Author Archives: thephysiolosopher

The Pre-Socratics part 4 – Mixing things up

Often, Athens is considered to be the cradle of Greek philosophy. However, you have by now probably noticed that none of the philosophers we have looked at so far as come from Athens, or even have spent a lot of their time there. Anaxagoras was the first philosopher to have spent most of his timeContinueContinue reading “The Pre-Socratics part 4 – Mixing things up”

Back Pain Myth 2 – Scan it

I’ll again be looking at some of the myths surrounding back pain and our spine. If you haven’t already, I advise you to read part 1 as in it I explain why these myths can be bad for you and why I think it is important to address them. In it, I have given anContinueContinue reading “Back Pain Myth 2 – Scan it”

The Pre-Socratics part 3 – Atomic theories

Welcome back to our exploration of the beginning and development of philosophy. In this text, I will be discussing an idea that originated with the ancient Greek philosophers and has actually been shown to be true by modern science – the idea that all bodies (living and non-living) are composed of very small particles thatContinueContinue reading “The Pre-Socratics part 3 – Atomic theories”

Back Pain Myth 1 – Something is broken

This is text will be the first in a series through which I want to address some myths that are still very prevalent in our society, be it in you, member of the general public, or among health care professionals. Why am I focusing on back pain? The 2015 Global Burden of Disease Study identifiedContinueContinue reading “Back Pain Myth 1 – Something is broken”

The Pre-Socratics part 2 – All is One, One is All

Welcome back to our delve into the world of philosophy in search of were a lot of our present day ideas have originated from and the search for knowledge has developed over the years. Last time we had finished learning the origin and meaning of the word ‘philosophy’ itself and pondering on some of theContinueContinue reading “The Pre-Socratics part 2 – All is One, One is All”

Exercise: The ignored wonderpill

 Exercise has been more popular than ever. For some years it’s been the thing everyone in healthcare talks about. During the first lockdown one of the trendy things was to join some type of online exercise group or do a zoom workout with your buddies. Either that or you got into making bread (is itContinueContinue reading “Exercise: The ignored wonderpill”

The World Shall Know Pain – Part 2

Today we’re picking back up where we last left in our journey to better understand the experience of pain. If you haven’t, I strongly recommend you go and read part 1 so you have a good understanding where we are in this analysis and how we got here. I’ve also been made aware that thereContinueContinue reading “The World Shall Know Pain – Part 2”

The World Shall Know Pain – part 1

I’m going to discuss one of the more complex and debatable subjects among health care professionals, pain. Essentially I’m setting myself up to have a very rocky start to this site. However, considering the main reason people see a physiotherapist for is pain somewhere in their body, particularly in my area of work -the musculoskeletalContinueContinue reading “The World Shall Know Pain – part 1”