Description
Classify Low Back Pain. Treat with a System.
Low back pain is the condition rehab professionals see most — and the one where treatment varies wildest. Without a classification system, every clinician is improvising, and patients with the same label get very different care.
This masterclass gives rehabilitation clinicians an evidence-based system for LBP: the Treatment-Based Classification (TBC) and STOPS models, integrated with the SFMA and a regional interdependence approach. You'll work through each classification category — the research behind it, the reasoning that assigns a patient to it, and the treatment progressions that follow — with case studies and demonstrations throughout.
By the end, you'll classify LBP patients with clarity, choose interventions that match the category, and address the underlying movement dysfunction that drives recurrence.
Leave With The Ability To
Classify with an evidence-based model — combine TBC and STOPS with movement assessment to guide LBP management.
Decide with confidence — know which category the patient in front of you belongs to, and what that means for treatment.
Apply progressions per category — choose reset, reinforce, and retrain strategies matched to the classification.
Treat the cause, not the diagnosis — use regional interdependence to address the dysfunction underneath the label.
Reduce recurrence — build outcomes that last past discharge instead of managing the same back twice.
Hear from our Professionals
Great use of case studies as well as explaining what an exercise progression would look like for each category of patient.
- Physical Therapist
The diagnostic clusters were explained really well. Following that with case studies both on slides and demonstration with a patient was really helpful for thinking about how to carry the treatment strategies over to current patients.
- Physical Therapist
Great case studies with the examples of exercise progressions, treatment (reset), reinforce examples and retrain examples.
- Chiropractor
The material presented was great and the case studies were very helpful.
- Certified Athletic Trainer
What's Included
5+ hours of video instruction — lectures, demonstrations, and case study walk-throughs across 8 chapters
Downloadable course manual — for reference in the clinic
Four complete classification modules — evaluation and treatment strategies for Mobility Dysfunction, Direction Specific Exercise, Stabilization, and Nociplastic presentations
One year of access — from date of purchase
Course Chapters
Chapter 1: Before You Begin
Chapter 2: A Clinical Overview
Chapter 3: Category 1: Mobility Dysfunction
Chapter 4: Category 2: Direction Specific Exercise
Chapter 5: Category 3: Stabilization
Chapter 6: Category 4: Nociplastic
Chapter 7: Conclusion
Chapter 8: What's Next
Additional Information
This course is taught in English and is not a certification course.