Case Study 3: Overseas Student with Neck and Back Pain
Teaching case: a 24-year-old overseas student presenting with neck and back pain, clear imaging, and a thin social network.
Source: physio4gps Pain Management Classes (Cohort 12)
Document type: case study
Review status: unreviewed
Original file: Case Study 3(1).docx
Case Study 3
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24 year old overseas student, been in country for 2 years
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presents into physiotherapy with neck and back pain
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studying a lot and also working part time as a cleaner
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poor social network
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speaks to family 1 weekly
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hasn’t visited home in 2 yrs
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no clear injury to neck or back and imaging returns clear
About this document. This page reproduces a source document from the physio4gps group pain-management programme. It is transcribed from the file supplied by the programme: page and slide markers have been removed and multi-column sections reflowed, so reading order in some sections may differ from the original layout. Where text was illegible or clipped in the source this is stated in place. Identifying details are left as in the original. This is reference material, not clinical advice, and it has not been clinically reviewed.