Understand a reasoned approach to exploring non-specific low back pain and identifying known subgroups requiring different management strategies.

Appreciate why non-specific low back pain is no longer a useful and valid concept and how further RCTs into treatments is wasteful of research resources. A different research paradigm is needed.

Understand which patients best respond to physiotherapy and other conservative care interventions, and which ones require further diagnostic workup and more significant interventions like injections or surgery.

Mastering Back Pain: Advanced Diagnosis & Management Beyond Standard Guidelines

Gain a deeper understanding of back pain subgroups and explore advanced management strategies that go beyond standard guidelines.

Dr Mark Laslett

Mark Laslett is a registered specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist based in Christchurch New Zealand. After 53 years of continuous clinical practice Mark retired from the clinic in May 2024, but continues involvement in research, post graduate education and writing.

Unlock the secrets to effective diagnosis and treatment of lumbosacral pain syndromes!

In this Ebook, Mark identifies the known & identifiable subgroups within the back pain spectrum, demonstrating how expert physiotherapy and medical clinicians diagnose these conditions. Also, the evidence base for the treatment of these subgroups is briefly described and a short bibliography is provided.