Chronic Pain Management

This course aims to use evidence-based teaching strategies to better understand chronic pain conditions and how they can be prevented and treated through physiotherapy rehabilitation that targets cognitive, behavioural, physical, emotional, social and environmental aspects.

The course will help participants understand chronic pain conditions and how a rehabilitation approach can be applied to reduce risk factors and prevent chronic pain.

Topics to be covered:

• Management and assessment of chronic pain
• Disc degeneration and osteopathic changes in the spine
• Sciatica and radiculopathy
• Posture and pain correlation
• Fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndromes

General and Specific objectives

At the end of the course, participants will be fully capable to:

• Understand pain physiology and psychology, modern pain science and pain theories
• Correlate latest research and scientific evidence of chronic pain management to their practice
• Learn about the causes and factors of chronic pain
• Debunk myths, facts and dilemmas of chronic pain
• Understand common causes and rehab errors of chronic pain
• Assess, screen, diagnose and treat chronic pain

Skills acquired by the student at the end of the course

• Recognition and assessment of individuals with complex pain
• Clinical reasoning in exercise selection
• Evidence-based critical thinking
• Effective pain management planning and prescribing