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Prof Peter O'Sullivan and Core Stability - April 2012

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Pain, injury and rehabHow the body worksBack and neck painPhysical therapy and rehab

Peter O'Sullivan discusses cognitive functional therapy and challenges the traditional focus on core stability for chronic low back pain.

Peter discusses cognitive functional therapy and the myth of "core stability" in relation to chronic low back pain. Listen to Professor O'Sullivan discuss this on episode 17 of the Empowered Beyond Podcast which he co-hosts: bodylogic.physio/podcast/episode-17-the-myth-of-core-stabili… Italian translations generously provided by: Francesco Bettariga

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What people say. Recommended as an excellent explanation of why physical therapists should move away from focusing on core stability.

u/Redbone_CoonHoundDPTin r/physicaltherapy • Recommends

"The stability approach reinforces this belief that the spine is to be feared." - Dr. Peter O'Sullivan on why we shouldn't focus the "core." link to this video Huge name in physical therapy internationally right now. Anything you see from this guy is gold. I got in a short conversation with him and Mary O'Keeffe online one time, and they both bombarded me with information stating what we typically learned in school surrounding the TA (even Hodge's stuff in '96 and '98 about TA activation timing with and without pain) has been largely overturned. Here is an example: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24184573 As I have faded away from core-centric treatment for back pain, I have found it has freed up…
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u/PewpzClinician communityin r/physicaltherapy • Mentions

Question Is Core Stability An Outdated Solution to Low Back Pain? Just looking for your thoughts on this. Seems there's a shift in thinking that's moving away from focusing on core stability (specifically TVA and MF)to resolve non-specific LBP (no herniations, no spondylolisthesis, etc.) This interview specifically had me thinking about this: link to this video Any of you have opinions here? EDIT: Other links for those interested: Lecture on Different Methods of Dealing with LBP Brief Talk re: Cognitive Functional Therapy Patient Interview Another Patient Interview
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