Upskilling clinicians.
Empowering people living with pain.
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Who we are
We are a community of clinicians, clinical researchers, educators and patient advocates
committed to helping reduce the suffering related to musculoskeletal pain for people around the world.
Our Mission
To provide equitable access to education in person-centred care.
How we will achieve our mission
Our values
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Tiered training
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Online and face-to-face learning
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Free resources for patients and clinicians
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Building a community
Liz
CSP Chartered Physiotherapist
MSc Manipulative Physiotherapy
Scotland
Ciarán
APA Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Australia
Luke
APA Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Australia
It's easy in a clinical setting to say someone has yellow flags contributing to their ongoing pain and hope it doesn’t impact the treatment plan, but it very much does. I used to feel uncomfortable delving into this, let alone attempting to weave it into my treatment plans.
Margot
MSc, BSc (Physio)
Musculoskeletal Consultant Physiotherapist
Scotland
Bridget
Lead Physiotherapist Outpatient Services
Australia
Rory
APA Titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
Australia
Allison
MSc Physiotherapy
Back Pain Specialist APP
Scotland
Before this training, I was always apprehensive when asking patients to try something new in case it made their symptoms worse - this stemmed from my deep-held belief that my role was always to be the fixer, and the feeling that patients would lose trust in me if any of my suggestions exacerbated their symptoms.
CFT has helped me let go of trying to control the narrative, and instead reframe my role to being a facilitator and coach who enables the person in front of me to make sense of their own pain story. I now promote patients' self-discovery through curiosity and behavioural experiments rather than fear and avoidance. This new approach has empowered me both personally and professionally by enhancing my communication skills, resilience and flexibility when encountering any complexity in my practice.
Evထlve Pain Care Academy recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as Australia’s first peoples. We acknowledge the unique connection that First Nations peoples have to land, waters and the environment. We extend this recognition and respect to First Nations peoples and communities around the world.
The information provided is general information only.
Clinicians should make their own judgement about the best care for each patient.
People who have pain should discuss information presented here with their healthcare team.
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Welcome!
Dr Jay-Shian Tan
Australia
Evထlve creative works, web design, social media
Jay is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy educator and clinician. He is passionate helping clinicians translate evidence into practice through personalised face-to-face and online mentoring. He has extensive experience as an undergraduate and postgraduate educator in the university sector and provides professional development and mentoring for graduate clinicians in their practice.
- PhD | MSc Musc. Physio | BSc Physiotherapy
- Titled Member of the Australian College of Physiotherapy
- Clinical Consultant at Flex.Physio
- Clinical educator
Dr Riika Holopainen
Finland
Evထlve creative works
Riikka is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy researcher and educator. She is pasionate about identifying best practice rehabilitation and enabling ways for clinicians to deliver that care.
- Physiotherapist
- PhD | PT
- Consultant at MoveDoc
- Clinical educator
Dr Ian Cowell
United Kingdom
Evထlve creative works and Certified CFT trainer
Ian is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy educator and clinician with a particular interest in the management of persistent musculoskeletal pain disorders. His research focus is how person-centred communication is enacted in physiotherapist-patient interactions.
- PhD | MSc Musc. Physio
- Director and clinician - Brook Physio
- Clinicial educator
Prof Peter O'Sullivan
Australia
Evထlve director, certified CFT trainer,
creative works co-lead
Pete is an internationally recognised as a leading clinician, researcher and educator in musculoskeletal pain disorders. Over the past 20 years, Pete and his team have developed a novel management approach for people with disabling low back pain – called 'Cognitive Functional Therapy'. Pete's passion is to bridge the gap between research and practice – in order to empower researchers, educators and clinicians in the provision of person-centred care for people in pain.
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist*
- Director Body Logic Physiotherapy
- John Curtin Distinguished Professor Curtin University
(as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2005)
Dr JP Caneiro
Australia
Evထlve director, certified CFT trainer,
creative works co-lead
JP is an emerging leader in the field of chronic pain, particularly the management of back pain and osteoarthritis. He is passionate about mentoring clinicians to ensure the highest level of care is provided in clinical practice. Born and raised in Brazil, JP also speaks Portuguese fluently and is committed to affordable translatable knowledge that is accessible to clinicians regardless of country.
- Specialist Sport Physiotherapist*
- Titled Pain Physiotherapist
- Director Body Logic Physiotherapy
- PhD | MSc Musc. & Sports Physio
- Adjunct Clinical Senior Researcher - Curtin University
(as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2013)
Assoc Prof Peter Kent
Peter is a musculoskeletal pain researcher and was the lead researcher on the RESTORE trial for people with low back pain. For more than 20 years he practiced as a Physiotherapist & Chiropractor.
- Clinical Epidemiologist
- PhD | Grad.Dip.Manip.Physio | B.App.Sc.(Physio) | B.App.Sc (Chiro)
- Adjunct Associate Professor - Curtin University & Macquarie University
- Mindfullness teacher
Assoc Prof Kjartan Vibe Fersum
Norway
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- PhD | MSc Musculoskeletal Physio | BSc Physio
- Director and Clinician at Health In the Center (Bergen, Norway)
- Associate Professor at University of Bergen (UIB)
- Lecturer for Musculoskeletal Masters programme (UIB)
- Clinical educator
Assoc Prof Wim Dankaerts
Belgium
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
Wim is a musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinician, researcher and educator with a particular interest in the integration of a multi-dimensional clinical reasoning process and person-centred communication to enhance self-management in patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain disorders.
- Professor of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy - University of Leuven, Belgium
- PhD – PT – MT
- Clinical Director and Clinician - @PVMT, Tienen, Belgium
- Clinical educator
Kasper Ussing
Denmark
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- Master of Manipulative Therapy (Curtin University)
- Co-owner Spine & Mind Fysio
- Coordinator of Unit for Cross Sectional Cooperation (spinal care) - Spine Centre of Southern Denmark
Gurpreet Singh
United Kingdom
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- BSc | M Research
- Clinical educator
- Guest lecturer University of Coventry and University of Leicester
Dr Chris Newton
United Kingdom
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Consultant Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and clinical academic at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire
- PhD | MSc Advanced Musculoskeletal Practice
Irene Stegemejer
Denmark
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- Multidisciplinary Pain Centre, Odense University Hospital
- Co-owner Spine & Mind Fysio
Jannick Johansen
Denmark
Evထlve Certified CFT Trainer
- Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- Master in Fitness and Exercise (University of Southern Denmark)
- Co-owner Spine & Mind Fysio
- Bachelor in Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy School in Odense