The final part of my Pain series had intended to look at the current management approaches for persistent pain. I thought about this and decided against it. Why? Well teaching you to suck eggs is not the way. I could offer the same as everyone else - solutions, guidance, strategies to empower you, to aid in the management of pain which has, in part, been highlighted in this pain series journey, but I won't. Instead I'll share my thoughts on physiotherapy and how new evidence is paving to what I believe could be a more refined direction for Physiotherapy......
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Pain: Part 4: What’s in a word?
If I said to you, "your spine is crooked" or "you have degenerative changes" What would you think? How would you interpret it? Although you may not think it the power of a word can have a significant impact on your pain experience. Part 4 of my pain series looks at the use of metaphors and language and how they can affect our beliefs and behaviors.
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