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Central Sensitization & Lifestyle Interventions in Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain

Central Sensitization & Lifestyle Interventions in Persistent Musculoskeletal Pain

Persistent musculoskeletal pain rarely fits a simple tissue-based model. This course shows you how to combine central sensitization concepts with lifestyle interventions so you can assess, explain, and treat complex pain in a clear and structured way.

Course Overview

This course is for physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals who work with patients with long-lasting musculoskeletal pain. You will learn how to recognize central sensitization and nociplastic pain, how lifestyle factors can keep the nervous system sensitized, and how to turn this into a practical, stepwise treatment plan.

What You Will Learn

  • Central sensitization and persistent pain: Understand how central sensitization and nociplastic pain develop, how they differ from nociceptive and neuropathic pain, and what this means for your assessment and treatment.

  • Pain phenotyping in the clinic: Use simple criteria to classify nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic pain and identify patients with central sensitization who are at higher risk for poor outcomes.

  • Lifestyle factors that keep pain going: Recognize how poor sleep, ongoing stress, low activity levels, and an unhealthy diet can maintain central sensitization, and learn basic strategies to work on these factors within your scope of practice.

  • From pain science education to behavior change: Combine Pain Science Education, time-contingent exercise, graded activity, and exposure-based methods into one plan that supports self-management and long-term functional goals.

Interactive Learning and Practical Application

  • Video demonstrations and case studies: Watch clear video lessons and case examples that walk you through assessment, pain phenotyping, and treatment choices for patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain.

  • Clinical tools and resources: Use ready-made slides, patient leaflets, and simple decision trees to bring central sensitization and lifestyle topics into your daily practice without extra prep time.

Why This Course Stands Out

  • Led by a leading pain researcher and clinician: Learn directly from Professor Jo Nijs, who combines extensive research in central sensitization and nociplastic pain with hands-on clinical experience.

  • Integration of lifestyle and pain mechanisms: See exactly how to combine exercise therapy, sleep, stress, and basic nutritional care with a mechanism-based view of pain instead of treating each in isolation.

  • Practical, evidence-based methods: Get concrete steps, examples, and wording you can use the next day in the clinic with your most complex pain patients.

Outcome

By the end of this course, you will be able to assess and phenotype patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain, identify central sensitization, and design multimodal lifestyle interventions that fit within a physiotherapy setting. You will have a clear framework and tools to reduce pain-related disability, support behavior change, and improve quality of life for people with long-standing pain.

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Jo Nijs

Jo Nijs

Chronic Pain Specialist

Jo Nijs holds a doctoral degree (PhD) in rehabilitation and physiotherapy - summa cum laude and is a full-time Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is a leading expert in chronic pain research, particularly concerning central nervous system mechanisms, and has supervised numerous PhD projects. With over 260 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and a high citation rate, he is ranked among the world's top researchers in central nervous system sensitization and chronic pain. Professor Nijs has also trained over 3,000 clinicians in various courses and received multiple research awards, including the 2017 Excellence in Research Award from the Journal of Orthopaedic Sports Physical Therapy and the 2020 Francqui Collen Chair.

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Below are details on accreditation for this course. The course contents have been validated by official accreditation bodies worldwide. For all other regions, participants will receive a CPD certificate with details on the duration of the course.

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