Daily Maestroism

DM #665

Monday, March 19th, 2018

DM #665: Been doing some more motivational/life-lesson type DMs recently, so I figured it was time to throw in a PT-related one.
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What am I talking about here? Well, as much as it may make us cringe when we hear patients saying that their rib or SI joint is out, or that they blew out a disc, or that they need to get rid of some adhesions in their neck…the fact of the matter is, their rudimentary understanding of things provides them with a sense of hope. Why? Because they think that fixing that thing, will fix them.
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Granted, we know that this is quite problematic in and of itself, but swooping in with your pain science cape and telling folks that their understand is completely wrong likely isn’t the best solution either. With their mechanical understanding of things, people at least still believe that they can in fact get better. Any new understanding that we give them must also do the same.
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So, while I too am quite averse to that mechanical/biomedical, I’m careful to approach all discussions from a very realistic point of view. It’s not enough to take away the bad. You must replace it with good, or risk finding yourself worse off than when you started. Correct what is wrong when you can, but make sure you ALWAYS leave them with hope.
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