When you have an onset of back pain the choices you make can have a huge influence on your recovery. That is why all of the latest guidelines across the world (including the NICE guideline in the UK) suggest education as the first line of treatment and that is what this course fulfills. Education.

When you have an onset of back pain a greater deeper understanding is vital to help enable you to make the right choices. This course is not merely an opinion or suggestions of things to try to help ease back pain, it is more than that. It is based on the latest science and guidelines providing you with the correct information of what needs to be done .

On completion of this course you will have developed an ACTION PLAN that is tailored to you, providing greater clarity on what you need to do to make a quicker and better recovery.

The 5 steps to beating a bout of back pain course covers:

• The prevalence and nature of back pain
• The causes of back pain including recognising when your back pain could be more serious
• What x-rays and MRI scans show us and when they are needed.
• How work can effect recovery
• Mobility exercises
• Pain relieving strategies that do not require medication
• Medication options
• Treatment options
• How to more accurately monitor improvement
• Developing an ACTION PLAN
• How to prevent a recurrence