Building the Ultimate Back: From Rehabilitation to Performance

COURSE OBJECTIVES
• To update delegates on the most recent developments in clinical biomechanics of the lumbar spine - specifically how it works and how it becomes injured.
• To provide guidance in the application of this knowledge to the clinic, workplace, rehabilitation centre, and sports field to reduce the risk of injury, optimize healing of the patient, and build ultimate back performance in the athlete.
• To give practice and technique development with workshops throughout the day.
COURSE DESIGNED FOR:
• Athletic Therapists
• Chiropractors
• Ergonomists
• Exercise Therapists
• Kinesiologists
• Nurses
• Occupational Therapists
• Physicians
• Physiotherapists
• Strength Coaches/Personal Trainers
And anyone who else involved or interested in the prevention and/or rehabilitation of lower back injuries

Dr Stuart McGill Professor Stuart McGill has authored over 200 scientific publications that address the issues of lumbar function, low back injury mechanisms, investigation of tissue loading during rehabilitation programs and the formulation of work-related injury avoidance strategies. He is a consultant to many medical management groups, professional sports teams and athletes, governments, corporations and legal firms. He sits on the editorial boards of the journals SPINE, Clinical Biomechanics, and Journal of
Applied Biomechanics.

Dr. McGill has won numerous awards including the prestigious Volvo Bioengineering Award for Low Back Pain research from Sweden. Dr. McGill has authored two text books: “Low Back Disorders: Evidence based prevention and rehabilitation” published by Human Kinetics publishers, and “Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance” published by Backfitpro Inc. These books synthesize the material presented in this course and are recommended as resource material for interested participants.

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