Spine update. Functional restoration.

Therapeutics as diverse as surgery, manipulation, and behavior modification can be intended to restore function for people with spinal disorders. However, the term "functional restoration" was coined by Tom Mayer and Vert Mooney to specify interdisciplinary programmatic care geared toward minimizing disability. Functional restoration emphasizes physical and behavioral improvements over pain eradication and relies heavily on guidance from repeated quantification of function. Unlike a comprehensive review, this report is meant to briefly update the reader on selected issues in functional restoration and to suggest directions for future developments.