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Low Back Pain: A Clinician's Guide to What Actually Works
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Course Description
This evidence-based continuing education course equips healthcare professionals with a practical, research-driven framework for managing low back pain across the full spectrum of clinical care. Drawing from the latest systematic reviews, clinical trials, and guidelines, the course bridges the gap between evidence and everyday practice—helping clinicians avoid low-value care while improving patient outcomes. Participants will gain actionable skills in assessment, differential diagnosis, exercise prescription, pharmacologic management, and integration of psychological and self-management strategies. The course emphasizes real-world clinical decision-making, including imaging stewardship, risk stratification, and biopsychosocial care. Through case studies and applied learning, clinicians will leave with tools they can immediately implement to deliver care aligned with what actually works. This is an essential course for providers looking to modernize their approach and provide high-value, guideline-concordant care for one of the most common and costly conditions in healthcare.
Low Back Pain: A Clinician's Guide to What Actually Works
Additional Course Details
00:00 - Introduction
3:42 - Module 1: The Scale of the Problem
18:06 - Module 2: Clinical Course
33:18 - Module 3: Clinical Assessment
51:31 - Module 4: Differential Diagnosis
1:05:06 - Module 5: Exercise Interventions and Manual Therapy
1:18:04 - Module 6: Pharmacological, Interventional, and Surgical Management
1:31:58 - Module 7: Psychological Interventions, Patient Education, and Self Management
1:48:07 - Module 8: Case Studies
1:48:36 - Case Study 1
1:51:20 - Case Study 2
1:54:17 - Case Study 3
1:56:51 - Case Study 4
2:07:51 - End
- Describe the epidemiology and economic burden of low back pain.
- Explain the clinical trajectories and prognostic factors for low back pain chronicity.
- Identify red flag findings that warrant urgent evaluation for serious spinal pathology.
- Recognize common conditions in the differential diagnosis of low back pain.
- List evidence-based exercise and manual therapy interventions for low back pain.
- State the current evidence for pharmacological, interventional, and surgical treatments for low back pain.
- Define the role of psychological interventions and self-management in low back pain management.
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Anne Osborn, PT, MPT is the member manager of Ridley Learning. She receives compensation for the authorship of this course.
Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.
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