Most patients don’t form their beliefs through reason, so trying to change them with reason alone won’t work. Our limbic system is too dominant.

Real change comes from engaging emotionally.

It’s why the most effective clinicians are usually the ones best at building rapport.

Always worth reading the great papers from the past. The simple Cloward referral patterns are often overlooked. Instead patients are often told that 'their ribs are out of place'. 🤔

Case study. 🧵 58yo gardener. 2 year Hx of increasing left knee pain. Difficult to work, unable to squat. Pain with stairs. Waking at night. 🚶 tolerance of 10-15 minutes. XR/MRI confirms OA, with bilat narrowing and Gd 3/4 changes.
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🧪New RCT from our lab of a groundbreaking approach and results for people with Persistent Plantar Heel Pain (PPHP) Indicating that walking barefoot is beneficial (with large effects) for this condition.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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