short cuts
By Kate Schopmeyer
pt, dpt, cpe
Words that we, as clinicians, might consider innocuous could in fact directly influence somebody’s experience of pain. Referral language is changing from “Diagnosis: Chronic low back pain or idiopathic low back pain. Needs core stabilization” to “Please help the patient with beliefs and fear avoidance. He could benefit from some pain neuroscience education.”
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