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Understanding the Back Pain Journey: What Our Research Has Revealed About Patient Beliefs, Care, and Recovery
A few years ago, we wrote a blog post about why we started researching back pain. You can read it here. In it, we described our early confusion as clinicians, our introduction to Evidence-Based Practice, and the first set of studies we embarked on to understand the beliefs and myths surrounding low back pain in India.…
Clinical Reasoning Beyond the Algorithm: Rethinking Social Media Influence
Social media has changed how physiotherapists learn, communicate, and think about their practice. That is not a bad thing in itself. But a pattern has emerged that is worth taking seriously: the way clinical reasoning gets presented online is increasingly disconnected from how it actually works in a clinic. Techniques get labelled as evidence-based or…
Competency-Based Education in Physiotherapy
Physiotherapy education has long grappled with a fundamental question: how do we ensure that graduates are not merely knowledgeable, but genuinely capable of delivering safe, effective, and patient-centred care? Increasingly, the answer lies in a shift from traditional, time-based training models to competency-based education (CBE). This approach places demonstrated ability at the heart of professional preparation.…
The Physiotherapy Paradox: When Positive Perceptions Meet Poor Knowledge in Future Healthcare Providers
The Problem We Need to Talk About Imagine a healthcare team where nurses, doctors, and other professionals work alongside physiotherapists daily, yet fundamentally misunderstand what physiotherapy actually does. They respect the profession, believe it’s valuable, but can’t accurately describe its scope, when to refer patients, or how it integrates into comprehensive care. This isn’t a…
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