Modern Pain Science and Implications for Workers’ Compensation CEU Recap

Results Physiotherapy recently offered a new CEU course for Nurse Case Managers, Modern Pain Science and Implications for Workers’ Compensation, which was hosted by Chris Scoma PT, DPT, COMT, OCS, CEAS, CDNS, Results’ Clinical Manager of Occupational Health and Brian Murphy PT, DPT, OCS, MTC, Results’ Vice President of Clinical Services. The CEU highlighted modern pain science and implications for workers’ compensation with a focus on current scientific evidence on pain, how this compares to more traditional models, and more. An outline of the CEU course is below along with a Zoom recording from a recent webinar for you to watch to find out how the recent findings impact patients who are being treated under Workers’ Compensation.

CEU Outline:

• Pain Definitions: What is pain? Nociception vs. Pain
• Understanding the Old/New Pain Model
• The Brain must Interpret and Synthesize ALL Input to Determine Type and Severity of Output
• How Physical Therapy Can Help with Pain
• Importance of Education/Communication to help with pain as part of PT
• Importance of a Biopsychosocial Approach to Pain

Watch The Modern Pain Science and Implications for Workers’ Compensation CEU