My journey to the top of St Paul’s
Paul, a most delightful and courageous patient of mine, agreed to share his story with us. A journey which probably should never have taken place had…
A Tale of Two Nails
Scenario one: I presume that many of you have heard the famous story, written up in the British Medical Journal, about the man who jumped onto…
Motion is lotion
It’s one of the mantras of NOI and we use it all the time; “Motion is Lotion”. But why do we say this to patients? What…
Adult Pain!
When I was a boy, and got injured, I didn’t receive too much sympathy. Usually, I was blamed for getting injured in the first place. Equally,…
Serenity in chaos
A moment of insanity Whilst holidaying here in Thailand, I had the craziest idea to rent a scooter to get around site seeing. Having already experienced…
Clinical Reasoning Rises
Nocebo Land On a weekly basis, I have to listen to the opening statements of a disheartened new patient recounting the ‘doom & gloom’ that has…
Evolutionarily conserved manual therapy
I come from a background of manual therapy – my father before me weaned on the teachings of James Cyriax, as did I. My mentors, whom I…
