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      Dr. Michael Fulton became involved in orthopaedic rehabilitation in the 1970’s when the medical profession was strongly inclined toward surgery as the best treatment for spinal pain and injuries.  After years of study and research, Dr. Fulton concluded that if an appropriate program for strengthening musculoskeletal tissue were developed, orthopaedic rehabilitation could be successful without the need for surgery.

 

      In the early 1980’s Dr. Fulton began working in conjunction with Nautilus, the company that introduced the concept of selectorized strength equipment.  Dr. Fulton and Arthur Jones, the founder of Nautilus, opened a strength training and Sports Medicine clinic in Lake Helen, Florida to treat athletes in the area of orthopaedic rehabilitation. During this time, he assisted in designing specialized strength training machines and developed protocols to help athletes and non-athletes alleviate spinal pain.

 

      Dr. Fulton has compiled one of the world’s largest databases related to stengthening the spine. Thousands of patients who followed the exercise protocol were tested and evaluated with outcome studies and established norms.  The results of these studies showed an 80% success rate for decreasing spinal pain.

 

      His name has become synonymous with medical expertise for spinal rehabilitation.  Even though he is fully credentialed as an orthopaedic surgeon, Dr. Michael Fulton’s successful rehabilitation approach has been non-surgical for nearly forty years.