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Webinar Recording: Optimising outcomes for workers with back pain through enhanced self-management and collaboration

Dr Jon Ford

Dr Jon Ford (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, PhD)
About the webinar:
  • Helping employees embrace self management strategies for their health condition.
  • The importance of practitioners targeting specific roadblocks to recovery and RTW.
  • Examples/case studies of overcoming roadblocks.
  • Collaborative relationships with trusted providers to minimise Agent/employer based roadblocks. 
About Dr Jon Ford:

Dr Jon Ford (Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, PhD) is the Clinical Director of Spinal Management Clinics; a multi-disciplinary group providing evidence-based services for people with musculo-skeletal problems.  He is also the Team Leader of the Low Back Research Team at La Trobe University where he has recently completed the STOPS study - a major randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of specific physiotherapy on back pain.  Jon has over 20 years experience in integrating the evidence and clinical experience as a means of attaining optimal outcomes.

Webinar recording:

Q & A session:

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Presentation slides