Course Details

Mike Swain discusses the prevalence, trajectories and incorrect causative assumptions surrounding adolescent spinal pain. Adolescents account for 10% of the overall spinal pain burden in Australia, the cost of such estimated to be 4.79 billion in 2012, with 5-30% of adolescents having an increasing trajectory throughout adolescence.

Many of the commonly assumed physical risk factors, such as back pack use and sedentary behavioural patterns have been shown in recent research to have little impact on adolescent back pain, instead psychosocial factors are found to be the greatest risk factor for onset of pain.

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    Spinal Pain in Adolescents: An overview of the field

    • Spinal Pain in Adolescents: An overview of the field

    • Assessment: Spinal Pain in Adolescents: An overview of the field

Course Learning Outcomes

On completion of the module, you will be able to:

1) Understand the prevalence and likelihood of spinal pain in adolescents.

2) Understand consequences and risk factors of spinal pain in adolescents .

3) Appreciate the conservative interventions available


CPD Hours/Points = 1

Instructor

Chiropractor

Michael Swain

Michael Swain is a sports chiropractor, health researcher, and senior lecturer in the Department of Chiropractic at Macquarie University. He completed his Master of Philosophy at Macquarie University in 2011 and his PhD at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, the University of Sydney in 2019. His research focuses on the epidemiology of adolescent pain and musculoskeletal disorders. Dr Swain has received awards for his research work at national and international symposia. Mike was a Fellow of the inaugural Chiropractic Academy for Research Leadership (CARL) cohort, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Chiropractors (UK) and a Director of Chiropractic Australia (CA).

Chiropractor

Michael Swain

Michael Swain is a sports chiropractor, health researcher, and senior lecturer in the Department of Chiropractic at Macquarie University. He completed his Master of Philosophy at Macquarie University in 2011 and his PhD at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, the University of Sydney in 2019. His research focuses on the epidemiology of adolescent pain and musculoskeletal disorders. Dr Swain has received awards for his research work at national and international symposia. Mike was a Fellow of the inaugural Chiropractic Academy for Research Leadership (CARL) cohort, and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Chiropractors (UK) and a Director of Chiropractic Australia (CA).