We've all seen that familiar face pulled by people living with persistent pain who are being asked to exercise for the first time. Exercise can be daunting and so physiotherapists should have a broad understanding of exercise implementation. Dosage is a term that is commonly linked to medication. Unsurprisingly, dosage is also linked with exercise, [...]
Optimal Clinical Trials are seeking participants with CRPS for a new study in Auckland Better treatment options are needed to help people with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). As a participant you may receive at no cost: study medication, study-related medical care and compensation for travel. Learn more ⬇️ https://register.optimalclinicaltrials.com/crps-study/
I've decided to share a story about someone that had a wonderful outcome from engaging in a pain program. The story takes you on a rollercoaster ride of physical and emotional experiences. I agreed to share it because the story identifies areas in our current practice that have created misconceptions about pain and what to do [...]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a tricky condition. It’s a challenging pain condition for clinicians and can be a crippling pain condition for people living with it. The condition presents as a diverse set of signs and symptoms including inflammatory, sensory/motor, autonomic abnormalities and pain. Most commonly, CRPS tends to present following an injury directly [...]
I'm always on the hunt for new information on why physiotherapists should broaden their perspectives through 1) how we connect with people and 2) in what ways we connect with them. Connectivity is an emerging concept in physiotherapy. Several papers have been published discussing and arguing the broader view of the connections people make between ‘one’s [...]
I recently carried the torch for the PhysioCPDRevolution by presenting some of my own musings and readings about what might be a direction for physiotherapy. Below is a slightly adapted version of the transcript I presented. The presentation was recorded on Facebook Live (here). The PhysioCPDRevolution was also a year old and so I [...]
In the next couple of days, I’ll be hosting the next Physio CPD Revolution. It will be our 1stbirthday and I hope to be celebrating in the usual way of drinking anxiety inhibiting beverages and engaging in (often deep) discussion about alternative topics in physiotherapy such as philosophy and anthropology rather than the usual [...]
Over the last 2 days I have been plunged into one of many interesting debates on the twittersphere. I admit these days I prefer to be a bit more of a silent observer as I find your life can flash before your eyes when you become overly drawn in to social media conversations. In all [...]
It's time for another guest post on the naked physio. On twitter back in June this year I read an interesting thread on types of leg and arm pain. I enjoyed the thread so much I reached out to the physio and asked him to write a blog. He was able to go one step [...]
A diversist? That’s not even a word! Yes, diversist is indeed not a word. It is a made-up word, a word none the less that could have meaning. For example: ‘the condition of having or being composed of differing elements’ or ‘Diverse people or things are very different from each other’. It might [...]
