Physical Therapy for Acute Low Back Pain featuring Physical Therapist Cody Meashaw
08/17/23 • 38 min
Cody Meashaw tackles acute low back pain (LBP), a very common injury that our patients will experience at some point in life. Cody covers the typical treatment journey of a patient experiencing LBP, and how it can be problematic if there’s a delay in coming to PT for treatment. He talks about the clinical prediction rule for low back pain and red flags on when to refer out.
Cody discusses the findings of two articles which are listed below and shares some insight on how he works with patients with low back pain.
If you’re a clinician less familiar with treating this patient population, it’s a great conversation to learn more about LBP and how we can best treat our patients conservatively in the clinic.
Articles:
- Cleland JA, Fritz JM, Childs JD, Kulig K. Comparison of the effectiveness of three manual physical therapy techniques in a subgroup of patients with low back pain who satisfy a clinical prediction rule: study protocol of a randomized clinical trial [NCT00257998]. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2006 Feb 10;7:11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-11. PMID: 16472379; PMCID: PMC1421401.
- Mahmoudzadeh A, Rezaeian ZS, Karimi A, Dommerholt J. The effect of dry needling on the radiating pain in subjects with discogenic low-back pain: A randomized control trial. J Res Med Sci. 2016 Oct 18;21:86. doi: 10.4103/1735-1995.192502. PMID: 28163732; PMCID: PMC5244646.
Please be sure to follow us on Instagram @medstarhealthpt and email: [email protected] with any questions or podcast ideas! Thank you for listening!
Cody Meashaw tackles acute low back pain (LBP), a very common injury that our patients will experience at some point in life. Cody covers the typical treatment journey of a patient experiencing LBP, and how it can be problematic if there’s a delay in coming to PT for treatment. He talks about the clinical prediction rule for low back pain and red flags on when to refer out.
Cody discusses the findings of two articles which are listed below and shares some insight on how he works with patients with low back pain.
If you’re a clinician less familiar with treating this patient population, it’s a great conversation to learn more about LBP and how we can best treat our patients conservatively in the clinic.
Articles:
- Cleland JA, Fritz JM, Childs JD, Kulig K. Comparison of the effectiveness of three manual physical therapy techniques in a subgroup of patients with low back pain who satisfy a clinical prediction rule: study protocol of a randomized clinical trial [NCT00257998]. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2006 Feb 10;7:11. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-7-11. PMID: 16472379; PMCID: PMC1421401.
- Mahmoudzadeh A, Rezaeian ZS, Karimi A, Dommerholt J. The effect of dry needling on the radiating pain in subjects with discogenic low-back pain: A randomized control trial. J Res Med Sci. 2016 Oct 18;21:86. doi: 10.4103/1735-1995.192502. PMID: 28163732; PMCID: PMC5244646.
Please be sure to follow us on Instagram @medstarhealthpt and email: [email protected] with any questions or podcast ideas! Thank you for listening!
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On this podcast episode, we chat with Diane Dallap, who is one of the physical therapists working inside the Morgan State University’s athletic training room. Diane has a lot of experience in this arena, and shares with us how she got into this role, and how she works collaboratively with the sports medicine team to take care of the athletes.
Diane dives into the challenges of working in this environment but also the benefits and excitement that come with working in this environment.
If you’re a PT or PT student hoping to work as a PT in an athletic training room, give this episode a listen to hear firsthand experience of what it takes to thrive in this environment.
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Spine Surgical Considerations with an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Dr. Weiner
Dr. Weiner is joining us to talk about the spine and surgical options avaIlable. He goes into depth discussing who is appropriate for spine surgery and criteria he uses to determine the best procedure for that patient. Dr. Weiner stressed the importance of utilizing physial therapy and having open communication with the PT, especially being open to talk about issues a patient is experiencing quickly. See below for topics we covered:
Topics of Discussion:
- Criteria for having surgery
- Discusson of PT and when he refers to us
- Importance of exhausting concervsative efforts before going through a spine surgery
- Minimally Invasive Surgery and Robotic Surgery
- Describing various procedures done with the Robot and MIS (check out our Instagram @medstarhealthpt to see videos during these descriptions
- Various types of implants avaiable and surgeries performed
- Disc Replacement Vs Fusion Criteria
- Lifespan of a spine surgery
- Post Op rehab considerations
- Patient outcomes and understand patient goals for optimal recovery
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