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Unfortunately, this isn’t always the case. In conjunction with the Choosing Wisely campaign, CPGs combined with 2 of the 3 central tenets of Evidence Based Medicine, doctors should be prescribing fiscally responsible and safe interventions for our patients. What happens to present day practice in the mean time?Īllow me to take you down a paradigm shift in thinking for the present day physician as it pertains to patient access and prescriptive intervention.Ĭlinical Prediction Guidelines (CPGs) have proven to be an excellent tool to meld clinically relevant interdisciplinary conversation via individually competent clinicians.ĬPG’s have been copiously produced in an effort to guide a broad range of clinicians along a mutually agreed upon diagnostic pathway. Identification and efforts to improve quality of MSK exposure and future physician education is presently being reviewed and developed. There have been similar numbers reported amongst the emergency physician with marked deficiencies in musculoskeletal education ranging from trainees to attending staff.Īs exposure to MSK conditions increase and physician confidence remains low, we need to address this dilemma head on. Īpproximately 50% of family practice physicians feel inadequately trained in MSK medicine. Deficiencies have been shown at all levels of training from medical student to attending. It has been recently cited that newly graduated medical students and residents lack the clinical knowledge and confidence necessary to care for patients with MSK injuries. Physician Confidence and Competence of MSK Conditions: One thing is for sure: I bet you didn’t learn this in Medical School…

My hopes are that by exposing the physician to potential clinical decision and behavioral paradigm shifts that can be immediately implemented, we can reduce cost, increase efficiency, and make our patients feel better quicker. The intent of this article is to identify global systematic weaknesses in medical education while discussing implementation of best practices as it pertains to low back pain intervention. In fact, MSK conditions rank second only to respiratory illness with respect to prevalence of most common presentations in the ED. In the emergency department (ED), MSK dysfunction accounts for 20% of all chief complaints with 2.7 million visits specifically devoted to LBP. Musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions account for roughly 25% of patient complaints in the primary care setting. In 1998, total US health care costs for LBP were approximately $90 billion. What do the common cold and low back pain (LBP) have in common? They are the top 2 symptomatic reasons for primary care visits in the United States (US). Representing a paradigm shift from traditional screening approaches that focus on potential risks of exercising, this tool emphasizes the benefits of exercise and physical activity for all individuals.Low Back Pain: Physician Paradigm Shifts and the Doctor of Physical Therapy

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The philosophy behind the EASY is that screening should be a dynamic process in which participants learn to appreciate the importance of engaging in regular exercise, attending to health changes, recognizing a full range of signs and symptoms that might indicate potentially harmful events, and becoming familiar with simple safety tips for initiating and progressively increasing physical activity patterns.

The EASY tool includes 6 screening questions that were developed based on an expert roundtable and follow-up panel activities. The Exercise Assessment and Screening for You (EASY) is a tool developed to help older individuals, their health care providers, and exercise professionals identify different types of exercise and physical activity regimens that can be tailored to meet the existing health conditions, illnesses, or disabilities of older adults.

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