Spine Universe Author Biography

Robert is a graduate of the Georgia State University Physical Therapy program. After advanced studies in New Zealand with The McKenzie Institute, USA in 1991, he was granted the McKenzie Institute International Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy of the Spine. He was subsequently named to the teaching faculty of The McKenzie Institute. He has taught numerous courses on the McKenzie Approach to physicians and physical therapists throughout the United States and internationally. He has participated in published research studies on low back pain and cervical pain responses to mechanical interventions and the diagnostic accuracy of McKenzie’s mechanical assessment. He is presently Director of Spine Rehabilitation at Resurgens Orthopaedics in Atlanta, GA.

SpineUniverse articles from Robert Medcalf, PT, Dip. MDT

• Overview Supportive Studies: McKenzie Method of Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT)
  If a patient with lumbar or cervical pain can have their symptoms centralized in a short time, the prognosis for rapid improvement is likely.