The team at Paragon is excited to announce that we are hosting the renowned physiotherapist and author, Lars Avemarie, for a 2-day Course on the science of pain modulation.
September 7-8, 2024
ABOUT THE COURSE (source: LarsAvemarie.com):
Neuroscientific Painmodulation – Version 2.0 is an innovative two-day course focusing on pain research and pain modulation. The updated, expanding, and modified version has well over 500 citations of scientific peer-review articles. As such, the course represents a much-needed update to the governing theories, narratives, philosophies, and world-view which is present in pain management. The course attempts to pass on what I have learned by reading modern pain research, neuroscience, rehabilitation research, and critical thinking literature.
Neuroscientific Painmodulation
Neuroscientific pain modulation is a scientific and principle-based approach to the treatment of diagnoses where pain is the cardinal symptom, ie, all diseases and musculoskeletal problems where pain is the dominant patient complaint.
The aim and end goal is to help clinicians and therapists integrate an often frustratingly complicated amount of clinically valuable research, enabling them to make more informed choices about the care of the person in front of them. I believe that all health professionals want to use updated and current research as the basis of their clinical reasoning. They do not wish to pass on myths or debugged knowledge. But I also recognize that it is incredibly difficult and sometimes almost impossible to keep up-to-date with current research!
Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes:
Learn an updated approach to the treatment of pain that you can immediately apply in your clinical practice that reinforces and enhances the approach you already use
Get a thorough and in-depth review of the many different factors which modulate pain, as a strong and fundamental starting point for an updated approach to the treatment of patients with pain.
Learn a scientific and principle-based approach to the treatment of all diagnoses where pain is the cardinal symptom, where pain is the patient’s predominant symptom.
Get an in-depth and detailed review of the most used modalities within pain management, as well as an innovative guide to choosing modalities, and a current and updated model for clinical reasoning in pain rehabilitation
Get a detailed manual and workbook with well over 50 pages of written content to aid the update of the governing theories, narratives, philosophies, and worldview in pain management.
This course is for anyone working professionally with people in pain, like Chiropractors, Massage Therapists, Physiotherapists, Naprapaths, Osteopaths, MDs, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, and also Personal Trainers.
Neuroscientific painmodulation has been accredited by the Royal Dutch Society for Physical Therapy with the following: Quality mark (20 points), KNGF (18 points for general, sports and manual), and ProQKine (24 points).
A “Diploma of Participation” will be provided in recognition of attendance, to participants who are attending both days. Join us September 2-3, 2023.
Read what previous participants say about the course:
“Lars is among the most knowledgeable in the field about the science of musculoskeletal pain and how to apply it to practice. The course is an invaluable resource for updating the knowledge of musculoskeletal professionals.” Jocelyn, Registered Massage Therapist
“Lars Avemarie is a very sharp teacher, with his finger on the pulse, and it represents a paradigm shift in pain modulation and treatment” Tobias, Physiotherapist
“Easily the best pain management course I’ve attended. You get a great overview of the research, but more importantly, the opportunity to break down your own biases with a true master of reflective practice. Doesn’t matter what your approach is, the course will help you break it down and rebuild with solid fundamentals, giving you way more confidence to tackle challenging cases.” Simon, Physiotherapist
“One of the most knowledgeable people in the field can definitely be recommended to seek new or updated knowledge here” Jonas, Physiotherapist
“The content of the course is need-to-know about the latest evidence and paradigms within pain science for people who want to be taken seriously as health professionals” Christopher, Physiotherapist
Lars Avemarie
ABOUT LARS:
I am a physiotherapist, writer, internationally acclaimed lecturer, teacher, and personal trainer. I have a unique blend of knowledge about pain research, neuroscience, physiotherapy, rehabilitation, evidence-based medicine, science and critical thinking. I have worked over a decade full-time in the health industry, as both a manager and as a exercise and rehab specialist at corporate level. I have specialized myself in training of clients with injuries and/or chronic pain.
My background story is that after attending a course on the topic of neuroscience and pain research, I start reading articles and textbooks on pain and neuroscience, after that I began to read scientific research and reviews from international experts and pain researchers like Moseley, Melzack, Wall, O’Sullivan, Hodges, Deyo, Boden, Boos, Zusman, Arendt-Nielsen, Maher, Kamper, Loeser, Puentedura and Louw. After 2 years of reading scientific papers, while working with clients as a personal trainer, I began to share my experiences of modern pain research and science.
In my work of spreading information on modern pain research, I have gained a lot of international recognition, and my articles have been shared on a global level. Most reconsideration I have received for my two articles on pain research done by Dr. Lorimer Moseley’s, and Dr. Adriaan Louw’s, and my first international article “Why Most People Are Wrong About Injuries and Pain” has been shared more than 13,000 times on social media (Facebook).
ARTICLES BY LARS:
50 Shades of Pain with Dr. Lorimer Moseley, PhD
