An Active Approach To Low Back Pain: Master Movement, Management & Assessment
Treating back pain is incredibly overwhelming and often needs a multi faceted approach.
This is not just another exercise course that you could have watched on YouTube. It goes way beyond sets, reps & technique. It will provide you with a flexible clinical framework for assessing and treating back pain effectively. But it doesn’t stop there! These are principles that can be adapted to all areas of the body & humans in general.
Be prepared for a fun and interactive experience. We will discuss, move & challenge biases. You will gain practical strategies and the confidence to tackle back pain without all the silly BS & magical claims.
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This course covers much more than back pain & exercise & movement, at it’s core, it’s about an active & patient focused approach to rehabilitation underpinned by the key to great rehab, clinical reasoning. Use the BPS model to open up exciting new possibilities to work with patients through both interaction (education & communication) to action (movement)These things need to work TOGETHER to create a cohesive treatment rather than a bunch of random treatments thrown at the patient to see what sticks or a recipe-based approach that does not reflect modern practice & research.
Do you also ask these questions about Back pain?
What are best practices to screen for red flags? How can I work with non-specific low back pain without a solid understanding of specific low back pain? What does sciatica, radiculopathy and neuropathy mean for my assessment and treatment approach? What if the movements I suggest lead to flare ups?
This course will help you to thrive in the complexity. You will walk away with solid answers to these questions rooted in the most up to date evidence AND you will master your assessment, practice with greater ease, and change your clients’ outcomes and lives for the better!
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Improve your subjective assessment skills & confidence with the keys to the “clinical conversation”
Understand the specific evidence base around pain & exercise interventions & bust common myths & misconceptions
Develop a comprehensive framework for applying exercise interventions in line with current evidence & patient focused care for better outcomes
Explore back pain epidemiology, diagnosis & biopsychosocial factors to enhance care
Be better at treating back pain in an evidence-based way primarily through active interventions & exercise principles with practical exercise labs including case studies
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Day 1
9am – Intro and key course concepts
10am – The clinical conversation. Improving communication & subjective Ax
10.45am - Break
11am – Pain & exercise. How does it help/not help?
11.45am – What do you want exercise/movement to do? Clinical reasoning tool
12.30pm –Lunch
1.30pm – Specific or non specific approach to exercise/movement?
2.15pm – Practical movement class - creating a movement experience
3pm – Break
3.15pm – Exercise dosing - the secret to success
4pm - Psychologically informed practice
5pm - Finish
Day 2
9am – Understanding lower back pain
10.30am – Red flag screening, specific and non specific back pain. Whats the difference?
11am – Break
11.15am - Back pain assessment workshop (Subj & obj)
12.30am – Lunch
1.30pm – Treatment (advice, education and exercise workshop)
3pm –Designing effective rehab programs for LBP
4pm – Close
5pm – Finish
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40% Lecture
30% Practical
15% Discussion
15% Case study
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Ben Cormack is a musculoskeletal therapist with a clinical background in sports therapy, rehabilitation, pain science & exercise stretching back over 15 years. He specializes in a movement & exercise based approach with a strong education component and patient centred focus.
Ben is a popular international presenter who has delivered conferences presentations and courses all over the world.
