Hello again. In the last post, I explored some of the more common biases that affect our perception of what we experience in our daily clinical practice, and how these limit the conclusions and generalisations we can make from our clinical experience. If you haven’t already, I recommend reading it here before starting this one.Continue reading "Bias in Research: Not all studies are created equal"
Bias in Clinical Experience: Good intentions pave the road to mistakes
Hello again. In this post I intend to continue my exploration of why we need to understand the scientific method, why we need to inform our practice in research papers and how we can balance this with our personal/clinical experience in daily practice in a way that is beneficial to our patients. If you haven’tContinue reading "Bias in Clinical Experience: Good intentions pave the road to mistakes"
The Pre-Socratics part 7 – The Sophists
In this next text through the history of philosophy we will be looking at a controversial, but influential group. Most of the information we have about this group comes to us from the writings of Plato, who didn’t like them very much (Kenny, 2010). So this biased view is something we have to keep inContinue reading "The Pre-Socratics part 7 – The Sophists"
Dealing with Humans, Dealing with Complexity
The assumption that training principles applied to pain and associated disability is yet another sign of our deep craving for defined, guiding reasoning structures – from A we progress to B, from D we regress to C etc… It reflects our inner aversion to complexity, to subjectivity. But in reality, we are all these complexContinue reading "Dealing with Humans, Dealing with Complexity"
The myth of “Text Neck”
The content of this post was originally going to be included in the text on myths surrounding back pain (link to post), however because it is a somewhat complex topic and it will take some explanation to get my point across, it ended up developing into a topic worthy of its own text. This timeContinue reading "The myth of “Text Neck”"
The Pre-Socratics part 6 – Caring about Health
Welcome to another text where we continue our journey through the philosophers who developed the ideas that inspired most of our own at present. Today we are going to explore a name that may not be as obscure as the ones before: Hippocrates. Giving some justification to my personal interest in philosophy, in ancient Greece,Continue reading "The Pre-Socratics part 6 – Caring about Health"
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice part 2: Framework for Understanding
This text is the second part of my attempt at introducing you to evidence-based practice and making this process generally better understood by everyone. If you haven’t already, check part 1 before reading this one to understand why we can’t just rely on our own thought processes to gather knowledge about the world and makeContinue reading "Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice part 2: Framework for Understanding"
Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice part 1: Flawed Opinions
Hi everyone. This text opens up a new realm of topics compared to what I’ve written about so far. It is still very relevant to and needed in physiotherapy, and I also can’t fully separate these topics from philosophy. I will be attempting to explain what is evidence-based practice, why it is needed in healthcare,Continue reading "Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice part 1: Flawed Opinions"
The Pre-Socratics part 5 – Love and Strife make the world go around
Today I will be writing about a very interesting, even legendary, pre-socratic philosopher: Empedocles. He was from Acragas, in the South of Sicily, and considered himself to be a god (Adamson, 2014; Kenny, 2010; Russell, 1946). This, of course, lead to tales of him being able to perform miracles such as controlling the winds orContinue reading "The Pre-Socratics part 5 – Love and Strife make the world go around"
Back Pain Myth 3 – You have bad posture
In this text, I’m back to continue looking at some of the myths surrounding lower back pain. This time I’m looking at one of the myths that is very ingrained into our day-to-day life, from how we sleep, how we walk, how we dress, how we eat, how we work, and even how we doContinue reading "Back Pain Myth 3 – You have bad posture"
The Physiolosopher 