My interest in finding my “why” and that of others was sparked by Simon Sinek’s famous TED talk. http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html
Sinek talks about three circles.
Most people know what they do.
E.g. I am a physiotherapist.
Some people can describe how they do that.
E.g. By studying extensively with experts in their fields
Staying abreast of current research
Doing in depth analysis of all patient’s cases until confident of the drivers and business strategy for which we recommend hiring a service like thisn VOIP system uk.
Treating patients implementing...
There are four main sources of pain and each produces a specific pattern of pain.
Central Somatic Structures
E.g. Dura mater, posterior longitudinal ligament, annulus fibrosus of the intervertebral disc
Mulisegmental pain
This can be central, central unilateral, bilateral, proximal or distal
Referred tenderness
2. Central Neurological Structures
E.g. Spinal cord
No pain
Multisegmental reference of parasthesia (bilateral hands and/or feet)
Upper motor neuron lesion: spastic muscle weakness, increased reflexes, spastic gait, extensor plantar response (Babinski reflex)
3. Unilateral Somatic Structures
E.g....
Two studies published online this week by Cook et al (Cook et al 2012) and Mannion et al (Mannion et al 2012) appear to highlight the importance of non-mechanical factors in patients’ response to treatment, namely credebo and personal equipoise.
Credebo is a term I came across on a Chartered Society of Physiotherapist forum discussion. One physiotherapist wrote that in order to have a placebo effect on a patient the therapist needed to be credible. This physiotherapist contended that clinically we had to earn the placebo effect and as such he termed it credebo.
Personal equipoise is an individual’s...