1. Championing Evidence-Based Care in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain

2. Program Overview

3. Acute Low Back Pain

4. Distinguishing Between Specific and Nonspecific Low Back Pain

5. Factors Contributing to Low Back Pain

6. Global Prevalence of Low Back Pain

7. Impact on the Working Population

8. Challenges in the Management of Low Back Pain

9. Improving the Management of Low Back Pain

10. Guideline Recommendations for Low Back Pain

11. Nonpharmacologic Therapy: Superficial Heat

12. Clinical Practice Guideline: Germany

13. Clinical Practice Guideline: Germany (cont)

14. Clinical Practice Guideline: Alberta, Canada

15. Clinical Practice Guideline: Alberta, Canada (cont)

16. Benzodiazepines and Opioids

17. Progression to Chronic Pain

18. Patient Case Scenario

19. Importance of Following Treatment Guidelines

20. New Approaches to Pharmacologic Therapy

21. Conclusions

22. Abbreviations