Donald Corenman
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- Donald Corenman, MD, DC started his career as a Doctor of Chiropractic in 1978 after attending California State University at Northridge then receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and graduating from the Los Angeles College of Chiropractic with a Doctor of Chiropractic degree. He then completed a residency in Chiropractic Orthopaedics from the same school and was in private practice for five years. He received his Diplomate from the American Board of Chiropractic Orthopaedists during this time.
Dr. Corenman then finished medical school and earned his degree as a physician at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. He completed the five year residency in Orthopaedic Surgery at the Detroit Medical Center. He continued his education completing a fellowship in spinal disorders and deformity at the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine with Drs Tom Lowe and Anthony Dwyer. Dr Corenman continued on at the University as an Assistant Professor in Orthopaedic Surgery teaching fellows and residents for 3 years.
Dr. Corenman has been in Vail Colorado for the past 12 years practicing at The Steadman Clinic, the premier sports medicine clinic for recovery of sports and spinal injuries. Dr. Corenman is affiliated with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard association and is a physician for the U.S. Ski Team. He is a member of the North American Spine Society, the Western States Orthopaedic Society, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgery and the American Academy of Chiropractic Orthopaedists. He is Board Certified by the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, the American Board of Spine Surgery and the American Board of Chiropractic Orthopaedics. He has conducted research in the spine for both surgery and rehabilitation and has published multiple articles. Dr. Corenman has lectured to his peers from Hong Kong to Paris to Chile.
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How to Prevent Back Injuries (2)
80% of the American population will suffer from lower back pain. This is often the result of poor lifting techniques. Lifting injuries can cause considerable back pain that will continue to grow worse...
How to Prevent Back Injuries (1)
How to prevent back injuries is an important topic for those who work or partake in activities where lifting is involved on a routine basis. Proper lifting techniques should be practiced. Injuries within...
Back Pain in Children
Dr. Corenman discusses back pain in children. He states that many children will experience back pain but not realize that something is actually wrong. During the interview, he mentions that 1 in 20 children...
Bone Graft Technique Using BMP
This video on bone graft technique using BMP (bone morphogenetic protein) describes the new technique of bone graft and use of BMP and compares fusion for the lower back using the older technique of bone...
Artificial Discs in the Lumbar Spine
An artificial disc in the lumbar spine was created and has been designed to allow some motion of the defective segment by replacing the damaged disc with this implant. This spinal disc implant surgery...
Scheuermanns and Degenerative Kyphosis
Scheuermanns and degenerative kyphosis, also referred to as hump-back of the thoracic spine, is a condition that stems from either a laxity of spinal ligaments or deformity of the vertebra in the youth...
How to Read a MRI of the Normal Cervical Spine
This video is designed for the primary care physician or specialist such as a Chiropractor or Physical Therapist to use in understanding an MRI of the normal cervical spine. The image shown in the video...
Cervical Foraminal Stenosis and Nerve Compression
Dr. Corenman created this video - cervical foraminal stenosis and nerve compression - to explain this condition as a cause of neck pain in more detail. This video uses a spine model and an actual cadaveric...
How to Read a MRI of Cervical Stenosis with Spinal Cord Injury
This video is designed for the primary care physician or specialist such as a Chiropractor or Physical Therapist to use to learn how to read and understand the MRI of the cervical spine with spinal cord...
Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement
Dr. Corenman produced this video on Cervical Artificial Disc Replacement (ProDisc-C) and explains it against ACDF fusion. The cervical artificial disc replacement has been designed to allow some motion...
Isometric Neck Exercises
Isometric neck exercises are strengthening maneuvers that can be done soon after neck surgery to continue to tone the muscles. Isometrics pit one muscle against its antagonist (the muscle that performs...
Cervical Spine Trauma
Donald Corenman MD discusses the effects of a direct high speed impact to the head. Cervical spine trauma can cause serious damage. On initial contact, the head absorbs the impact, but the torso continues...
What is a Microdiscectomy for Lumbar Disc Herniation, Low Back Pain...
Dr. Corenman recently created this video to provide an explanation of microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniation, low back pain and leg pain. The microdiscectomy procedure is designed for a herniated...
Video of L5-S1 Surgery Lumbar Microdiscectomy
This video of L5-S1 Surgery Lumbar Microdiscetomy to help reduce the patient's low back pain shows Dr. Corenman's surgical technique. Surgical Video of L5-S1 Lumbar Microdiscectomy goes over the anatomy...
Cauda Equina Syndrome - Treatment
Donald Corenman MD discusses cauda equina syndrome. Cauda equina refers to the compilation of nerves that begin at the end of the spinal cord. Within the cauda equina compilation is a set of filamentous...
Mimics of Low Back Pain 3
Dr. Donald Corenman presents a lecture "Inflammatory, Autoimmune, Infectious Diseases". This is the third part of a three part lecture on diseases that mimic low back pain or cause or mimic...
Mimics of Low Back Pain 2
Dr. Donald Corenman presents a lecture "Inflammatory, Autoimmune, Infectious Diseases". This is the second part of a three part lecture on diseases that mimic low back pain or cause or mimic...
Mimics of Low Back Pain 1
Dr. Donald Corenman presents a lecture "Inflammatory, Autoimmune, Infectious Diseases". This is the first part of a three part lecture on diseases that mimic low back pain or cause or mimic...
How to Read X-rays of the Lumbar Spine (Lower Back)
This video—Understanding X-Rays of the Lumbar Spine—is designed by dr Donald Corenman for the practitioner who has access to X-rays for diagnosis of lower back disorders. Lumbar X-rays can deliver so...
When to Have Surgery for Low Back Pain
Dr. Donald Corenman presents the video that illustrates the reasons for surgery for low back pain. Millions of people suffer from low back pain. There are reasons for surgery for low back pain that should...
Far Lateral Disc Herniation
Donald Corenman MD demonstrates a surgical removal of a far lateral disc herniation in the lumbar spine using a minimally invasive surgical technique. 95% of disc herniation in the lumbar spine occurs...
What is Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy?
Dr. Donald Corenman, a spine surgeon, presents movie " What is Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy? " Posterior cervical foraminotomy is a technique to decompress the cervical nerve root without...
How to Read a MRI of Cervical Nerve Compression
Dr. Donald Corenman created this video "Understanding an MRI of Cervical Nerve Compression" to help primary care physicians or specialists, to learn how to read these specific MRIs. Understanding...
Posterior Cervical Foraminotomy
Dr. Donald Corenman, a spine surgeon, presents a minimally invasive posterior cervical foraminotomy for herniated disc neck surgery. This patient developed a disc herniation in his neck that compressed...