Workplace & Occupational Medicine 101: Sitting, Low Back & Neck Pain / 1 Credit

Learning Objectives:

1. Synthesize contemporary concepts about occupational sitting.
2. Recognize how occupational tasks, including bending/twisting, awkward postures and carrying, influence low back pain.
3. Compare occurrence of repeated disability episodes across types of
   health care providers (chiropractors, physical therapists and
   physicians) who treat claimants with new episodes of work-related LBP.
4. Outline the association between work-related neck injury and future neck pain.
5. Discover how even small amounts of daily exercise can positively impact patients with neck and shoulder pain.

Course Reviews:   reviews in this course are also available in MP3 format

1. Occupational Sitting: Research Updates
2. Occupational Tasks & Low Back Pain: 3 Systematic Reviews
3. Health Maintenance Care to Reduce Disability Recurrence in Work-Related LBP
4. History of Work-Related Neck Injury & Subsequent Neck Pain
5. Minimal Daily Exercise for Chronic Neck Pain

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