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022. Chronic low back pain with Dr Kieran O'Sullivan
Episode 22
Published 12 years, 9 months ago
Description
Dr Kieran O'Sullivan is back on the Physio Edge podcast after talking previously about hamstring injuries, this time discussing his other big area of interest and expertise – chronic low back pain (CLBP).
In this episode, Kieran and David Pope discuss
- Recent research on chronic low back pain
- Central vs peripheral contributions to CLBP
- Sitting postures and behaviours, and the relationship of this to pain
- Is there an ideal sitting posture, and does changing sitting behaviour change CLBP?
- Manual therapy in CLBP
- Lumbar kyhposis/lordosis
- Physical and psychological interventions for CLBP
- The effect of exercise on CLBP
- Movement patterns and retraining in chronic pain states
- The challenges of talking to patients about chronic pain states
Links of Interest
- Show your love of feeling great, and also the podcast by writing a review on iTunes
- Kieran O'Sullivan
- Kieran on Twitter
- Pain Education website with Peter O'Sullivan, Kieran O'Sullivan, Wim Dankaerts, Kjartan Vibe Fersum
- University of Limerick
- The role of muscle strength in hamstring injury. Kieran O Sullivan and Cian McGinley. 2010. Nova Publications
- Clinical Edge