The Functional Approach Blog
News and updates from Craig Liebenson, DC – author, educator, and director of L.A. Sports and Spine.
Pain with Exercise: Is it acceptable & if so how much & for how long?
In a dialogue with Pr Karin Silbernagel I ask “What is the acceptable NRS range for training patients with musculoskeletal pain?” Background The Smith, Littlewood paper contends: “Protocols using painful exercises offer a small but significant benefit over...
How to Upskill Your Clinic/Gym: Perform a Needs Analysis
What is a needs analysis? A method to discover skill gaps and determine what training is needed to fill these gaps. This blog highlights key issues when determining how to pivot your clinic/gym to modern person-centered approaches. For instance - Clinic: Passive to...
The Benefits of Digital Health & Lifestyle Coaching for MS Specialists
Note from Dr Liebenson Online advice & coaching is a valued service not only during unprecedented times like this. Video visits are becoming the norm during this crisis in medicine. Online musculoskeletal & lifestyle advice, coaching, education etc. has...
Primary care for low back pain: we don’t know the half of it
“It is increasingly clear that simply expecting individual clinicians to adhere more closely to guidelines is not going to close the evidence-practice gap”
How to Onboard Clients to Online Coaching & TeleHealth (Plus Recommended Equipment)
Dear valued community, When quarantine seemed imminent I reached out to all of my clients and sent them a shopping cart from perform better with all of the equipment I thought they would need (Kbs, bands - different weights and resistances for each) for an extended...
TeleHealth Webinar Recap
Read Dr. Liebenson's Twitter thread for a recap of the March 29 webinar on TeleHealth.