The Biomechanics of Lower Back Pain


Dr. Emily Splichal, DPM, MS, MPH, NASM-CES, NASM-PES, NSCA-CPT

$59.95
without CE $40.00

Successful completion of the quiz is necessary to receive Continuing Education Credit.

Approved for:

0.4 (Category A) Action Personal Training Certification (ACTION)
4.0 Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA)
4.0 American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
0.4 National Strength & Conditioning Association (NSCA)
0.3 Aquatic Therapy & Rehab Institute (ATRI)
1.5 National Council on Strength & Fitness (NCSF)
0.5 National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT)
4.0 National Strength Professionals Association (NSPA)
0.4 Council on Prof. Stand. Kinesiotherapy (COPS-KT)
4.0 YMCA
4.0 World Instructor Training Schools (W.I.T.S.)
4.0 International Sports Sciences Association (ISSA)
0.3 American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
Domain of OT: Performance Skills
Occupational Therapy Process: Evaluation
Occupational Therapy Process: Treatment

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Education Level: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced
Prerequisites: None
Target Audience: Aquatic Fitness Professional, Group Fitness, Personal Trainer, Therapy, Coach

Course Description:

Almost 80% of American adults will suffer low back pain at some point. Interestingly, 70-80% of low back pain is associated with musculoskeletal imbalances and improper core activation during everyday movement. Join us as we take a look at the latest research on the biomechanics of low back pain. From the hip to the foot, you will be surprised by how many different imbalances attribute to low back pain. Help your clients get their bodies back in balance and move pain free!

Course Objectives:

By reviewing and studying this course you will:
  • Demonstrate the important role the fitness professional plays in educating, rehabilitating and enhancing function in clients with low back pain.
  • Describe the lumbopelvic hip complex and identify the local and global stabilizers of this region.
  • Understand the biomechanical link between lower extremity kinematics and spine function.
  • Identify how foot dysfunction can cause low back pain and how to effectively improve foot function to correct low back pain.
  • Explain how hip and pelvis dysfunction can lead to foot dysfunction and understand how to correct this hip imbalance therefore correcting the foot mechanics.
  • Identify how limb length discrepancy can cause sacroiliac joint pain and whether it is functional or structural limb length discrepancy.
  • Assess if delayed activation of the gluteus maximus is a contributing factor to sacroiliac joint pain and if so, learn how to re-activate the gluteus maximus.
  • Create an evidence-based lumbar stabilization program that starts from the foot and extends up the kinematic chain.

ISBN# 978-1-935746-24-9

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