022. Chronic low back pain with Dr Kieran O'Sullivan

Dr Kieran O’Sullivan is back on the Physio Edge podcast after talking previously about hamstring injuries, this time discussing his other big area of interest and expertise – chronic low back pain (CLBP).

In this episode, Kieran and David Pope discuss

• Recent research on chronic low back pain
• Central vs peripheral contributions to CLBP
• Sitting postures and behaviours, and the relationship of this to pain
• Is there an ideal sitting posture, and does changing sitting behaviour change CLBP?
• Manual therapy in CLBP
• Lumbar kyhposis/lordosis
• Physical and psychological interventions for CLBP
• The effect of exercise on CLBP
• Movement patterns and retraining in chronic pain states
• The challenges of talking to patients about chronic pain states

Links of Interest

• Show your love of feeling great, and also the podcast by writing a review on iTunes
• Kieran O’Sullivan
• Kieran on Twitter
• Pain Education website with Peter O’Sullivan, Kieran O’Sullivan, Wim Dankaerts, Kjartan Vibe Fersum
• University of Limerick
• The role of muscle strength in hamstring injury. Kieran O Sullivan and Cian McGinley. 2010. Nova Publications
• Clinical Edge