Recognizing and Understanding Persistent Pain: All pain is not equal

Instructor

Holly Jonely

PT MPT ScD FAAOMPT

Holly is the Program Director and an Associate Professor in the Physical Therapy program at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She holds a Doctor of Science and Master of Science in Physical Therapy from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and graduated summa cum laude with a BA in Natural Science from Midway College. A Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists, she specializes clinically in orthopedics, pelvic health, and persistent pain. Jonely teaches across foundational, community assessment, clinical management, and behavioral science courses in the DPT curriculum. Her professional involvement includes APTA, AAOMPT, and IAOM‑US, and her research focuses on interprofessional education, team‑based rehabilitation care, and persistent pain.

Description

1.6 Contact Hours / 0.16 CEUs Part I of a virtual lecture series designed to expand on the clinicians working knowledge of the evaluation of primary pain mechanisms. Understanding pain neuroscience and being able to recognize the primary pain mechanism will assist a clinician with effective and efficient evaluation and management. More specifically we want a clinician to recognize that persistent pain is very different from acute pain. Target group: PT, PTA. AT, OT Education Level: Basic

Objectives

• Explain the difference between primary nociceptive, neuropathic and nocioplastic pain.
• Recognize that persistent pain is common, complex and challenging to both evaluate and treat.
• Identify the need to adopt a biopsychosocial model of care in the evaluation of patients with persistent pain.
• Indicating at least 1 Clinical Sensory Testing with patients with persistent pain