There have been several systematic reviews about photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) for low back pain. Why did you decide that this topic needed to be re-visited?

Your trial compared two different approaches to spinal manipulation for chronic low back pain. Before your trial was conducted, what did the evidence say about the effects of spinal manipulation in chronic low back pain?

The past 15 years have seen tremendous change in the musculoskeletal (MSK) medicine landscape. At the centre of this has been a reconceptualisation of how we understand various common non-traumatic clinical conditions, including non-specific low back pain, osteoarthritis and tendinopathy, to name a few.

Pacing is universally considered to be a key aspect in the management of chronic pain conditions, in part due to its supposed intuitive logic (Stanos & Chang 2019). Many patients readily identify their own ‘boom/bust’ approach to performing physical activities or functional tasks.

This case study will present the complex case of Mr A, a 47-year-old man injured at work and referred for management of lower limb complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), almost six months after his original injury.

Although the 2020 Australian Pain Society’s 40th annual scientific meeting was postponed due to COVID-19, InMotion provides a platform for some of the physiotherapists who were lined up to present at the conference in April to share their research, insights and pain management strategies. We present a mix of contributors and interviews. 

As a researcher, I feel it is important to reflect on what it means to do ‘transformative research’—something all researchers would aspire to, I think. I make no claims to be a transformative researcher yet, but I have taken active steps to promote that possibility.

Does everyone agree on the definition of sciatica and how common it is?