Stay at the top of your practice! This CE offering is tailored to increase your proficiency in developing differential diagnosis and care plans for patients with back pain. The session explores spinal cord and musculoskeletal pain management through intense discussions on cauda equina syndrome and herniated disks, among other conditions.
Specialized charts delineate spinal involvement and the corresponding anatomical locations that differentiate specific back injuries. The presentation is augmented with authentic case studies and practice question sets that are designed to enhance your interpretative skills in the management of your patient’s back pain.
In this talk, the following topics are included:
- The four concepts of musculoskeletal assessment
- Choosing the most precise diagnostic screening test (e.g., plain radiographs, MRI)
- Epidemiology and management of lumbar spinal stenosis
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