Double-board-certified orthopedist Dr. Bradly Goodman was recently a guest on the Birmingham Medical News podcast. Dr. Goodman used his expertise to share insight on a new treatment for chronic lower back pain.
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Dr. Bradly Goodman joined OrthoAlabama Spine & Sports in 1994 as one of the first interventional physical medicine doctors in the country. He is a leader in minimally invasive interventional therapies, which treat a variety of conditions without the risks of surgery.
Dr. Goodman is a national instructor and lecturer for the Spine Intervention Society, the North American Spine Society, and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. In 2008, he was awarded the PASSOR Distinguished Clinician Award for his contributions to teaching intervention to doctors from all over the country.
He is an editor for the Atlas of Image-Guided Spinal Procedures, the leading book on minimally invasive techniques. He has also published extensively on topics from kyphoplasty to spinal interventional guidelines.
Dr. Goodman is the first doctor in the country to offer Superion, a minimally invasive implant to treat spinal stenosis and help patients avoid major decompressive spine surgery and fusion. He was also the first doctor in the country to perform the Intracept procedure to treat vertebrogenic pain when it became commercially available. Additionally, Dr. Goodman performed the first ReActiv8 implant procedure in Alabama and uses it to help patients with lower back pain issues with the multifidus back muscle. He is also a principal investigator and key opinion leader in orthobiologics.
He received his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, where he was captain of the varsity tennis team and the scholar athlete of the year in 1986. He was also the Southern Alabama tournament player of the year for tennis in 2010.
Dr. Goodman received his medical degree from Emory University School of Medicine and did his residency training at Emory University Hospital, Grady Memorial Hospital, Veterans Administration Hospital – Atlanta, and Shepherd Center.
He has two children. His son, Ben, graduated from Claremont McKenna College in California, and his daughter, Anna Lisa, recently graduated from Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Dr. Goodman is available to see patients at our offices in Birmingham and Hoover.
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