Wow – so it has actually been over a year since I wrote a blog post, last Easter I was struggling with an AS flare which was pretty severe and I wrote about my current exercise and maintenance routine. This year, it seems the spring has inspired me in a different way and I have made some changes to my work routine.
…and other things your doctor has absolutely no clue about.
So, I haven’t blogged in a while and frankly I’m utterly bored of social media seeing the same Twitter fights and the same insta-posts of the same people doing/saying the same things over and over like a hellish physio Groundhog Day. Honestly, if there is an afterlife, the ‘bad area’ will be populated by Physio-bros arguing over the BPS
So I haven’t blogged in a while and having just had a surgery on my neck, I had a realisation as the anaesthetic wore off… that I had been extremely traumatised by being in hospital in 2018 and by the pain and difficulties that surrounded that series of events. I’m not writing this for any sympathy or some sort of medal, but, as with all my blogging, it’s become somewhat
So I’m fully prepared for a fall out on this one but bare with me because it is personal. In the 9 years it took to get a diagnosis on AS (ankylosing spondylitis) I have seen 3 physios (plus lots of other professionals). 1 local NHS (ordered an x-ray, never touched me), 1 private (mix of assessment, exercise modifications and manual treatment) and 1 from the hospital (only talk). Guess
WORDS MATTER…the language you use and the claims you make are more important than ever. With the internet at our fingertips, there is a wealth of information available BUT also misinformation.
So I’m not going to talk about the obvious anti-vax propaganda here but actually in more simple terms, with claims about the body and exercise. When we talk to colleagues or clients we need to think first; what are we