Back pain - from diagnosis to treatment
Pain Forum meeting
11 July | 10:00-13:00
Faculty of Medicine, room 937
10:00 Scope of the problem
Prof. Ruth Defrin, Department of Physical Therapy and Sagol School of
Neuroscience, TAU
10:15 Possible evolutionary sources of back pain
Dr. Itay Goor Aryeh, Head of the pain clinic, Sheba Medical Center,
Tel Hashomer
10:45 Physiotherapy in LBP: From Theory to reality
Prof. Youssef Masharawi, Department of Physical Therapy, TAU
11:15 short break
11:30 Why is low back pain such a hard nut to crack?
Prof. Marshall Devor, Department of Cell & Developmental Biology
Institute of Life Sciences, Faculty of Mathematic and Natural Sciences,
Hebrew University
12:15 New medical strategies to tackle back pain
Dr. Silviu Brill, Head of the pain clinic, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
13:00 open discussion
Light lunch served
Organized by Ruth Defrin and Silviu Brill
