19 min listen
Managing whiplash with Professor Michele Sterling
FromBJSM Podcast
ratings:
Length:
22 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Karim Khan catches up with associate professor Michele Sterling (Centre for National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation Medicine (CONROD), University of Queenstown, Australia) at the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Congress. As an international expert on neck pain, Michele explains what we currently do and don’t know about whiplash, and advises on managing the condition.
She talks us through the importance of early pain management, the link with post traumatic stress disorder and what to do if you suspect this, manual and physical therapies, and treating chronic pain.
Resources:
Similar factors predict disability and posttraumatic stress disorder trajectories after whiplash injury http://bit.ly/Mod4oo
CONROD’s whiplash evidence based information resource http://bit.ly/11A6xkg
She talks us through the importance of early pain management, the link with post traumatic stress disorder and what to do if you suspect this, manual and physical therapies, and treating chronic pain.
Resources:
Similar factors predict disability and posttraumatic stress disorder trajectories after whiplash injury http://bit.ly/Mod4oo
CONROD’s whiplash evidence based information resource http://bit.ly/11A6xkg
Released:
Apr 23, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Professor Tim Noakes on being waterlogged - how to prevent, spot and treat hyponatraemia: As we hit marathon season, Peter Brukner, BJSM senior associate editor, discusses the controversy around hydration for athletes with Tim Noakes, professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Cape Town and author of ‘Waterlogged: The S... by BJSM Podcast