Start Date:
March 7, 2026, 8:00 a.m. MST
March 7 – 8, 2026
What is GLA:D Back?
The purpose of GLA:D Back is to help patients better manage persistent and/or recurrent low back pain themselves through a well-described and structured treatment program. The patient program includes structured patient education sessions and supervised exercise sessions over 7 weeks, a pre- and post-program assessment, and data registration. These components are recommended as first-line interventions in several international guidelines based on expert reviews of hundreds of randomized controlled trials (see Research and Annual Reports for more). Data from the program is entered in a secure clinical registry so that together, we create new knowledge about chronic low back pain and GLA:D Back can be continuously improved.
Who is eligible to take the GLA:D Back Clinician Training?
Are you a physiotherapist, chiropractor, occupational therapist, physician, or registered nurse/nurse practitioner and have a minimum 2 years of FULL TIME clinical experience in Canada including working with a chronic musculoskeletal population?
OR
Are you a kinesiologist or certified exercise physiologist who is already a certified GLA:D Hip & Knee clinician?
How does training work and when can I sign up?
All clinician training courses are offered virtually over two days on Saturday and Sunday from 8am-3pm MST. Training dates and registration is available on our website: https://www.gladback.ca/clinician-training
Our team looks forward to meeting you!
Visit our website gladback.ca or reach out at gladback@ualberta.ca.