How to Stop Rubbing & Robbing: Sciatica Case Study
Do we really ‘fix’ people? Or do we facilitate change? More and more disciplines in Manual Therapy are starting to report the importance of the Patients/clients health literacy: the ability to seek, understand and utilise health information, and what is important for good health. It is as important for patients/clients to obtain and process information related to their own specific health; choices of treatment and the best choice for the individual. This is a very challenging journey for the individual as health literacy is saturated with belief systems and poorly interpreted EBM. It is our role to guide, encourage, educate, re-connect, identify, and lead these individuals to the relevant matters and to possibly guide them away from fundamental misconceptions they may hold. How many patients/clients ‘give’ you their problems? If you take on that responsibility, be prepared to fail. When you fail, learn by your mistakes. What a huge responsibility! …
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