Back Pain with
Peter O'Sullivan
Back pain is the leading cause of disability, driven by a complex interplay of biological, psychological, and social factors. This course introduces Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT)—a person-centered, behavioral approach designed to help clinicians identify and target unhelpful beliefs, emotions, and movement patterns that drive pain and disability. Led by internationally renowned expert Professor Peter O’Sullivan, this course will equip healthcare professionals with practical skills to assess and manage persistent low back pain using evidence-based strategies.
Date and Time
April 25, 2025 – April 26, 2025
9:30-5:30 each day
9:30-5:30 each day
Location and Audience
Location: Surrey Memorial Hospital:
13750 96 Ave, Surrey BC V3V 1Z2
Audience: Any healthcare provider
13750 96 Ave, Surrey BC V3V 1Z2
Audience: Any healthcare provider
Course Details
During this two-day workshop, Peter will take you on a journey with real patients sharing their own path to recovery. You will visit the following destinations (areas you will understand better):
- A contemporary approach to efficient physical examination (including the application of behavioural experiments)
- Clinical reasoning framework
- Cognitive Functional Therapy intervention
- Making sense of pain – person centred understanding of pain and myth busting
- Exposure with control – building confidence in movement
- Lifestyle changes – healthy lifestyle
- Coaching towards self-management including how to manage flareups
- The current evidence for CFT and current and future challenges
- And so much more...
Reconciling Pain Science and Biomechanics with
Greg Lehman
Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science is a two-day course that mixes a lecture, case study and hands-on learning format. This course has been taught throughout the world with the aim of simplifying the biomechanical approach to injury and pain management. A simplified, yet strongly evidenced based biomechanical approach, allows the therapist to develop skills that address all areas of the biopsychosocial contributors to the pain experience.
Date and Time
March 22-23, 2025
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location and Audience
Location: 6501 Sprott Street, Burnaby BC at Expert Physio
Audience: Physiotherapists, Chiros, Massage Therapists , Osteopaths, Sport Therapists, Movement Pros/Teachers and Strength Coaches are welcome.
Audience: Physiotherapists, Chiros, Massage Therapists , Osteopaths, Sport Therapists, Movement Pros/Teachers and Strength Coaches are welcome.
Course Details
This course teaches When Biomechanics Matters along with Therapeutic Neuroscience Education in a Biopsychosocial framework.
Objectives
Objectives
- Provide a framework to simplify and improve the role of biomechanics and therapeutic neuroscience in the treatment of pain and injury
- demonstrate how biomechanical treatments and explanations can address the multidimensional nature of pain
- Provide exercise prescription that is informed by biomechanics and therapeutic neuroscience
- Learn to different methods of applying therapeutic neuroscience to a traditional biomedically based practice
- Learn the practical applications of the best research on tendon pathology, symptom modification and graded motor exposure.