2026 Understanding Pain: Assessment and Conservative Treatment Strategies

2026 Understanding Pain: Assessment and Conservative Treatment Strategies is organized by Brooks Rehabilitation Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) and will be held from Oct 24 - 25, 2026 at Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital - University Campus, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America.

Description:
Pain is a universal experience and often the reason for referrals to physical therapy. This course presents current concepts regarding pain mechanisms, generators, interpretations and responses. Current models that explain pain perception and processing will be reviewed. Treatment recommendations and application will be discussed in more detail related to chronic musculoskeletal pain.

Course Objectives:
At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify the frequency and impact of musculoskeletal pain complaints.
• Discuss pathways of pain transmission from the periphery to the central nervous system.
• Define the term “central sensitization”.
• Discuss potential sources of variability for pain perception.
• Identify recommended methods to assess pain perception in clinical settings.
• Describe factors that are predictive of poor outcomes for musculoskeletal pain conditions.
• Discuss models for the development of chronic pain conditions that have been recently highlighted in the literature.
• Describe different conceptual management options for pain rehabilitation.