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What kind of physio are you: one who follows, or one who thinks?
We rarely stop to think about what it means to be a profession. It feels like it has always been this way. But being a profession is not a permanent status. It has to be earned, again and again. Healthcare is changing fast, economically, socially and technologically, and calls for physiotherapy to reform are growing…
When can you drive again after a hip or knee replacement?
“When can I drive again?” It’s one of the first questions people ask after a hip or knee replacement, often before they ask about stairs or getting back to work. And it makes sense. For many people, driving is independence: getting to physio appointments, the shops, family, work. The honest answer is that there is…
Meet Grace: A Patient’s Journey Through Knee Replacement
Knee Replacement Rehab Series · Part 1 Grace is 68 and has not knelt in her garden for three years. A retired primary school teacher, she has lived with osteoarthritis in her right knee for almost a decade. At first it was stiffness on cold mornings. Then it was the stairs. Now she walks with…
How to Be a Reflective Physiotherapist
Every physiotherapist reflects, but not every physiotherapist reflects well. We replay a difficult session on the drive home. We wonder why one patient improved quickly while another, with almost the same presentation, did not. We think about the conversation that went badly, or the moment a patient finally understood their condition. This kind of thinking…
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