Recognizing a need for more guidance on the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) pandemic, members of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Editorial Board invited several clinicians with early experience managing the disease to collaborate on a document to help guide rehabilitation clinicians in the community. This consensus document is written in a “question and answer” format and contains information on the following items: common manifestations of the disease; rehabilitation recommendations in the acute hospital setting, recommendations for inpatient rehabilitation and special considerations. These suggestions are intended for use by rehabilitation clinicians in the inpatient setting caring for patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. The text represents the authors’ best judgment at the time it was written. However, our knowledge of COVID-19 is growing rapidly. The reader should take advantage of the most up to date information when making clinical decisions.

Discussion: This case illustrated the broad differential diagnosis of lower back pain that must be considered in all patients, even those with apparent mechanical trauma. Current medical literature that discusses herpetic arachnoiditis is limited, especially with regard to chronic pain management or as a differential diagnosis in work-related injuries. Conclusions:The above provides a general guideline for assessment of low back pain in herpetic arachnoiditis. However, as more cases are published, a more exhaustive strategy needs to be discussed.