#WesternU OT professor Gail Teachman says that most of the focus in children’s rehabilitation tends to be on addressing impairment in an effort to help kids with disabilities be as ‘normal’ as possible. But what is ‘normal’? @VPRWesternU uwo.ca/fhs/news/2023/…

Pearls of wisdom on connection and communication from the wise Jim Millard Check out the 7 Habits of Highly Effective Clinicians series. 🙏👏💜 medium.com/@bodymech1968/…

To Canadian Physiotherapy Association members, please open your most recent 'What's Moving at CPA' email from last week. Maclean Jordan (MSc) needs 10 private practice clinicians to participate in a study on how person-centredness is understood and enacted in PT practice. Contact info in that email

Everybody Communicates: Few Truly Connect! - Habit Four: Connection- Michelle Kleiner Maxi Miciak PhD🌻forever Dave Walton Check out the full read with article links 🙏❤️ medium.com/@bodymech1968/…

Pave the Road to Trust - Habit 5- Highly Effective Clinician Series Click On Link for Full Article link.medium.com/genm216C1xb

"Finding and creating meaning collaboratively is a skill. It is a practice. It is the confluence of being a clinician...stories matter." -Another great habit of a successful clinician to really think about.

For too long, the essence of what makes us human—our empathy, values, and emotions—have been dismissed as “soft" skills and relegated to the sidelines. Yet these capacities drive everything: culture, engagement, leadership, innovation, collaboration.

Check out our new blog: The Lack of Access to Physiotherapy Services in Canada is Unethical PT in Canada has many barriers from long wait-times to prohibitive costs, making this beneficial services inaccessible to many populations. Full article: justicecenteredrehab.wixsite.com/rehab/post/can…

The Final Habit : GRIT Grit comes down to your habits. Habits are not a finish line to be crossed, they are a lifestyle to be lived. ~James Clear **Full Read and Resources in Link Below medium.com/@bodymech1968/…

Bread and Roses. An eloquent argument for caring relationships in health care. 🌹🥀🌹 bmj.com/content/380/bm…

When to Try Physical Therapy Before Surgery nytimes.com/2023/04/04/wel…

How Stories Help Us See Ourselves: The Power of Storytelling by Physical Therapists 📖 New perspective in PTJ: Journal of APTA 👇 academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-ar…

Most would probably agree that good clinical communication is relational. But the added dimension is that we need to be in relationship with ourselves as well as with our patients. Hope this article gives some insight and practical guidance. Let us know!! jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jo…

Thank you! I am grateful for the experience of writing, and communicating with this team (incl editors and reviewers JOSPT Community) who have inspired deeper reflections and a renewal of mindfulness. Looking forward to ongoing dialogue!

jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jo… I really enjoyed this paper. Thanks to all authors. Seth Peterson Todd Davenport Maxi Miciak PhD🌻forever Michelle Kleiner John Woolf

From reflection to phronesis in ‘good’ physiotherapy practice - reflections to prepare physiotherapists to navigate the indeterminate zones of practice. Cheers to my wise coauthors @Eakinsella Gail Teachman Maxi Miciak PhD🌻forever Dave Walton tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Thanks to Jim Millard and @CBIHealth for the conversation and co-creation of meaning 🙂

If you believe good health care practice is more than applying algorithms, have a listen. If you don't, have a listen. This conversation resonates across countries and health care practitioners. youtu.be/aluKb3GwrRE?si…

Dive into how African philosophies can radically change the physiotherapy profession... if only it was welcomed into global (western) practices. What is the most interesting thing you found from this article? 1/2

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