93- Management of idiopathic neck pain: the need for a multimodal approach with Gwendolen Jull

💭 “People with neck pain have an imbalance between the layers of the muscles. The deep muscles get weaker first ”. - Gwendolen Jull

👉🏻 Our guest is Gwendolen Jull AO, MPhty, Ph.D., FACP.  Gwen Jull is an Emeritus Professor in Physiotherapy at The University of Queensland, Australia. She is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist and a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists. Her career has combined teaching, research, and clinical practice. Her research has been concerned with the diagnosis and management of idiopathic neck pain, headache, and whiplash-associated disorders and quantifying the dysfunction in the cervical motor system. Gwen has taught nationally and internationally and has published over 350 articles, 40 book chapters as well as three textbooks, the most recent being the 2019 text ‘Management of neck pain disorders: A research-informed approach Elsevier, UK’. Gwen is also the co-editor of the international journal, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice.

📚What will you learn:

▪️ Gwen's story and career

▪️ Idiopathic neck pain and its symptoms

▪️ Gwen`s research on neck impairments

▪️ Assessment and management of neck pain

▪️ How to prevent a recurrence

▪️ Advice to clinicians who are starting their careers

▪️ How to become successful in Physical Therapy

🔎Gwendolen's favorite resource of information:

• Jull, G. Falla, D.; Treleaven, J.; O'Leary, S.;  Lewis, J. Management of Neck Pain Disorders: a research-informed approach. 2018.
• https://www.cochranelibrary.com/
• https://pedro.org.au/
• Google Scholar, Pubmed.

📲 Gwendolen's contact information:

• https://shrs.uq.edu.au/profile/97/gwendolen-jull

🎥Link to interview on Youtube: https://youtu.be/w2hxJt3sAPk

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