Rethinking low back pain management with Dr Kevin Wernli
May 1, 2024
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Dr Kevin Wernli discusses low back pain management, emphasizing red flags assessment, patient beliefs, and habit-based vs. exercise programs. He debunks misconceptions about movement, stresses the importance of patient autonomy, and explores the transition from protective to non-protective schemas for pain recovery.
Importance of clearing red flags and systemic symptoms to assess low back pain properly.
Encouraging patient autonomy and compliance by individualizing posture and movement discussions.
Deep dives
Exploring Low Back Pain Management
The podcast delves into the complexity of managing lower back pain, emphasizing the importance of understanding the relationship between pain and posture. It advocates for embracing movement variety to enhance capacity. Kevin Wernley's practical with Physio Network offers deeper insights into this topic.
Navigating Patient Assessments
The episode highlights the significance of excluding serious pathology in patients with back pain, emphasizing the rarity of such conditions. Clinicians are advised to look for red flags and systemic symptoms to ensure proper assessment. Building rapport and patient trust is crucial in the assessment process.
Addressing Posture and Pain Beliefs
The discussion stresses the importance of assessing and discussing posture positively with patients. It suggests individualized approaches to posture and movement based on patient experiences and beliefs. The episode challenges traditional beliefs around posture, emphasizing the need for experiential education to modify maladaptive beliefs.
In this episode with Dr Kevin Wernli, we dive into the complexities associated with low back pain. We discuss the importance of clearing red flags, patient beliefs and the role of specific pathology. Kevin also imparts his knowledge about habitual versus exercise programs and talks us through how he delivers these with his patients to encourage patient autonomy and compliance.
This episode is closely tied to Kevin’s Practical he did with us. With Practicals you can see exactly how top experts assess and treat specific conditions – so you can become a better clinician, faster.
Dr Kevin Wernli is a Physiotherapist from Perth, Western Australia. He recently completed his PhD at Curtin University looking at the relationship between movements/postures and low back pain, and the role of psychological factors in this relationship. He also produces and co-hosts the empowered beyond pain podcast and has presented at conferences around the world. He has more recently been exploring how digital health and technology can improve how equitable and effective health care is.
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Our host is @sarah.yule from Physio Network
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