As some communities look to get businesses and other activities going again, some are taking on huge efforts to sanitize and clean. However, are these efforts going to be the major thing that stops the spread of Covid-19? Interesting points made in this article.

“Hygiene Theater Is a Huge Waste of Time” – Derek Thompson

When we’re recommending homecare to one of our patients, one of the obstacles can be finding the time to actually do the homecare. This can be especially true with new parents. Now while I don’t necessarily agree with some of the comments about posture, this article does give some good advice on finding time to exercise for new moms.

“How To Focus On Fitness When You Just Don’t Have Time – Monday Workout Motivation For New Moms” – marsstarsbaby

Could something as simple as education actually alter the treatment of our patients dealing with persistent pain? While patient education is quite often one of the big recommendations when we look at the clinical guidelines of a certain pathology, this papers shows us that a simple pain education lecture to students altered how they treated patients.

“Research: Can a Pain Neuroscience Education Lecture Alter Treatment Choices for Chronic Pain?” – Adriann Louw

Don’t let the title of this one fool you, your core isn’t weak. Fortunately, this article dispels the myth of a weak core and it’s correlation to back pain.

“Your Core Is Weak” – Ellie Somers

We are pretty big advocates for movement and exercise around here but sometimes we have to acknowledge our bias and ask why? Well here are some of the reasons for and also some reasons against.

“Why Use Exercise” – Adam Meakins

If you’ve been following this blog for any length of time, you know I love this guy. Here’s another great video on being a movement optimist when it comes to the low back and spinal flexion.

“Do You Need To Worry About Spine Flexion And Low Back Pain?” – Greg Lehman

Some new updates on helping people with persistent pain…however, patient centred care remains at the centre of our focus.

“Commonly Used Treatments For Chronic Pain Can Do More Harm Than Good And Should Not Be Used, Says NICE In Draft Guidance” – National Institute For Health And Care Excellence

When we look at some of the causes and issues around pain and specifically low back pain, things can seem fairly complicated. However, when we look at the modern research around this, it really doesn’t have to be.

“Simplifying The Treatment And Management For Low Back Pain” – Eric Purves

Inevitably we’ve all had a patient come in asking for “deep tissue massage”. But, what is this really?, it can mean different things to different people. Well, this is a great description and a modern narrative we can use when discussing this with patients.

“What Is A Deep Tissue Massage? A Modern Narrative” – Heather Thuessen

Do you have patients who are regular gym-goers, or athletes who come in for treatment because they’re sore after a hard workout? Well, there may be a dangerous condition result if they push too hard.

“High-Intensity Workouts May Put Regular Gym Goers At Risk Of Rhabdomyolysis, A Rare But Dangerous Condition” – Christopher Gaffney

During a time when gyms, yoga studios…and well, everything else was closed. Many people took to running for their exercise regime. With that, quite often comes new kinds of injuries people have never dealt with before. Fortunately, our friend Laura Dunkley has and sheds some advice on this.

“Running In The Time Of The Coronavirus: Reducing Fear, Tolerating Uncertainty & Promoting Resilience” – Laura Dunkley

This is a phenomenal resource you can download to both use for yourself, but also to educate our patients on pain management.

“Pain Management Guidebook” – The Honest Physio

Most of us aren’t psychologists and yet we look at the biopsychosocial aspects of pain. Sometimes this can leave us wondering how to understand the psychological aspects of this, and how we can help our patients. Well, here’s a great chat from two people who are great at this and hoping to show us what we can do.

“Bronnie & Laura Chat: Compassionate Care, Not Just Clever Care” – Laura Rathbone & Bronnie Lennox Thompson

We all know how important mental health and well being is, some would even say it’s a super power. Here’s six steps you can use to improve your mental health with psychological flexibility.

“Psychological Flexibility: The Superpower of Mental Health and Wellbeing” – The Weekend University

We all know how big a fan I am of Walt Fritz, so I had to include this. In this podcast he talks about the importance of critical thinking and changing our narratives in manual therapy.

“BPS Aspects Of Manual Therapy” – Walt Fritz & Daniel Pablo Arbilla