Chronic pain triggers changes in brain structure that are linked to depression, anxiety, and impaired cognitive function. New research shows that practicing yoga has the opposite effect on the brain and can relieve chronic pain.

This course will review neuromusculoskeletal anatomy of the spinal column with a specific emphasis on the lumbar spine region. Screening, evaluation, and intervention techniques for managing low back pain will be provided as will recommendations for activity modification and injury prevention.

This course discusses evidence-based prevalence of falls in patients with fibromyalgia. It provides an in-depth understanding of the role of the occupational therapist in an interdisciplinary intervention for prevention of falls in the elderly with fibromyalgia.

Neck pain is the second-most common musculoskeletal disorder, however many occupational therapy practitioners have received little training on how to safely manage disorders of the neck. This presentation will review cervical spine neuroanatomy and introduce viewers to evidence-based assessment options and intervention strategies for managing neck pain.

In this webinar, we will review the prevalence of and evidence-based approaches to the prevention and remediation of shoulder pain in patients with spinal cord injury. Clinicians will be provided with clinical tools for the assessment, treatment, and patient instruction of common pathologies associated with this pain presentation.

Identify primary and secondary pain generators that contribute to back pain.

This course will review the different medications used to treat pain, ways to address opioid abuse in patients and discuss the role of OT in helping patients manage their pain medication regimen.

This course will discuss how clinical traits of autism may affect a person's perception of pain and what OT's can do to help treat individuals with autism who experience pain.

This course reviews the difference between nociceptive and neuropathic pain, the process of pain transmission, the pain pathways, and how different pharmacotherapies act upon the pain pathways.

This webinar provides an overview of occupational therapy’s role treating patients who experience pain that interferes with their occupations and quality of life.