CEU Webinar
Confronting Back Pain in the Workplace
Thursday, October 22, 2020 | 12:00 – 1 P.M. EST
Total CEUs Available: 1
(This course is approved for Nurses and FL Adjuster continuing education; earn one (1) continuing education clock hour for successful completion.)
Join Daniel M. Frohwein, M.D., an interventional pain management specialist with Orlando Orthopaedic Center, and Robyn Lewis, PT, CEAS, regional manager of Work Strategies for Select Physical Therapy, to gain a physician’s perspective on acute and chronic back pain in injured workers and find out why back injuries create so many lost workdays for employers.
In This Webinar You’ll Learn:
- Characteristics of acute and chronic low back pain
- Risk and psychosocial factors of back injuries for employees
- Available preventative interventions and outcomes
- Benefits and risks of physical therapy
- Uses for outcome screening tools to identify potential chronic cases
- Biopsychosocial treatment approaches in therapy
You must register by 11 a.m. on the day of the event to attend.
Sign Up Now
Questions? Email CMMcDaniel@selectmedical.com
About Our Speakers
Daniel M. Frohwein, M.D.
Hailing from the Garden State, Dr. Frohwein completed his undergraduate studies at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ, prior to moving to Philadelphia, PA. He was awarded his Doctor of Medicine at Temple University School of Medicine and completed his residency training in anesthesiology at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. He then pursued an ACGME-approved fellowship in pain medicine, also at Thomas Jefferson, prior to relocating to the Orlando area where he has continuously served the Central Florida community. He is board-certified in anesthesiology, with a subspecialty certification in pain management. He has also achieved diplomat status by the American Board of Pain Medicine.
Through his training and clinical practice, Dr. Frohwein has extensive experience in advanced pain management procedures including radio-frequency neurotomy, peripheral nerve ablation, spinal cord stimulation and diagnostic and therapeutic spine injection procedures under both fluoroscopic and ultrasound guidance. He has vast expertise with a wide variety of cervical, thoracic, and lumbar interventions including epidural, facet, and sacroiliac joint injections, sympathetic blocks, and peripheral joint and nerve blocks, among others. Dr. Frohwein’s clinical interests also include state-of-the-art minimally invasive percutaneous techniques for a variety of spine conditions.
Dr. Frohwein utilizes a patient-tailored multimodal approach to the treatment of pain. A sample of the pain problems Dr. Frohwein addresses include: degenerative disc disease of the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, spinal stenosis, disc herniation, radiculopathy, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, post-laminectomy syndrome, neuropathic pain, post-herpetic neuralgia, and complex regional pain syndrome.
Robyn Lewis, PT, CEAS
Robyn Lewis is the Regional Manager of Work Strategies for Select Medical based in the Georgia market. Robyn received her degree in Physical Therapy from University of Florida and since 1995, she has specialized in industrial medicine including the treatment of work related injuries. She has assisted employers in developing Post Offer Employment Tests and has initiated onsite therapy programs for major corporations including Coca-Cola and Lockheed Martin. She has provided injury prevention programs, ergonomics, job task analysis and workstation ergo assessments and has been a presenter for nurse case managers, public entities, employers, and work comp related association confernces. She works with Select’s clinical staff in furthering their education and skills in the delivery of industrial services. Robyn is certified as a Functional Capacity Evaluator, a Certified Ergonomic Assessment Specialist and has also received training through the IAIME for the performance of impairment ratings. She is passionate about providing the biopsychosocial approach for the treatment of all patients but especially the complex chronic pain patients.
