A study looking at almost 400 000 individuals concluded that… “OA was associated with a significantly increased risk for dementia” It’s important to remember that association does NOT mean [...]
There is Level 1 evidence that exercise is an effective intervention strategy for fall prevention in seniors. However, it is generally assumed that the benefits of exercise are due to improved [...]
The success of any species including humans is based on their ability to respond and adapt to a variety of challenges that life throws at them. Sadly in modern medicine, the approach to managing [...]
In the past decade there has been a growing body of evidence supporting the potential benefits of maximizing Therapeutic Alliance (TA). This is also sometimes referred to as focusing on having a [...]
I have been preaching my VOMIT poster for almost 10 years now. The only aim of the poster is to help inform patients of common and normative finding seen on medical imaging of different parts of [...]
Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, how about making New Day’s resolutions? The vast majority of people set unrealistic one-year goals and when they fall off the bandwagon within the first [...]
You’ve got to try this experiment. The next time you see a flock of birds sitting on wires or on a tree, get close and teach them how to fly. Use your arms to demonstrate how they should flap [...]
A person hurts their back, waits a couple of days and then decides to go to see their family doctor. They are most likely prescribed NSAIDs and then either referred to PT or told to wait a few [...]
As the paradigm of our profession gradually shifts from a purely biomedical towards a biopsychosocial model of care, this paper analyzed multiple studies on the relevance of Therapeutic Alliance [...]
If you sit for any amount of time whether in front of a desk, on a couch, in a car or a plane, we all at some point experience some degree of discomfort until we fidget and move around. For the [...]
