I’d like to share a lesson learnt from a failed exercise prescription and how I adapted to make a difference to the patient’s life. A lady came to see me with chronic hamstring tendinitis. This lady was in her...
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You’ve completed what you think is the hard work by assessing and diagnosing the problem your patient has presented with. You’ve listened to what they want to achieve by coming to see you and created a treatment plan that...
You would be aware of people who seem ‘unflappable’. In a crisis, they can appear calm on the outside, when inside they want to shout or scream. For many people, however, the body’s interpretation of a ‘crisis’ becomes skewed,...
Fabrizio Benedetti defined the ‘nocebo effect’ asan expectation that treatment is going to fail. “When the context surrounding treatment is negative and it leads to negative outcomes, the term‘NOCEBO’is used” – The Patient’s Brain (2011) Fabrizio Benedetti You hope...
All types of communication involve the sending and receiving of a message, which must be encoded by the sender, and decoded by the receiver if it is to have meaning. The skill of listening demands that you are prepared...
“Most of what seems to happentoyou, happens becauseofyou – something you created, directed, influenced, or allowed to happen” – Shad Helmstetter, PhD in ‘What To Say When You Talk To Yourself ‘ Negative self-talk is rampant. In fact, behavioural...
The relationship between patient and therapist has a direct impact on the quality of treatment outcomes and, obviously, on patient wellbeing. There is a definite skill in knowing how to build rapport and also how to break rapport when...
Working with very withdrawn or reserved patients can be challenging for both parties. You may feel frustrated that you are unable to get relevant and helpful information from this type of patient. Case Study #1 Early in my career...
You often want your patient to do you an exercise or commit to a prescribed program and they are resistant. The process I’m about to describe is excellent for implementing behaviour change through influencing the decision making process. Particularly...
