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Self-care for Physiotherapists During COVID-19

It's been a challenging time to say the least. Clinics are closed with some slowly reopening. Maybe you're trying to get comfortable doing sessions via telehealth. Whatever your situation, chances are you’re feeling stressed. Many of us are faced with new financial worries and anxiety surrounding the state of, not only our careers, but the health and well-being of ourselves and those around us....

Is Dry Needling Safe During the Pandemic?

Dry Needling/ IMS

UBC Gunn IMS teaching staff have recently provided the latest information on COVID-19 and dry needling. The original post, along with Dave Zelibka's video interview with Lyndal Solomons, can be fou...

April 22, 2020 -

Caseload Management

Professional Issues

How to Maintain Your Patient Load Through a Clinic Closure

Building a patient load in hard work. And, we know it’s easy to get discouraged by clinic closures. But, the closure of your clinic doesn’t mean you’re going to lose all those patients. There are ways to maintain your patient load even through the COVID-19 crisis. Although it’s true that none of us have been through something like this before, there are patient retention strategies that can b...

April 22, 2020 -

Career Planning

Caseload Management

Professional Issues

What Becoming A Telephysiotherapist Has Taught Me

Back into the real world… Overwhelmed by a sense of powerlessness as I decide to shut down the hospital's outpatient department. Self-isolation with my family for 10 days. Finally my nasal swab for COVID-19 results were negative. Now I am returning to work at the hospital as a Physiotherapist. Feelings of guilt well up inside me because nearly all of my friends who work in private practice are...

Feb. 17, 2020 -

Professional Issues

Announcing our 30 Day Challenge to Help You Elevate Your Clinical Practice

As physiotherapists we have access to more information, now more than ever, to improve our skills and clinical practice. From in-person to online courses… To consuming content on Instagram and Twitter…. To Facebook Groups and Linkedin... To ignitephysio 😀 But here’s the rub. All of this information doesn’t actually help us make changes in our clinical practice. And I’ve b...

Feb. 13, 2020 -

Career Planning

Professional Issues

Is Your Physiotherapy Practice Stagnant?

Do you feel like you’re becoming stagnant and, maybe even, complacent in your physiotherapy practice? Like you’re doing the same thing day in and day out, without the joy you used to feel when you were a new grad? Don’t worry – it’s perfectly normal! This is something that happens to tons of physiotherapists, and they’re able to push themselves to grow and find their way out of these ‘ruts’. ...

Feb. 13, 2020 -

3 Tricky Clinical Cases Conversation

Last week Andrew hosted a web chat with fellow ignite community members and seasoned physiotherapists, Sean FitzGerald and Lauralee Merkley to answer some recent questions posted on ignite. This informative round table discussion addresses these questions about cases that can be difficult to treat, and you'll benefit from the in-depth analysis and experience as all three dive into answering th...

Dec. 31, 2019 -

Career Planning

Professional Issues

Making the Most of the Mentor-Mentee Relationship as a New Grad Physiotherapist

A mentor can be an invaluable resource for a physiotherapist! Especially if both the mentor and the mentee are willing to put in the time necessary to make the relationship flourish. It takes effort to build and maintain a good relationship with your mentor, but it can be hard to know where to start. In this article, we’ll not only explore the reasons it’s important to build a strong relationsh...

Nov. 26, 2019 -

Career Planning

Professional Issues

The Importance of Mentors for Professional Improvement

In order to continue to succeed in your clinical practice, you’ll need to find ways to stay motivated. Mentors can provide you with the incentive to continue growing in your physiotherapy careers. Not only that, but they can also provide you with invaluable lessons from their extensive clinical experience. An integral part of the growth cycle is learning by observation and a strong mentor can...

Nov. 04, 2019 -

Career Planning

Professional Issues

How to Start With Personal Development as a Physiotherapist

Many of us get caught up with completing smaller, daily tasks like attending to our patients and staying on top of paperwork. And, while these are important, they aren’t necessarily helping us get to that next level in our physiotherapy careers. What about our bigger goals? Like learning new clinical techniques, developing our leadership skills or growing our practices? These are the goals t...

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