Anyone can be a leader. They may be a leader of one or many. But not every leader its an effective one. Businesses and patient relationships are built on the basis of effective leadership. That’s because effective leaders inspire...
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To help your patient break through resistance to exercise you will need to notice and reverse unproductive distorted thinking. We spend a large part of our lives distorting information. We do this to create a thinking process that suits...
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...
“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...
Working with very withdrawn or reserved patients can be challenging for both parties.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...
Physiotherapists frequently report their frustration at listening to the range of excuses from patients who haven’t stuck to their treatment plans. Apart from the obvious impact on patient recovery, it also leaves physios at a loss to work out...
During your training you learned the importance of gathering information from patients in order to help them. You were probably taught to work with a list of standard questions. Here are a few questions for you: When you consult...
Patients’ lack of action is often not due to lack of information. So who needs to make the adjustments when compliance is not working? It’s common for clinicians to assume that patients who attend physiotherapy want to do whatever...
