Authors: Tiago S. Jesus, Christina Papadimitriou, Felicity A. Bright, Nicola M. Kayes, Cátia S. Pinho, Cheryl A. Cott AIM Person-centred rehabilitation (PCR) is widely advocated, but the concept can remain difficult to translate into everyday practice. This paper aimed to develop a cross-professional model describing what person-centred rehabilitation means and how it can be enacted... Continue Reading →
Scoping review of the person-centered literature in adult physical rehabilitation
Authors: Tiago S. Jesus, Felicity A. Bright, Cátia S. Pinho, Christina Papadimitriou, Nicola M. Kayes & Cheryl A. Cott AIM Person-centred rehabilitation is widely discussed, but the rehabilitation literature addressing it had not previously been systematically mapped. This scoping review aimed to describe how much literature existed, what kinds of questions researchers were studying, which... Continue Reading →
Feel Better or Get Better?
One of the patterns I have noticed repeatedly in clinical practice is that many people come to physiotherapy wanting to feel better. That makes complete sense. When pain is affecting your work, hobbies, sleep, or ability to care for your family, relief often feels like the most important goal.Over time, however, I have come to... Continue Reading →
Reflections on planetary health, sustainability, and the boundaries of physiotherapy
When I first became interested in planetary health and environmental physiotherapy, I found myself asking the same question that I now hear from many colleagues: “Interesting. But what does that have to do with physiotherapy?” If I am honest, I was not being dismissive. I was genuinely struggling to see the connection. I am not... Continue Reading →
