Skráning fagdeildar FS hefst miðvikudaginn 4.12.24 kl. 12:00. Staðsetning námskeiðs verður tilkynnt síðar.
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Kennari: Professor Deborah Falla
Chair in Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy
Director, Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine)
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Professor Deborah Falla is Chair in Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy at the University of Birmingham, UK and is the Director of the Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine). Her research focuses on optimizing the management of musculoskeletal disorders and she has published over 350 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals, and has delivered more than 40 keynote lectures on this topic. Additionally, she has delivered over 250 invited post-graduate workshops on the management of neck pain to health care practitioners in over 25 countries ensuring translation of her research to the benefit of the patient. Professor Falla has received several recognitions and awards for her work including the German Pain Research Prize, the George J. Davies - James A. Gould Excellence in Clinical Inquiry Award and the Delsys Prize for Electromyography Innovation. Professor Falla is an author/editor of give books including “Management of neck pain disorders: a research informed approach” (Elsevier).
Description of the Course
Impairments in movement and neuromuscular function are an almost obligatory feature of musculoskeletal conditions and neck pain is no exception. Evidence for modification of motor and/or sensory functions has been reported for people with neck pain disorders, and these changes have become common targets for rehabilitation. Impairments in movement and neuromuscular function appear early after the onset of neck pain and do not always automatically reverse over time in the absence of specific training interventions. Importantly, these ongoing changes in movement and neuromuscular function have been shown to contribute to repeated episodes of neck pain. This highlights the importance of early and effective exercise interventions not only for pain relief, but also for restoration of movement and neuromuscular function.
This workshop will present a research-informed exercise approach for the management of neck pain. This exercise program includes a progressive range of neck exercises that are based on precise movement analysis and muscle testing. Relevant to clinical practice, such specific exercise programs to retrain muscle function in patients with neck pain have shown favourable responses in terms of improvements in pain, disability, and restoration of neuromuscular function.
Course Content
- Review of the enormous burden of neck pain
- Review of movement and neuromuscular impairments found in patients with neck pain
disorders
- Practical session including movement analysis and specific muscles tests for the cervical
region
- Practical session presenting a specific exercise approach for managing cervical
neuromuscular and movement dysfunction
- Practical session including movement analysis and specific muscles tests for the scapular
region
- Practical session presenting an exercise approach for managing axio-scapular muscle
dysfunction
- Assessment and management of sensorimotor disturbances in neck pain including
impaired proprioception, oculomotor control disturbances and impaired balance.
Includes both theory and practical session
- Key principles of evidence based therapeutic exercise for neck pain disorders.
- Consideration of the overall management of patients with neck pain disorders
Day 1
09.00 - 10.30 Neuromuscular and movement disturbances in people with neck pain
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee / Tea break
11.00 – 12.00 Exercise for neck pain: Targeting mechanisms and functional impairments
12.00 - 13.00 Recognition and management of neuromuscular deficits in the cervical region
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Practical session continued: Assessment and management of cervical neuromuscular control dysfunction
15.30 - 16:00 Coffee / Tea break
16.00 - 17.00 Practical session continued: Assessment and management of cervical neuromuscular control dysfunction
Day 2
09.00 - 10.30 Recognition and management of neuromuscular deficits in the axio-scapular region
10.30 - 11.00 Coffee / Tea break
11:00 - 12.30 Practical session: Recognition and management of neuromuscular deficits in the axio-scapular region
12.30 - 13.30 Lunch
13.30 - 14.30 Assessment and management of sensorimotor disturbances in neck pain: Proprioception, Postural control, Oculomotor control
14.30 - 15.30 Practical session: Sensorimotor disturbances in cervical disorders
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee / Tea break
16.00 - 17.00 Key principles of exercise for neck pain disorders
