Examination and Treatment Strategies for the Lumbar Spine 2026

Examination and Treatment Strategies for the Lumbar Spine is organized by Summit Professional Education and will be held on Sep 13, 2026 at Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, Franklin, Tennessee, United States of America.

Description:
Low back pain impacts 60-80% of individuals at some point in their lives and back pain is the most common reason people seek health care. Research has revealed the high risk and small rewards from opioid drugs and surgery and patients need new viable treatment options. The art and science of medicine appear in conflict, forcing clinicians to choose between the sides of experience and evidence. Management imposes a large socio-economic burden on thehealth care system. Considering the number of providersinvolved in the management of this condition, it is notsurprising that care patterns for low back pain are highly variable. Fragmented and variable care contribute to high levels of guideline discordant management, overuse of expensive and invasive procedures, and continual cost escalations without accompanying evidence of improved outcomes. Research increasingly points to the importance of early care decisions and guideline adherence in the prognosis of patients with low back pain who seek care.

This course combines art and science with extensive clinical experience to highlight examination and treatment strategies that are both efficient and effective. Participants will learn to effectively differential diagnose in clinical examination to Improve your treatment strategies for the lowback using the best evidence. A plethora of management and treatment of the most common diagnosis in out-patient rehabilitation will help you with immediately pain reduction. Additionally, manual therapy techniques will be reviewed. Therapists will leave feeling confident on the impact they can have on this gigantic issue among patients. you with immediately pain reduction. Additionally, manual therapy techniques will be reviewed. Therapists will leave feeling confident on the impact they can have on this gigantic issueamong patients.

Learning Objectives:

• Select appropriate screening tests for systemic disease and non-musculoskeletal pathology in patients with low back pain.
• Examine the impact of biopsychosocial and pathoanatomical factors on models of low back care.
• Identify subgroups of low back pain patients that would benefit from manual therapy interventions.
• Implement exercise through clinical reasoning andapplication of current best evidence.

Highlights:

• Key elements of differential diagnoses and the clinical examination to improve your treatment strategies for the low back
• Incorporate the current best evidence into thetreatment of lumbar spine pathologies
• Effective, evidence-based interventions for the management and treatment of the most common diagnosis in out-patient rehabilitation
• Hands-on lab for manual techniques to thelumbar spine that will have immediate reduce pain

Outline:

1. Patient Screening
   1. Current research and practice guidelines
   2. Risk and prognostic indicators
   3. Systematic disease and non-musculoskeletal pathology
   4. Imaging and diagnostic triage
2. Biopsychosocial Factors and Sources of Pain
   1. An expert interview
   2. Anxiety, depression, and fear avoidance
   3. Objective exam
3. Manual Therapy for Pain and Mobility
   1. Mobility
   2. Stability
   3. Pain
   4. Hands-on lab*
4. Treatment Strategies for Other Common Dysfunction
   1. Spinal stenosis
   2. Hip dysfunction
   3. SIJ pain
   4. Hands-on lab*