The Opioid Crisis: What if there was another way to manage pain? Fortunately, there is.
May 1, 2017
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There has been much in the news about the benefits and evils of opioids. Currently, the Canadian government and media are paying attention to the importance of safe opioid prescription to address the Opioid crisis. What are rarely being talked about, however, are other pain management option...
Morphing PT pain education to fit our patients and our expertise
May 15, 2017
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The opioid crisis in Canada provides physiotherapy with a new opportunity to demonstrate our value in the health care system. Other professional groups are ready to step up and say they have the answer to this health crisis. Yet, as physiotherapists, we might feel as though we do not need to ...
Impacting the Opioid Crisis Beyond the Clinic – Is ‘Quietly Competent’ Good Enough to Influence Health System Decision Makers?
May 8, 2017
I Never Thought of Myself as ‘Quiet’
‘Quietly competent’ – a term that came up in a recent conversation with a colleague about how physiotherapists were perceived by decision makers in the health care system (e.g. government, managers, other professions). She suggested ‘quietly competent’ becaus...