Show Notes
All the best clinical skills…
Might help you make the right diagnosis.
But you can perform all the right tests…
But still fail your patient.
Why?
Because knowing what's wrong with someone isn't the same as knowing what to do about it.
In this episode, I share a recent case from my own clinic involving a patient with knee who had been struggling for almost a year.
She'd seen multiple physios and knee specialists.
The diagnosis was never really the problem.
The problem was that nobody had given her a clear plan for what to actually do next.
We all talk about how important communication is…
Yet often its something we don’t do nearly as good as we think we do!
Sometimes the most valuable thing you can give a patient isn't another test, treatment technique or exercise.
It's clarity.
Learn how to do this better in this week’s podcast episode.
Enjoy the show!
Andy Barker
The New Grad Physio Podcast
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