Your Consultation

Which records help, how to organize your history, and questions to ask.

3–4 min read

Reference

Frequently Asked Questions

Clear answers organized by topic — general, MRI, BVNA, recovery, and more.

Reference

Glossary of Spine Terms

Plain-language definitions of the terms you may encounter.

Reference

When the reading raises a question, that's a good reason to talk.

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