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You have a bad posture..
Does pointing out postural discrepancies help or harm? I, like many of you were taught to assess a patient’s posture, and was taught that if someone had an anterior pelvic tilt, then it must mean their hip flexors are short and tight and their glutes are long and weak, or if their shoulders were internally […]
I think, therefore I am
Often there is a lot of attention directed towards the ‘condition’ or the ‘pathology’ in chronic pain, and while this is a component, we need to zoom out and look at the whole person. It is common to think and believe that the pain is the cause of the negative impact on a patient’s life. What if we look at it […]
Don’t build something for sake of building it
In my travels I get the privilege of speaking to lots of clinicians from all over the world, and something that often comes up in conversation is their desire to build a big clinic with lots of practitioners.It makes sense of course… Building a large clinic with a broad offering is a great way to scale […]
The Danger in Confidence
I bet you can think of someone like this…It is the person who is so very confident in their ideas or opinions that they are incapable (or perhaps unwilling) to see that there may in fact be flaws in their perspective. Don’t get me wrong, confidence is a highly valuable character trait, and one that can serve […]
Stress, pain and resilience
We all talk about stress, But what is stress? The World Health Organisation defines stress as any type of change that causes physical, emotional or psychological strain. But is all stress bad? Stress is a common and normal physiological response. Stress that is applied appropriately can be positive – this is eustress, which can be beneficial effect […]
The wrong advice
Ok, picture this… True story. I was in a shoe shop a few days ago, and happened to overhear a conversation with one of the shop attendants (SA) and a customer (C). It went something like this. SA – Hi, how can I help you today.C – Hi, I’m visiting from New Zealand and wanted to drop […]
