Never read the book, but I always thought that the title described our profession well, here's why... As allied health professionals we are generally dealing with fewer black and white clinical presentations than our medical colleagues. That is, we are evaluating presentations like Myofascial Pain Syndrome, T4 Syndrome, Non-specific low back pain, Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain, and Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Because of this, we are often balancing client quality of life decisions with the degree of intervention we provide. Tied up in this are difficult to tackle topics like lifestyle factors (e.g., sleep quality, smoking, healthy weight), health literacy, physical conditioning, psychosocial...

Cliches, but powerful... A picture tells a thousand words. Seeing is believing, which in this case is very concerning. One of the most common areas in which I am asked to provide a professional opinion is in regards to needling and pneumothorax or haemopneumothorax. The cause is poor or no technique and is usually due to a lack of specific training. If you learned manipulation of the thoracic spine, you would not then assume you have the skills to manipulate the cervical spine. Different anatomy, Different precautions. Different dangers. In much the same way practitioners, that have learned to needle supraspinatus are not qualified to move an extra couple of centimet...

This article combined data in the US from 3 sources; Sleep Cycle (sleep tracking app)US CensusCentre for Disease Control in the US to evaluate relationships between sleep quality/duration/snoring and various health metrics and diseases. I am not aware of such data gathering in Australia, but it does bring together several important health considerations that we can take on board clinically. The analysis helps to show that our physical, mental, and sleep health have multi-directional effects on each other. Those cities in which participants were experiencing good sleep had some similar characteristics; higher leisure timelower diabetes scoreslower obesity scores  Higher Leisure Time...

One of the commonest challenges mentioned by new grads is overwhelm, described as the sense of treading water and just about going under, in relation to demands on time. This is not unique to recent grads. Even experienced clinicians experience the buildup, but have learnt techniques to manage these crunch times. One such technique is the Eisenhower Matrix (EM). So why the name? Dwight D. Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 but before becoming President, he served as a general in the United States Army, as the Allied Forces Supreme Commander during World War II and later NATO's first supreme commander. It can be assumed the guy experienced time pressur...