'Back Pain - The Big Picture' offer the Functional Restoration Programme aimed to help you get the most out of life despite back pain or neck pain. Everyone leaves with a set of skills they can put into practice for the rest of their lives.

FRP Course Content

• Concepts – long-term management of pain rather than an instant cure
• Understanding diagnosis and investigations (Scans, X-rays etc.)
• Anatomy of the spine
• Pain physiology and healing – mechanisms and timescales
• Pacing and goal setting
• Managing flare-ups of pain
• Posture
• Managing your thoughts and worries about pain
• Good and bad habits associated with pain
• Stress management
• Exercise with and without pain. Demonstration and practice (strengthening and stretching programmes), plus basic muscle physiology and timescales
• Relaxation training
• Returning to activity/ work
• Basic strength and fitness measurement (before and after)

The course takes just 2 days (one full day each week over two weeks) plus a two hour check-up 6 weeks later. The ideas you learn however, will remain with you for the rest of your life.

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