BY O W E N LE W I S
Reading this magazine, studying with Born to Move, or being in clinic is an exploration into the unknown to find the known. Unlike most articles and books I’ve read, workshops attended and courses studied, this article is not attempting to find certainty, truth, answers or fact; instead it aims to ask better questions.
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ncertainty is a clinical reality that can support or undermine our capacity to become expert practitioners. Many of us feel we don’t have sufficient knowledge or need more techniques, and may feel a failure to unravel the complex problem that clients present us with. The result is often a hesitant blinkered approach as we revert back to old habits and protocols rather than allowing our 16
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imagination to flourish and expertise to develop. Our clinical reality is the battle with these inner demons of uncertainty. Here I suggest that this uncertainty is actually a necessary tool in the clinic. Let us look to the dusty world of philosophy, a somewhat unusual place to find a practical guide towards clinical excellence. Such a guide allows researchers and practitioners as a
flexible framework to direct a espoke assessments and treatments. It’s time we move away from the conventionally rigid protocols that restrict us to working on symptom rather than the cause. Our work as practitioners is exceedingly complex and as we progress in our professional lives we can find a deeper level of confusion and become slightly more comfortable with the certainty