Considerations in Recurrent Pain & Headaches from Postural Muscle Overload/Overuse in Children & Adolescents

Speaker: Lisa DeStefano, DO

Etiology of pain - there is a large gap in understanding, diagnosing, and treating pain in general but in particular musculoskeletal pain not due to trauma.

There is a need for a safe, rational, sustainable approach to diagnosing and treating musculoskeletal pain due to postural overuse or overload.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand the difference in postural vs dynamic muscle types

• Understand the referral patterns of typically overused muscles of the upper quarter

• Be provided tools to optimize posture, empower young patients and eliminate painfor change

  Speaker Bio

  Board Certifications: 

  osteopathic family medicine – OMT

  neuromusculoskeletal medicine

  Her 29-year clinical practice at MSUCOM is at the Eyde-based OMM Clinic. She lectures nationally and internationally on manual medicine and osteopathic principles. Her primary interest is opioid-free (safe), rational, sustainable care for chronic and recurrent musculoskeletal pain syndromes.