by Mark Taylor | Aug 3, 2020 | Clinical Practice, Greenspace Exposure
Lancashire and North West England. The wettest part of a wet country. So, maybe not the first place one would think of when developing a business model incorporating outdoor rehabilitation. However, the flip side of our, at times, particularly soggy climate brings a...
by Jessica Stanhope | Jul 13, 2020 | Clinical Practice, Greenspace Exposure, Physiotherapy Research
Have you ever told a patient to spend more time in greenspaces to help reduce their pain? I haven’t, but this simple intervention may improve pain outcomes for our patients. It was not something I had given a lot of thought to, until a discussion with colleagues last...
by Tina Price | Jun 7, 2020 | Clinical Practice, Patient perspectives
Living with persistent pain can be difficult! Pain permeates every part of my life and is my constant companion. In this blog I hope to show how the beauty of the natural world can help support those of us living with persistent pain, and in particular how living by...
by Lester Jones | Jun 1, 2020 | Clinical Practice
It was around this time of year, 20 years ago, that I sold my last car. Ingrid and I were heading to London to live and so the sale was necessary. But the fact that we have not bought a car since, to many, is remarkable – so this reflection is a celebration of that. I...
by Joletta Belton | May 25, 2020 | Clinical Practice, Patient perspectives
During the worst years of my pain I became withdrawn and isolated, disconnected from the people, places, and experiences that mattered to me. My sole focus was pain and being rid of it so I could get on with my life and get back to being me. Back then, sitting was my...
by Filip Maric | May 13, 2020 | Clinical Practice, Physiotherapy Education
After writing my recent blogpost on COVID-19, healthcare and the environment I’ve continued updating it for a pretty substantial reading, viewing and listening list. Together, I believe that these resources paint a pretty broad picture of what we are going...
