Authors: Lianne Wood, Stevie VanHegan, Janet Norris on behalf of the author team Sarah Dean, Nadine E Foster, Andrew Booth, Vicky Booth and Jill Hayden In this blog we will explain the findings of a realist review to explore how therapeutic exercise prescription can be optimised for persistent non-specific low back pain. When we refer to […]
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BJSM Virtual Conference – The Back: pain, injury, diagnosis and treatment
‘Back pain is youth leaving the body’ – Anon Welcome to the fourth virtual conference blog – a collection of podcasts and blogs that, this time focuses on one of the most troublesome presentations in sports medicine – the athlete with back pain. So if you enjoyed our tendons, shoulder and hamstring collections, kick back […]
“Should I have an MRI right now?” – Explaining the role of MRI in new low back pain
A sample conversation explaining the necessity of MRIs – inspired by social media. By Nash Anderson B.Sc. M.Chiro @sportmednews Many people come to see me because they are suffering from a new occurrence of back pain. Globally, pain in the lower back is one of the most common causes of disability. One comment I often […]
Stabbed in the back: Moving the knife out of back pain
By Jørgen Jevne @jevnehelse Low back pain (LBP) is an enormous socioeconomic and emotional burden. In spite of vast efforts the number of LBP sufferers remain stagnant [1] and back pain endures as a clinical conundrum. Despite being increasingly recognized as a complex condition demanding a biopsychosocial framework [2], alarming trends are evident in the medical literature […]
Stem cell therapy and other novel needle-based therapies for back pain: Disconnect between evidence and practice
By Dr. Kieran O’Sullivan, University of Limerick, Ireland And Prof. Peter O’Sullivan, Curtin University, Australia The 14-time Grand Slam winner, Rafael Nadal’s recent struggles to participate at the highest level due to ongoing low back pain (LBP) once again brings the issue of novel therapies offering tantalizing cures to the fore; he is undergoing stem […]
Common misconceptions about back pain in sport: Tiger Woods’ case brings 5 fundamental questions into sharp focus
By Dr Peter O’Sullivan, Curtin University, West Australia @PeteOSullivanPT The enormous media interest over the demise of Tiger Woods’ golf game because of his back pain disorder highlights that current approaches to management are fuelling rather than reducing the burden of back pain (Deyo, Mirza et al. 2009). (PS: You can listen to the related […]
BJSM author grabs Australia’s #1 researcher title
Physiotherapists have increasingly provided many of the major advances in sports and exercise medicine in the past 20 years and Professor Paul Hodges has been pre-eminent among them. Now we regularly see sport and exercise medicine papers in the BMJ, Lancet, JAMA and even the New England Journal of Medicine. This reflects the wave of improved research […]