Voices

Have you thought about how you have grown clinically? How have you evolved? What has shaped your thoughts and beliefs since you have become a physiotherapist? Sure, conventional courses will affect your thoughts and beliefs. There are [Read More...]

Appropriate Technology Back at the University of Ghana, I took a required course in Appropriate Technologies for Development in Africa,  also known as Apro-Tech. This course was designed to stimulate students’ thinking on how to apply [Read More...]

If you hear what some physiotherapists say, manual therapy should be extinct. Yes... extinct. Some physiotherapists are strong advocates that manual therapy negatively affects patients. Apparently it creates dependence. Creating a "Window [Read More...]

In a recent Physiopedia post entitled "How do you track your CPD?" I wrote about how blogs, and in particular the voices column on Physiospot, are a great way to engage in regular CPD activity with an added twist. The blog not only [Read More...]

Darren Brown is a clinical Physiotherapist specialising in Infectious Diseases, Oncology and Palliative Care at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom (@ChelWestFT, @ChelWestTherapy). His clinical and [Read More...]

Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) and Training Rehabilitation involves diverse groups of health care workers including but not limited to physicians specialized in physical medicine and rehabilitation, rehabilitation nurses, [Read More...]

Thanks to a good friend of mine, Jack March of The Physio Matters Podcast (TPMP) team, I was introduced to the fascinating world of rheumatology early in my career and have had an avid interest for some time. It would seem, however, that [Read More...]

Welcome Chris to the Team! Interested in Becoming a Voices Contributor? Chris Martey is a physiotherapist with a background in exercise science who currently works in Bath, UK. He has a passion for all things healthy living and his [Read More...]

Most countries have unmet rehabilitation needs, but this is profound in developing countries resulting in the World Health Organization (WHO) initiating Rehabilitation 2030: A Call for action meeting in Geneva this year. This meeting [Read More...]

Childhood is defined as the age span from birth to adolescence. The WHO subdivides childhood into two: an infant, who is a child younger than one year, and an adolescent being a child aged 10 to 19 years. Interestingly there has been a [Read More...]

Please welcome Andrews to the Physiospot team. Interested in Becoming a Voices Contributor? Andrews is a doctoral student at the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta (Canada). He holds a Physiotherapy degree from [Read More...]

We've been told that a research abstract isn't enough to truly know the value of the research. We've been told that we need to do critical thinking about the research article. The conversation and likes and retweets around a particular [Read More...]

The foundation of all that exists above depends upon that which is laid to the ground. The foot therefore becomes a vital body part and the biomechanical role it plays in initiating locomotion. If the foot indeed has to man such a crucial [Read More...]

Please welcome Moti Wilson to our new voices contributor. Moti is a Physiotherapist from Kenya who is passionate about education, the importance of evidence based practice and patient centered care. Expect to see plenty of his writing [Read More...]

As services and clinical thinking evolve, why is it that the patient journey has stood still? Surely it is just as important a part of the whole patient experience? As thoughts are dragged, by politicians and the media, towards [Read More...]

We are delighted to introduce Andrew Walton, Executive Chair of Connect Health, as our new voices contributor. Born and raised in Newcastle, Andrew qualified as a physiotherapist from Northumbria University in 1985 and worked at [Read More...]

I hope you are all having a great start to the new year! One of my favorite parts about this year is how excited people get about working out, particularly for running. Many resolution setters will be lacing up their shoes and heading out [Read More...]