Lumbar treatment with directional preference management
Welcome to the STOPS.physio course on Lumbar treatment with directional preference management.
Based on ground breaking research from the STOPS trial and the latest evidence-based literature. After completing this course practitioners will have sufficient knowledge to treat a typical low back disorder patient with uncomplicated reducible discogenic pain in a primary care setting.
Practitioners are primarily interested in providing effective treatment for their patients with LBD. However the 1st step in this process is the identification of primary barriers to recovery. We therefore strongly recommend all practitioners considering completion of this course to firstly complete the Standard and Complex assessment of low back disorders courses. This will enable practitioners to identify patients with uncomplicated reducible discogenic pain that should be highly responsive to the treatment methods outlined in this course.
This course is divided into modules which are a series of topic specific lectures. Through-out these lectures you will have the opportunity to test your understanding by completing multiple attempt quiz questions.
On completion of this course the practitioner should have sufficient knowledge to:
- Generate and test hypotheses regarding cause of symptoms, source of symptoms, relationship between symptoms and contributing factors
- Adequately select an appropriate treatment technique that results in patient improvement
- Adequately reassess a patient to evaluate the effectiveness of the technique
- Understand the basic principles of the McKenzie method as it applies to reducible discogenic pain
- Adequately prepare the patient for a directional preference management treatment program
- Identify a suitable mechanical loading strategy that results in patient improvement
- Progress the patient through a 10 session treatment program including planning for discharge
- Identify and appropriately triage patients not responding to directional preference management
Course format includes text, interactive tests of your understanding, photos, videos and numerous tables/figures.
Quizzes throughout the course will assist the practitioner in self assessment of progress. Formal assessment and certification is an optional extra for the practitioner to ensure the above learning outcomes have been achieved.
This course is divided into modules which are a series of topic specific lectures. Through-out these lectures you will have the opportunity to test your understanding by completing multiple attempt quiz questions.
If at any point you would like to return to your included course list, scroll to the bottom of the module series and follow the links under the "Return to included courses" module.