Physio Edge podcast with David Pope26 Aug 2021

130. Neck pain objective assessment & treatment part 2 with Prof. Gwendolen Jull

When assessing and treating neck pain patients, there are a lot of tests and treatments to choose from. If you choose treatments that aren't suitable for your patient's presentation, your patient won't progress, or worse, you'll aggravate their symptoms. How can you thoroughly assess your neck pain patients, and use the information from your assessment to choose treatments that help improve their pain?

In the first podcast with Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, researcher and Emeritus Prof. Gwen Jull 121. Neck pain assessment, clinical reasoning & rehab. Physio Edge podcast with Prof Gwendolen Jull, we discussed questions to ask during your subjective history that help guide your neck pain assessment and clinical reasoning.

In this followup podcast, discover how to accurately assess and effectively treat neck pain with Emeritus Prof. Gwen Jull, including:

Objective examination (OE)

How to perform a thorough OE to identify why your patient has pain, and the best treatment for each patient.
How to perform a skilled manual assessment.
What we can actually identify & diagnose in neck pain patients.
Whether posture is relevant to neck pain.
When and how to assess posture.
How to assess physical impairments, and identify if they're relevant to a patient's neck pain.
Which tests you should use to assess:
- ROM
- Strength
- Endurance
- Control

Successful treatment

How to decide where treatment should start in your initial session.
Whether manual therapy (MT) is useful in the treatment of neck pain.
How to tailor and progress your treatment to successfully rehab each patient, and choose between:
- MT
- Postural changes
- Strength exercises
- Control exercises
- Craniocervical flexion and extension exercises
- Neurodynamic treatment
- General strength and endurance training
- Exercises for flexibility and range of motion
- Graded activity
- Motor control
- Shoulder girdle strengthening
- Aerobic exercise for general fitness

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