There are many people who give advice when it comes to back pain.

"Try this, try that... never do such and such... always do such and such"

There are numerous healthcare professionals that understandably think that the treatment they provide is the best. The problem is if you're the one with back pain and you hear conflicting advice it can be hard to know who to believe and who is right which can lead to a lot of frustration.

Is this course any different? Why should you believe what you are being told in this course?

1. This course has been created so that it is not a one size fits all but includes different options and is structured in such a way that the action plan created suits you and your needs
2. The information presented in the course is formulated using the latest guidelines and up to date research (see below for more information on this)
3. I have written this course applying my experience and knowledge gained from helping thousands of patients recover from their back pain working as a Chiropractor for over ten years.

The guideline this course is based on in is the NICE guideline for low back pain and sciatica (NG59)

NICE guidelines are evidence-based recommendations for health and care in England. They set out the care and services suitable for most people with a specific condition or need. NICE have published a guideline for low back pain and sciatica and the information contained in this course comes from those recommendations.

The main body of research I have based this course upon is a big summary paper published in the Lancet called Prevention and Treatment of Low back pain: Evidence Challenges and promising directions.

The Lancet is a highly regarded and well respected medical journal and it published a series of papers focusing on Low back pain. This series looked at the burden of low back pain, the treatment of low back pain and included a call to action in how to address the challenge low back pain presents. The second paper in this series is what much of the content in this course is based upon (along with the NICE guidelines) and this paper summarises guidelines from across the World and different papers as to what is effective when it comes to the treatment and prevention of low back pain.

When the paper was published it received considerable academic and media attention and the series illustrated international, multidisciplinary consensus on management of LBP.