Prescribing exercise for low back pain (LBP) sounds straightforward until you’re face-to-face with a complex patient. As clinicians, we often have plenty of exercise options, but are unsure which exercises to use for a particular patient or pain presentation, how many repetitions to prescribe, and how to adjust rehab when progress stalls or patients have a flare-up.
In this presentation, Dr David Toomey (NZ Titled Musculoskeletal Physio, PhD) breaks down a structured clinical reasoning framework to guide your exercise prescription for acute irritable low back pain presentations through to persistent pain.
What You’ll Discover:.
- Reasoning over recipes: Why the reasoning process behind your exercise prescription often matters more than the exercise itself — and the key clinical questions that drive effective decision-making.
- Acute vs. chronic: How to readjust your exercise prescription when moving between a highly irritable patient and a long-term chronic case.
- "3x10"?: What the evidence actually says about sets and reps, and how to use the Schoenfeld continuum to prescribe with confidence.
- Precision loading: How to apply the FITT-CORRECT principle and Borg RPE scale to find the "sweet spot" of tolerable and manageable loading.
- Beyond the clinic: Practical strategies for building a therapeutic alliance that fosters self-management in your patients and long-term adherence.
Watch this presentation now to develop an effective evidence-informed, adaptable approach to LBP rehab and avoid cookie-cutter protocols and standard exercise handouts.
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