What is contributing to your patients low back pain? How do you know when to use manual therapy, education, exercise, motor control programs, CBT or any other approach for chronic LBP? In episode 14 of the Physio Edge podcast, Peter O’Sullivan and David Pope discuss chronic low back pain and Peter’s approach to getting past it. Some of the topics we dug into include:

Causes, classification and treatment of chronic low back pain (CLBP)
Common treatment errors
Identifying mechanical contributors
When manual therapy is helpful
Myths around “core stability”
What is the current evidence base for CLBP classification and treatment
Tips for treatment of CLBP
A lot of other great treatment advice for CLBP….

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