Lumbar Spine Motor Control

Powerful, evidence-based modern strategies you'll use every day in clinic

This multiple-module course outlines the:

History of managing low back pain and what has driven chronicity
The myth of core stability
Contemporary best evidence of managing chronic low back pain
Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) - What is all the hype about? A critical analysis.
Practical psychological and practical assessment and management strategies to treat patients with persistent chronic back pain
Has a live patient example showing a full assessment, management, treatment plan and post-session clinical reasoning discussion
Includes additional resources for patients and clinicians including articles, websites and videos

Attendee Testimony

Kieran Richardson from Global Specialist Physiotherapy’s course on Lumbar Spine Motor Control is transformative in how we as clinicians understand and manage chronic lower back pain. He synthesises an up to to date understanding of the literature with multiple real life case studies. This highlights the unfortunate truth that often chronic pain and unhelpful pain beliefs and behaviours stem from health professionals themselves and how they communicate with their clients.

Kieran teaches how to integrate the knowledge gained from neuroscience and behavioural psychology into clinical practice, whilst respecting the physical components of the pain experience. He is able to condense cutting edge information into easy to understand information and strategies that can be immediately implemented into practice.

Since completing the course many of our physiotherapists have commented that they have been implementing these strategies and are seeing results with complex clients who they were struggling to see appreciable changes with prior. I would highly recommend this course for anyone looking to improve their understanding and management of low back pain, chronic pain or simply wishing to avoid causing chronic issues in their clients (which should be everyone)!"

Kent Jordan - Senior Physiotherapist, Back in Motion Valley View; Clinical Mentor, The Second Visit

All lecture slides included!

Interactive video examples!

Journal articles, resources and additional weblinks!

Lumbar Spine Motor Control Curriculum

Introduction

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Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) - what is the hype all about?

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Lumbar spine assessment and treatment strategies - Flexion pattern

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Lumbar spine assessment and treatment - Active extensor and passive extensor patterns

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Patient Case Study

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Treatment Planning Considerations, Body Scan, Conclusion

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Mr. Kieran Richardson (FACP)

Kieran is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist based in Perth, Western Australia.

He consults at a number of physiotherapy practices locally, as well as nationally and internationally. He is the Director of Global Specialist Physiotherapy, a consultancy company of academics, researchers and educators offering formal mentoring, second opinions for complex patient presentations and professional development.

He has special interest in evidence-based, non-surgical management of musculoskeletal conditions and recognition of these strategies within the Physiotherapy profession, as well as interprofessionally and to the general public.

He runs training tutorials and workshops on chronic low back pain, motor-control strategy and how this can be implemented as a regular part of assessment and management for patients. He also conducts second opinions of patients with unremitting low back pain for clinicians and clinics, utilising non-surgical, CFT, cognitive behavioural and manual therapy based assessment and treatment.