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
