My Clinical Approach
I recall not long after starting the Specialisation Training Program that a Specialist Colleague of mine mentioned one of the key processes to have in place was a sound conceptual framework that your assessment and management is based on.
My framework is based on what I have been taught, my clinical experience and other clinicians frameworks that I have had the privilege to observe and learn from.
Obviously there is no one right or wrong framework so I will be interested to see everyones take on mine. Whether it be good, bad, ugly. Feel free to comment.
My (developing) subjective framework will follow. Once I have written about pain….
About the Author: Mark Gibson
Mark is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist who consults at both Insight Physiotherapy and Pain Options, in Perth, Western Australia. He specialises in the assessment and management of persistent/chronic musculoskeletal pain. In addition to his clinical role he maintains regular involvement in education of the profession having held a Teaching Fellow position at the University of Western Australia for 10 years and regularly presenting at courses and seminars through the Australian Physiotherapy Association and private education sector. Mark is also a Facilitator for the Australian College of Physiotherapists Specialisation Training Program and a Sessional Academic at Curtin University. The views expressed on this blog are his own.Subscribe
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