Online Courses
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Back Pain 101: Basic Assessment & Treatment
CourseAccess: 12 months| Designed for physiotherapists who have graduated recently or are starting to learn management of back pain patients. You will learn practical hands-on assessment & management that goes beyond international guideline principles.
$160
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Back Pain 201: Advanced Assessment
CourseAccess: 12 months | Dr Mark Lasletts' 10 hour course on advanced clinical assessment of LBP. Improve your screening, differential diagnosis and treatment of low back pain/sciatica patients. Course includes practical tips for the clinic setting.
$249
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Back Pain 300 Series Starter Pack
BundleThe Back Pain 300 Starter Pack gives you an overview of the sources and causes of LBP and introduces the concept of discogenic pain.
$300
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Back Pain 300│Introduction to Advanced Diagnosis & Management
CourseAccess: 12 months | Introduction to Advanced Diagnosis and Management. An introduction to advanced clinical diagnostics and treatments for low back and referred lower limb pain including mechanical discogenic pain.
$95
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Back Pain 301│Mechanical Discogenic Pain
CourseAccess: 12 months | This course covers basic pathoanatomy of the anterior column and the theory, evidence assessment and management of mechanical discogenic pain.
$250
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Back Pain 302 | Diagnosis and Treatment of the Lumbar Radicular Syndromes
CourseAccess: 12 months | This course covers referred lower extremity pain secondary to nerve root compression, scarring, and/or irritation. Focuses mostly on leg pain associated with lumbar disc herniation.
$200
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Back Pain 303 | Diagnosis & Treatment of Sacroiliac & Pelvic Girdle Pain
CourseAccess 12 months | A comprehensive, evidence-informed course covering anatomy, pathomechanics, diagnosis and management of pelvic-girdle and SIJ pain.
$280
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Back Pain 304: Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Facetogenic Pain
CourseAccess: 12 months | Full review of current scientific evidence for reliability, validity of the clinical assessment for lumbar facetogenic pain with video case studies & evidence for non-surgical treatment interventions. (Payment plan available)
$150
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3 Case Studies of Persistent Lumbar Spine Pain
CourseAccess for: 12 months | Dr Mark Laslett presents 3 video case studies of persistent low back pain with over 12 months follow up. Three different sources of nociception identified by clinical exam, then verified. Case reports & notes included.
$80
Webinars
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Deconstructing Non-Specific Low Back Pain
Course4.6 average rating (17 reviews)FREE | Access 12: Months | 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.
Free
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The Sacroiliac Joint and Pelvic Girdle Pain: What are we treating?
Course4.8 average rating (4 reviews)Cost: $20 NZD | Access 12 months | This webinar has ended, register now to be advised when the recording is available.
$20
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Lumbar Bone Stress Injury: Diagnosis and Rehab
Course5.0 average rating (4 reviews)Cost: $10 NZD | Access 12 months | Learn about diagnosis - new imaging techniques, the decision-making process regarding surgical vs non-surgical management and rehabilitation and return-to-sport guidelines for athletes with lumbar stress injuries.
$20
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Two Big DON’T’s in Back Pain care? Webinar
CourseWe will address the DONTs, focusing mostly on “Trivializing the Catastrophic” which guidelines tend to encourage. Brief presentations of recent cases seen are used to illustrate failures of routine guideline management. 90 min presentation. Q & A.
$20
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Sacroiliac Joint Pain Webinar
CourseRecorded Webinar | Sacroiliac Joint Pain | Access: 12 months | Dr Mark Laslett covers the clinical diagnosis of SIJ pain, discusses SIJ 'dysfunction' and presents case studies and latest evidence for SIJ pain.
$20
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Loaded Lumbar Flexion: Friend or Foe?
Course5.0 average rating (1 review)FREE | Access: 12 months | In this webinar with Mark Laslett , find out more about the theory and evidence of the dynamic disc model and make your own mind up about the role of loaded lumbar flexion in rehabilitation.
Free
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Is Low Back Pain Really Non-Specific?
CourseAccess: 12 months | Pre-recorded | Cost $20 NZD. This webinar directly challenges the concept of non-specific low back pain, as a legitimate concept from 30 years ago, but now is just a dogma that should be set aside.
$20
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Is a Specific Diagnosis Possible for the Painful Lumbar Spine?
CourseRecorded Webinar | Access: 12 months | $20 | Listen to Dr Mark Laslett discussing specific painful lumbar spine diagnoses like discogenic, facetogenic & SIJ pain. It is possible, necessary or desirable? Q & A session, manual & CPD Certificate.
$20
Digital Downloads
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5 Myths Busted About Treating Low Back Pain
Digital downloadThe document is about busting common myths and misconceptions surrounding the treatment of low back pain by Dr. Mark Laslett.
Free
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The Sacroiliac Joint and Pelvic Girdle Pain. Let's Get Some Facts Straight!
Digital downloadThe sacroiliac joint & pelvic girdle pain represent a large number of specific, and non-specific clinical entities. Many terms and tests are used & interpreted inappropriately leading to ineffective treatment. Explore this guide with Dr Mark Laslett.
Free
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3 Case Studies of Persistent Lumbar Spine Pain
Digital downloadDiscover real-life clinical insights in our digital download featuring 3 case studies of persistent lumbar spine pain. Learn how Dr. Mark Laslett identifies, subgroups and manages three distinct sources of back pain.
Free
Podcasts
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Podcast with Brian Sørensen on 50 years of learning and discovery with all things musculoskeletal.
Course5.0 average rating (1 review)Free | Dr Mark Laslett with Brian Sørensen on 50 years of learning and discovery with all things musculoskeletal.
Free
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Dr Mark Laslett on the Radicular Syndrome
Course4.3 average rating (11 reviews)FREE Podcast | Access: 12 months | Listen to Dr Mark Laslett talk about Radicular Syndrome with Tom Jesson. 48 Minutes. Contains language.
Free
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The Back Pain Podcast | The Clinicians Edition
Course4.5 average rating (2 reviews)FREE | Access: 12 months | Discussion with Dr Mark Laslett & Adam Meakins.
Free
Instructors
Instructor Dr Mark Laslett
PhD, NZRPS, FNZCP, Dip.MT, Dip.MOT
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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
Instructor Dayle Shackel
M.Phty (Sports), Dip Phys.
Lead High Performance Physiotherapist and Medical Manager NZ Cricket.
Dayle manages the team of international and domestic physiotherapists for both men's and women’s cricket at NZC and is involved in development of NZ Crickets’ U19’s, NZA and winter training squads. Dayle was the touring physiotherapist for the BlackCaps for 10 years and has been working in the NZ Cricket High Performance Centre for the last 22 years.
Dayle has worked in private practice in Christchurch and in the UK. Dayle has published several papers on fast bowling injuries, lumbar stress fractures and cricket injury surveillance.
Instructor Mr Rowan Schouten
MBChB, FRACS
Orthopaedic Surgeon (Spine)
Mr Rowan Schouten is an orthopaedic spine surgeon based in Christchurch, NZ. He completed fellowships in spinal surgery at Royal Perth Hospital (2010) and Vancouver General Hospital, Canada (2010/2011). In 2011 he was awarded the AOSpine North American (AOSNA) Fellows research award at the 9th Annual Fellows Forum.
In 2011 he was appointed a consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Christchurch and Burwood Hospitals where his practice includes the treatment of all spinal pathology including degenerative conditions, spinal cord injuries, fractures and tumours.
He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) and a full member of New Zealand Orthopaedic Association (NZOA), New Zealand Orthopaedic Spine Society (NZOSS), and North American Spine Society (NASS).
For more information about Mr Rowan Schouten please visit: http://rowanschouten.co.nz/about/research-interests-and-publications