It’s easy for us as clinicians to feel like we’re falling behind. That constant feeling like we’re not keeping up. And no wonder we feel that way. Just looking at the amount of new information that is created on a daily basis is staggering. According to a Forbes article, there are 2.5 quintillion bytes of […]
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Discomfort. Self-doubt. Overwhelm. These emotions can be present with us every single day… often to varying degrees with every patient. Unfortunately, these emotions can hound us as physiotherapists. We are constantly dealing with discomfort, uncertainty and even overwhelm in our clinical practice. And part of the problem is that no condition presents the same. Take
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It’s amazing the amount of information that gets thrown at us daily. Social media feeds. Email. News. Plus all of the information we need to sift through as we go about our clinical days. It’s easy to get stuck thinking that better clinical performance comes from consuming more and more information. But here’s the rub…
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Keeping our patients motivated can be hard. Let’s face it. Their motivation ebbs and flows. Helping our patients sustain their motivation is crucial to them achieving their goals. Let’s look at the all too common scenario: A patient is highly motivated when they come in because they’re in pain. As the pain decreases, their motivation
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Do you struggle with trying to motivate your patients to do their exercises? Many physiotherapists have a difficult time motivating their patients to do their exercises. This can create an exhausting cycle for the therapist when they realize that despite their best efforts, the patient never does the exercises. We’re convinced that motivation is the
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Making personal health changes can be hard. Starting an exercise program can be hard. Reframing beliefs about our body and pain can be hard. These can be hard things to do. Yet, we ask our patients to do all of these things when they come for physiotherapy. Patients can come to physiotherapy feeling frustrated and
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As physiotherapists, it’s easy to feel like we need more of something when the work we’re doing doesn’t seem to be getting the results that we want. When we get stuck with our treatments, we think it’s because we lack something. It can feel like there is always another course or certification that will make
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[This article originally was published on the CPA Pain Science Division Blog here] Why We Need to Take Sleep More Seriously As physiotherapists who treat patients with persistent pain, it’s important not to shy away from exploring the role of sleep in recovery and wholeness. It’s very common for patients with chronic pain to experience
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Sleep impacts so many different aspects of our health and life. I want to highlight 16 reasons why this topic of sleep should matter for us as physiotherapists. Are you ready? Here we go! #1: Sleep Affects A Lot of People Disrupted sleep affects a large portion of the population. When looking at the stats,
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If you’re a new grad there’s a constant, wake-up-at-night, pressure to create and maintain a caseload. You’re not immune to this pressure if you’re a therapist that has been practicing for some time. Developing a new practice focus or moving to a new geographic area will increase the pressure to create a full caseload. And
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