Recorded on: 29 March 2023
Access: 12 months
Presented by: Dr Mark Laslett
Hosted by: Angela Cadogan (Physio Academy)
Is this the end for ‘non-specific low back pain’? Find out why it should be considered a ‘failed experiment’. Find out how we can do better for many patients with a specific diagnosis of LBP.
More than half a billion people worldwide suffer from low back pain (LBP) at any given time. Yet we are constantly reminded that back pain is ‘self-limiting’. More than 80% of LBP is said to be ‘non-specific’, yet we have validated criterion standards with the ability to identify specific sources and causes of low back pain that can be treated effectively with targeted treatment. We know that specific subgroups of back pain exist, yet over 500 RCT’s have been conducted on ‘non-specific LBP; with almost no studies investigating interventions for specific back pain groups.
How do we reconcile these contradictions and what does it mean for physiotherapists who see people with back pain? What is ‘non-specific LBP’? Do specific causes of LBP exist? How do we identify them? What evidence is there for non-surgical treatment of specific back pain subgroups?
Find out in this webinar with Dr Mark Laslett!
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Physiotherapy Specialist Musculoskeletal
Mark has over 50 years of clinical experience in musculoskeletal practice. He completed his PhD in “Diagnostic accuracy of the clinical examination compared to available reference standards in chronic low back pain patients” at the University of Linköping, Sweden in 2001 and in 2014 he became the first Specialist Physiotherapist registered in New Zealand.
His academic and research interest is in the theory and practice of diagnostics, has over 40 publications, contributed chapters to two multi-author books and published his own text Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy: The Upper Limb in 1996.
He became a Fellow of the New Zealand College of Physiotherapy in 2007, was made an honorary Life Member of Physiotherapy New Zealand in September 2014, and of the New Zealand Manipulative Physiotherapists Association in 2015.
He continues to practice as a consultant clinician in Christchurch, NZ and remains active in clinical research.
More info about Mark Laslett: https://www.marklaslett.nz/
Mark’s publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mark-Laslett
