CLINICAL INTENSIVE

Understanding the Lumbar Functional Spinal Unit

Move beyond isolated injections by understanding how the Functional Spine Unit influences patient evaluation, treatment planning, and procedural success.

LIVE Webinar

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026
5 PM PT | 8 PM ET LIVE Online

Hands-On Clinical Intensive

Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026, XCELL Learning Center
8:30 AM - 5 PM

Lead Faculty

John Knab, MD

CHOOSE YOUR LEARNING EXPERIENCE

Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026
COMPLIMENTARY WEBINAR

✓  LIVE online webinar

✓  Evidence review and case discussions

✓  Faculty Q&A

✓  Functional Spinal Unit treatment planning

Saturday, Oct. 3, 2026
COMPLIMENTARY CLINICAL INTENSIVE

Includes everything in the webinar, plus:

✓  Hands-on cadaver training

✓  Faculty coaching & feedback

✓  Procedure repetition

✓  Breakfast & lunch 

✓  Ultrasound and fluoroscopy-guided lumbar procedures

 

CLINICAL INTENSIVE: DAY AT A GLANCE

MORNING CLINICAL EDUCATION
  • •Clinical science
  • •Ultrasound fundamentals
  • •Patient selection
  • •Case reviews
LUNCH & ROUNDTABLES

Faculty roundtables and case discussion lunch

AFTERNOON HANDS-ON-TRAINING
  • •Hands-on cadaver training
  • •Procedure repetition
  • •Faculty coaching
  •  
TECHNOLOGY SHOWCASE
Live demonstrations of advanced technologies integrated into today's clinical practice

HANDS-ON PROCEDURAL MASTERY LAB

Spend the afternoon performing high-yield regenerative spine procedures on cadaver specimens under direct faculty supervision. Procedural anatomy includes:

✓Lumbar facet complex injections

✓Multifidus injections

✓Interspinous ligament injections and supraspinous ligament injections

✓Iliolumbar ligament injections

✓Sacroiliac joint injections (intra-articular)

✓Sacroiliac supporting ligament injections

 

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IS THIS PROGRAM RIGHT FOR YOU?

Physicians looking to confidently integrate image-guided orthobiologics into clinical practice.

IDEAL ATTENDEE

Pain Physicians
Orthopedic Spine
PM&R
Physicians Growing Spine Services

THIS PROGRAM IS IDEAL IF...

  • ● You treat patients with mechanical low back pain or degenerative spine conditions.
  • ● You have an interest in incorporating orthobiologics into your spine practice.
  • ● You perform - or are learning - image-guided procedures using ultrasound and/or fluoroscopy.
  • ● You want to move beyond isolated injections to a comprehensive Functional Spine Unit treatment strategy.
  • ● You are looking for hands-on cadaver training with direct faculty coaching and procedural repetition.
  • ● You want practical treatment algorithms you can confidently implement in clinical practice.

LEAD FACULTY

John Knab (1)

John H. Knab, MD

Dr Knab is a board-certified anesthesiologist and is fellowship trained in pain management, with added qualifications in pain management from the American Board of Anesthesiologists. Dr. Knab completed his residency in anesthesiology at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington, then completed a fellowship in interventional pain management at the University of California, San Diego. He has practiced pain medicine exclusively at the Center for Pain Management since 2000, where he is currently the Medical Director. Dr. Knab specializes in all aspects of interventional pain medicine and has a special interest in autologous cell-based therapies.

PLAN YOUR CLINICAL INTENSIVE EXPERIENCE

Location

19321 US Hwy 19 N, Bldg B
Clearwater FL 33764

Program Hours

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Please plan to arrive early for check-in.

Registration Fee

Complimentary for qualified physicians.
Advance registration and confirmation are required.

Included with Registration

Breakfast, lunch, cadaver lab, and educational materials.

Please note participants are responsible for arranging and covering the cost of their own airfare,
ground transportation, lodging, and other travel-related expenses.

SELECT YOUR REGISTRATION OPTION

THE OCTOBER 3 CLINICAL INTENSIVE IS AT CAPACITY

Thank you for your interest in the Understanding the Lumbar Functional Spinal Unit Clinical Intensive. All available seats for the October 3 hands-on program are currently filled.

You may still submit the registration form to join the waitlist. If a seat becomes available, the XCELL Learning Center team will contact you with instructions to confirm your attendance. Joining the waitlist does not guarantee a seat.

Registration for the live webinar remains available.

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