Conservative Management of Chronic Low Back Pain

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Chronic low back pain is the number one condition worldwide for disability adjusted life years and costs Australia almost $5 billion per annum. Despite our best efforts, this burden is not decreasing - so, where are we going wrong? In this lecture, health sciences lecturer Dr Mitchell Gibbs reveals the common misconceptions of chronic low back pain, including why surgical intervention is often not recommended.

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Dr Mitchell Gibbs is a lecturer in the school of health sciences at UNSW. His research interests are exercise and chronic low back pain.
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CPD time27m
First Published01 August 2022
Updated01 August 2022
Expires
01 August 2025
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Topics
Pain
Chronic Illness
Exercise