In the world of healthcare, particularly in the realm of physiotherapy, successful client engagement goes beyond the walls of the clinic. It extends into the daily lives of clients, where they must actively participate in their treatment plan. David...
Have you ever wondered why your clients don’t engage in your well informed health instructions? The simple reason is that we make big decisions in our lives first based on emotion. Then we back up that decision with logic....
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...
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...
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...