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The Truth About Low Back Pain: A Clinician's Guide to Pain Science
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Course Description
This evidence-based continuing education course provides healthcare professionals with a comprehensive, modern framework for understanding and managing low back pain through the lens of contemporary pain science. Bridging the gap between traditional biomedical approaches and current biopsychosocial models, the course equips clinicians with practical strategies grounded in the latest research (2022–2026). Learners will gain critical insight into pain mechanisms, neuroplasticity, psychosocial risk factors, and the limitations of structural imaging, all of which directly impact clinical decision-making and patient outcomes. Through integrated case studies and actionable clinical tools, the course emphasizes effective communication, risk stratification, and guideline-concordant care. This course is ideal for clinicians seeking to improve outcomes, reduce unnecessary interventions, and deliver truly patient-centered care in low back pain management.
The Truth About Low Back Pain: A Clinician's Guide to Pain Science
Additional Course Details
00:00 - Introduction
3:40 - Module 1: The Scope of the Problem
19:04 - Module 2: Natural History and Acute-to-Chronic Transition
34:50 - Module 3: Pain Neuroscience: From Nociception to Nociplastic Pain
52:06 - Module 4: Neuroplasticity, Neuroimaging, and Quantitative Sensory Testing
1:07:40 - Module 5: Structural Imaging Findings and the Nocebo Effect
1:21:59 - Module 6: Risk Factors, Yellow Flags, and Clinical Risk Stratification
1:40:49 - Module 7: Pain Neuroscience Education and Clinical Communication Strategies
1:53:10 - Module 8: Case Studies
1:53:36 - Case Study 1
1:56:41 - Case Study 2
1:59:31 - Case Study 3
2:02:27 - Case Study 4
2:13:51 - End
- Describe the global prevalence and economic burden of low back pain.
- Explain the natural history of low back pain, including recovery and recurrence patterns.
- Define nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic pain mechanisms in chronic low back pain.
- Identify key neuroplastic brain changes associated with chronic low back pain.
- Recognize the prevalence of structural imaging findings in asymptomatic adults.
- List psychosocial risk factors and red flag indicators used in low back pain risk stratification.
- State evidence-based principles for delivering pain neuroscience education.
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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