Kieran O'Sullivan is one of the international researchers who worked intensively together with Prof. Peter O’Sullivan to develop the ‘Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) intervention. CFT is an approach to the management of pain disorders that considers factors across the biopsychosocial spectrum that contribute to the development and maintenance of a pain disorder. It provides a logical framework allowing skilled clinicians to both diagnose, triage, and target management where appropriate.

CFT integrates cognitive strategies and functional movement rehabilitation to reduce pain and disability. There is emerging evidence that the CFT approach provides better clinical outcomes than the current best clinical practice in the management of non-specific chronic spinal pain.

This unique 2-day workshop is dynamic, interactive, and practical. It includes patient videos, and clinical reasoning and equips physiotherapists to develop skills in diagnostics as well as the design of CFT interventions for specific disorders. in advance of the workshop, participants will have access to 4 hours of online learning- including videos, podcasts, and interviews.

Both days will consist of 4 hours of learning, including a live patient assessment, with a critical reflection on the assessment using the CFT framework.
The day starts at 08:15 CET AM  and ends at 12:00 CET PM

Yearly members of Trust me-Ed get a 25% discount on this event.

Recordings:
Participants of this course will be able to watch the recordings of this course, plus two recordings of the patient interviews of previously held CFT courses by Kieran for Trust me-Ed after the webinar is finished.
The recordings will be available for one month (until the 24th of July).


Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this workshop, participants will be able to;

- Apply contemporary pain mechanisms evidence to individual people with LBP

- Appreciate how diversity within the population of people with LBP can be managed flexibly, yet consistently

- Clinically reason using the CFT framework

- Observe and interrogate communication skills used with complex pain problems

- Critique cognitive, movement, and lifestyle components of rehabilitation with a view to applying them in their own practice