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What Is Cognitive Functional Therapy-And Why Doctors Say It Could Be the Key to Eliminating Back Pain

Low back pain can be at minimum annoying and at maximum debilitating. Defined as pain between the backside and ribs, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that low back pain, in particular, is ...
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This therapy for chronic back pain can be surprisingly effective

Joe Laurence, a firefighter in Western Australia, was pulling a hose over a fence when he felt a sharp pain shoot down his back. “It was pretty horrific at the time,” said Laurence, then 27. “From ...
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Efficacy of cognitive functional therapy for pain intensity and disability in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain: a randomised sham-controlled trial

2 Postgraduate Program in Rehabilitation Sciences, Augusto Motta University Centre - UNISUAM, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Objective This study investigated the efficacy of cognitive functional therapy (CFT ...
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What is cognitive functional therapy? How can it reduce low back pain and get you moving?

Peter O'Sullivan is a Director and consults at bodylogic.physio. He receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council. JP Caneiro is a Director and consults at bodylogic.physio.