RACGP/ACRRM 12 hours CPD 

Topics Include:

Diagnosis and Overview 

• Low back pain overview
• Diagnosis of Lower Back injuries Focusing on Lumbar Spine
• Getting back to work case studies
• Musculoskeletal / Biological: Assessment and treatment implications
• Identifying at-risk cases for delayed recovery after injury

The mental side of pain 

• Learning creates pain
• Dealing with emotionally challenging patient encounters
• Chronic pain patients and their partners
• Placebo - Nocebo effects: The science of the therapeutic interaction and its effect on clinical outcomes

Medication 

• Overdiagnosis and overtreatment of low back pain OR right care for low backpain
• Opioids in chronic non-cancer pain

Validation, Exposure and cognitive functional therapy 

• Key features of validation exposure techniques
• Demonstrations
• Cognitive functional therapy training
• Case study using cognitive functional therapy

Surgery

• Exhausted all options for back pain - now what? 
• Lumbar Spinal Stenosis