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Global Physiotherapy 2016
November 17-18, 2016
Volume 6 Issue 6(Suppl) J Nov Physiother
ISSN: 2165-7025 JNP, an open access journal
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November 17-18, 2016 Atlanta, USA
Global Physiotherapy Congress
Tim Daelemans, J Nov Physiother 2016, 6:6(Suppl)
A critical analysis of the current ideas on low back pain management and treatment: A novel view on
discal pathology
Tim Daelemans
FICO Osteopathy Academy, Belgium
8 0% of the population develops low back pain, disabling them for more than two weeks of their work, in the course of their life.
For decades physiotherapists are treating these patients with variable success. Therapies are mainly based on stabilising the
spine and preventing compressional forces to the intervertebral discs. Most of the current therapies have a common basis; the
patients spine should be relieved of physical stress especially in forms of shocks and lumbar spinal flexion should be prevented
at all cost. Loading of the spine is to be prevented and core stabilizing excercises are the essence of most of the physical therapy
approaches. Although these therapies are very commonly accepted as the standard of good spinal rehab, literature does not
support the fact that they are efficient in low back pain patients including discal pathology patients. Tim Daelemans went
on a basic critical analysis of these foundations of spinal rehab in his quest to find a more effective treatment. The result of
years of research led to the conclusion that the basic ideas are rather outdated and this is the main reason why current spinal
rehab approaches have very inconsistent results. He is now researching a novel model of biochemical pathogenesis of discal
pathology rather than a biomechanical approach. Besides this, he will define his current insights on preventive and curative
measures in low back pain management specifically in discal patients.
Biography
Tim Daelemans has studied Physiotherapy at University of Leuven in Belgium. He completed his Graduation at Flanders International College of Osteopathy and
MSc in Osteopathy at University of Dresden. Currently, he is the Director of the Osteopathy Academy FICO in Antwerp (Belgium), Warswaw (Poland) and Krakow
(Poland). He is the Head of the Scientific Research department and teaches at the academy. He is also an international Post-graduate Teacher on manipulation
techniques and on discal pathology and semiology.