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Pain in the Back with Scotty Whiting -Episode 4

Mar 03, 202015 minEp. 5
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Episode description

This week I Chat with Senior Emergency Physiotherapist Scott Whiting. Scott is an experience Physio therapist who talks to us about BACK pain. He has a background in orthopaedics and Trauma and a large tertiary hospital in NSW. 

 

SHOW NOTES 

Flow chart treatment for acute lower back pain 

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/346253/Acute_Low_Back_Pain_Flowchart_January_2017.pdf 

Causes of acute lower back pain  https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/eci/clinical/clinical-resources/clinical-tools/orthopaedic-and-musculoskeletal/acute-low-back-pain/acute-low-back-pain---causes Cauda Equina Syndrome

Cauda equina syndrome is a rare but potentially devastating condition that results from the dysfunction of multiple sacral and lumbar nerve roots in the lumbar vertebral canal that can result in permanent disability (bowel, bladder and sexual dysfunction).

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/eci/clinical/clinical-resources/clinical-tools/orthopaedic-and-musculoskeletal/acute-low-back-pain/cauda-equina-syndrome 

 

Red Flags

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/networks/eci/clinical/clinical-resources/clinical-tools/orthopaedic-and-musculoskeletal/acute-low-back-pain/acute-low-back-pain---assessment 

 

Information for patients 

fact sheets 

https://www.aci.health.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/294326/Acute-Low-Back-Pain-ED-Patient-Factsheet.pdf 

Best practice care for people with acute low back pain: consumer information

 

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