Differentiating Inflammatory and Mechanical Back Pain

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Develop sound clinical reasoning skills to distinguish inflammatory conditions from mechanical back pain

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Christopher Martey

Christopher Martey is an Advanced Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist in the South West of England

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Introduction

Back pain is a common presenting condition in physiotherapy practice. The majority of patients will be classified as having non-specific mechanical back pain. However, it is essential to be able to identify patients who fall outside of this category, including those whose back pain is inflammatory in origin. This course, the second in a series of courses on spondyloarthropathy, will introduce evidence-based methods to help you to distinguish between these different types of back pain.

Aims

The aim of this course is to enable you to differentiate between mechanical and inflammatory back pain.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, discussions and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

Video
Reading activity
Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1-1.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

Respect the Plus Community Culture.
Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

identify common red flags that should be considered when assessing patients with back pain
discuss seven areas that should be included in the subjective assessment of a patient presenting with back pain
choose six key tests or measures that should be included in an objective assessment of a patient presenting with back pain
select an appropriate classification (i.e. inflammatory or mechanical) for a patient’s back pain in relation to specific case scenarios
interpret findings from subjective and objective assessments described in specific case scenarios relating to back pain

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

Financial disclosures by Christopher Martey:
Versus Arthritis Charity (UK): Musculoskeletal Core Skills Trainer - whilst my content for Plus is predominantly Rheumatology and not Musculoskeletal, there may be some overlap.

Non-financial disclosures by Christopher Martey:
Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA, Charity, UK): Vice-Chair and Trustee of the Charity - Voluntary unpaid role, however, do get travel and expenses reimbursement at some events and for Board meetings that are not held online

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For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Featured reviews

Invaluable course content for any MSK physiotherapist!

Preven Appalsamy

Physiotherapist

South Africa

An excellent course that has changed my way of thinking about back pain

Alan Cuddy

Physiotherapist

United Kingdom

This was a very informative course! You will not regret investing this time!

Ropa Gunduza

Physiotherapist

Namibia

A great course, and clinically very useful!

Jonathan Dixon

Physiotherapist

United Kingdom

Great presentation by Chris Martey!

Lynn-Marie Inniss

Physiotherapist

Trinidad And Tobago

Very enjoyable short course, clear and concise.

Conor Barry

Physiotherapist

Ireland

This is definitely a great course where you can revise information learnt at university. It is worthwhile to refresh your knowledge about differential diagnoses as well as the different outcome measures that can be used to make a diagnosis as well as track progress.