Therapeutic alliance – a patient’s thoughts
I cannot over-emphasise how important it is to me as a persistent pain patient to have a strong, supportive therapeutic alliance, with all...
How do I know what a physiotherapist does?
As a patient how do I know what a physiotherapist, or any other healthcare professional, does? Through ‘common knowledge’? ...
An ocean begins with a raindrop – improving ‘patient skills’
I have read many really good Twitter posts and articles about healthcare professionals improving their skills in order to better support...
Healthcare and my personal injury claim
Eleven years ago, I suffered an injury which was to change my life. I continue to live with persistent pain, predominantly...
What I want from a healthcare professional
What I want when I go to see a physiotherapist, occupational therapist or other healthcare professional, or clinician, is someone with a...
Professionals involved in my care
A short post showing the approximate number of treatments I was given following my manual handling accident in 2008, and the approximate...
Monitoring and regulation in teaching
I have been asked by a few physiotherapists how teachers are regulated, how (and if) they are re-validated, and how their performance is...
My improved simple understanding of pain
Since writing my post, ‘A patient’s understanding of pain’, I have continued to learn more about pain. I have further...
The complexity of MY pain
Ten years ago I experienced a manual handling injury that was to change my life. My L5-S1 lumbar disc prolapsed, which unfortunately...
A patient’s FURTHER understanding of persistent pain
Last year I wrote a well received blog called ‘A patient’s understanding of persistent pain’. It can be accessed by...
