An evidence-based course designed to support clinicians managing patients with low back pain. With 8 hours of recorded lessons plus interactive quizzes, this self-paced programme takes you through contemporary models of low back pain and demonstrates how to apply current evidence across all phases of consultation - from case history and examination through to management.
By the end of the course, you'll have practical tools to confidently support patients presenting with fear of movement, muscle guarding, and psychosocial obstacles to recovery.
Originally developed and validated with 45 experienced practitioners in 2015, the course demonstrated significant impact on clinical reasoning and patient care. The course has been completely updated and re-recorded, incorporating the latest evidence and forming part of the ongoing OSCAR study, which is assessing the real-world impact of this training on patient outcomes.
Learning Objectives
Understand different classification models for musculoskeletal pain, using low back pain as an exemplar
Appreciate the range of clinical models available in managing patients with low back pain, including biomedical, biopsychosocial, and enactive approaches
Explore the variety of factors that may contribute to low back pain, with practical communication techniques for effective assessment
Evaluate which assessment methods are most appropriate and reliable for specific patient presentations
Analyse how different presenting factors may interact with and influence the course of non-specific low back pain
Understand evidence-based management options for non-specific low back pain and how to implement them in practice
Dr Jerry Draper-Rodi
Jerry is the Director of the National Council for Osteopathic Research (NCOR) in the UK, an Associate Professor at Health Sciences University, Co-Director of the Centre for Osteopathic Research and Leadership (CORaL), and Chair of the Research Standing Committee for Osteopathy Europe. He maintains a clinical practice in Oxfordshire one day per week.
He holds a Professional Doctorate in Osteopathy (2016) focusing on the acceptability and impact of a biopsychosocial e-learning programme for non-specific low back pain. Dr Draper-Rodi has secured over £400,000 in competitive research funding and established the UK's first osteopathic practice-based research network. His research has been published in peer-reviewed journals including the BMJ and Nature Scientific Reports, and he has received several awards for his work.
His research expertise encompasses knowledge mobilisation, person-centred care, and advancing osteopathic research to optimise patient outcomes.