How Simplicity Creates Clarity
A little into how we at Tundra Performance and Physical Therapy we approach patient care differently and intentionally!
When we talk physical therapy exercise and home programs, it can be easy to get caught up in what I refer to as “fluff.” What looks cool, what’s trendy, what did I just see on social media? While “fluff” might be fun in the moment, and just to be clear I’m not saying physical therapy can’t be fun, what happens is we begin to cloud proper decision making instead of a proper prioritization of our symptoms. In other words, we create noise where instead simplicity provides the clarity needed.
As physical therapists, I believe too often we fall into this short sighted and scarcity mindset. As a result, we start making decisions that are solving our own psychological deficits instead of the patient’s symptoms in front of us.
This psychological imposter syndrome of decision making frequently ends with us lost in the weeds. The end outcome is a muddy mess of:
We think there’s some improvement but its not quite where it needs to be.
We think it’s better but don’t want to admit its not.
I don’t know why its not working?
It’s a downward spiral of thoughts and inadequacies and the clarity behind our thinking starts to deteriorate significantly following. It can be easy to get caught up in all noise of pain. Work, kids, health, it all feeds into the same pot and if we keep adding to it, managing all of these factors becomes a burden.
Whether your a physical therapist, or patient for that matter, the process is simple.
Establish a proper, standardized assessment, identifying the associated sensitivity and irritability of your symptoms
Prioritize deficits and needs accordingly
Implement simple, repeatable programming and exercise selections
By following consistent, simple workflows, it creates a foundation for us to tease out “the different” and whats going on. It creates a better decision making model, not only for us as physical therapists but for patients to self assess after recommendations have been made. From there, give it enough time for biology to run its course and good things tend to happen.
Simple, repeatable, successful!
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