Osteopathic Care - Paddy Searle Barnes - 21/11/2012
A really interesting talk from Paddy about our role as osteopaths as primary health carers and the role of osteopathy on a wider scale. As well as talking there was also a practical demonstration which is quite refreshing in a Manus talk. I really felt with this talk that I could relate it to my clinic experience and that it was relevant and easy to relate to, which isn't always the case with some Manus speakers. The key points of the talk were:
Recent research has written off pain as only being at a segmental spinal level and we as osteopaths need to look at the bigger picture.
Try not to create a prophecy with your diagnosis e.g. do not say "you've got nerve root pain" just because they've had it before.
Pain is there to tell us how to avoid doing harm.
Whether we realise it or not we are trying to change unconscious behaviour. We need to challenge, excite and enthuse patients!
To improve the effect of treatment and technique we should 1) Tell the patient what you are going to do. 2) Do the technique. 3) Tell them what has changed.
Recent research has written off pain as only being at a segmental spinal level and we as osteopaths need to look at the bigger picture.
Try not to create a prophecy with your diagnosis e.g. do not say "you've got nerve root pain" just because they've had it before.
Pain is there to tell us how to avoid doing harm.
Whether we realise it or not we are trying to change unconscious behaviour. We need to challenge, excite and enthuse patients!
To improve the effect of treatment and technique we should 1) Tell the patient what you are going to do. 2) Do the technique. 3) Tell them what has changed.