SpineCare 2024

Program details:

A 30-hour training program, spread over 12 weeks with:

10 weekly webinar and integrated quiz sessions with presenters from:

Neurosurgery, Rheumatology, Orthopaedics, Pain management and Specialist Physiotherapy, presenting on biological and psychosocial aspects of lumbar and cervical disorders, including surgical and conservative management options.

20 hours of virtual and face-to-face training on clinical assessment and treatment including exercise prescription and manual therapy skills, interactive case studies and small group sessions with a one to eight ratio, led by specialist and senior musculoskeletal physiotherapists.

Topics covered include:

• • Learning to visually read, understand, explain and use MRI images wisely
  • Diagnosing and discerning between patho-anatomic, movement and psycho-social drivers of pain
  • Re-framing current views on motor control/movement into new perspectives. Identify strength, fitness, and motor control/movement deficits that contribute to ongoing pain.
  • Explore the strengths/limits of a manual therapy approach and how manual therapy leads to specific exercise. Build an exercise program that improves fitness, strength and mobility based on individual needs
  • Use case studies to enhance integration of knowledge into clinical practice
  • Learn to identify and then engage with cognitive and emotional barriers, to reduce fear and increase engagement and active cooperation with your patients.