Why Do I Have to Retrain my Brain to Rehab my Back? While low back pain is extremely common, it can be difficult to treat, especially if it’s lasted for a long time. In these cases, research recommends that physical therapy interventions should include aerobic exercise, manual therapy as appropriate, and a specific type of patient education called pain neuroscience education, or PNE.
What is Knowledge Translation? Most of us have been in a situation where we learn something new at a continuing education course, in a new program, or at an in-service that we want to put into practice in the workplace, but nothing ever happens. This happens a lot with evidence-based practice in healthcare. Clinicians want to help their patients achieve the best outcomes, so they learn about new research and techniques; however, there are many reasons why change is hard.
Survey Results Matter: How Sheltering Arms Institute Uses Information You Share Surveys take time and you may think that the results don’t matter; however, surveys are an important way for your care team to gain insight and knowledge into your experience and outcomes. One survey offered at Sheltering Arms Institute is the Functional Mobility Assessment, or FMA.
4 Evidence-Based Techniques to Help Reduce Pain and Why They Work! Pain neuroscience education is the application of education, behavior change, and evidence-based practices that aid in pain management. Our brain and nervous system are responsible for detecting threats and reacting.
The Role of Occupational Therapy in Recovery Whether we realize it or not, we always engage in some kind of activity, even when we’re asleep. Occupational therapists assess a person’s routines, like taking a shower, making breakfast, or checking the mail, as well as a person’s habits, or those expressions of occupation that, for better or worse, create predictability for a person to help navigate life demands.
