What is the Back Skills Training Programme?
Back Skills Training helps people learn to manage their back problem better by learning about their backs and trying out different skills such as exercise and relaxation.
Why is this the best treatment for your back pain?
Traditional approaches to treat back pain have included ‘hands on therapy’, such as massage or acupuncture. You may have tried some of these treatments in the past. However, as our knowledge of back pain has improved, we now know that these traditional treatments often do not help in the long term. Since back pain often reoccurs over time, treatments that have a long term benefit are important. Therefore, the Back Skills Training programme focuses on teaching you about your back pain, and providing you with a range of skills and tools that you can use to manage your back pain over time. The Back Skills Training programme has been extensively researched, and has helped a large number of people to reduce their low back pain and improve their quality of life.
How does it work?
The programme consists of 6 meetings (face to face or on Zoom) each an hour long. There will be up to 8 people per session. The session will be led by the Physiotherapist. Each session will have a “theme”, you will get the opportunity to ask questions and be given an exercise programme to follow (don’t worry it is very gentle). You will be given some weekly homework tasks that are relevant to you.
You will be monitored throughout for progress, and can contact your Physio for more support or info if you need to.
Feedback from a previous participant:
When I ouched my way into your practice in Sept last year, my life had been reduced to just getting through each day, inching with trepidation towards that inevitable moment when I would have to declare defeat and medicate and lie down. Blaming myself for the state I'm in yet not knowing what I exactly did to get there, feeling guilty about not being whole and not knowing how to get out of it, all contributed to a very negative self image. By helping me understand how my body works, and what could most likely have gone wrong, and giving me hope and tools to start moving away from that negative zone, you have literally changed my life. 8 months later I'm not pain free, but I'm a lot better and by doing the exercises you've shown me I am managing to stay mobile and do the things I have to AND increasingly the things I WANT to as well, and I feel stronger physically and mentally. It's a long journey, and I still stumble, and sometimes fall, but I know how to get back up and not beat myself up mentally anymore. The chronic pain management course we did at the end of my sessions with you also helped to consolidate all I had learned from you. So, this long essay is really just to say thank you.
Book your slot now, or contact tanya@physiofanatics.com for more information.