(A lifeworld oriented physiotherapy - The english version of this blogpost can be downloaded here) Wir kennen sie alle – folgende Situationen aus dem beruflichen oder privaten Alltag: Senioren, die in ländlichen Regionen mit schlechter Infrastruktur leben. Menschen, die mit chronischen Erkrankungen und Behinderungen leben. Menschen, ohne Ausbildung und ohne Arbeit. Menschen, die in Großfamilien (auf engem Wohnraum leben) und Menschen mit besonderer Migrationserfahrung. So kann die Aufzählung schwieriger und doch so alltäglicher Lebensbedingungen fortgeführt werden. Allgemein bekannt ist, dass die Lebensbedingungen einen erheblichen Einfluss auf die Gesundheit und die Lebenserwartung … [Read more...] about Lebensweltorientierte Physiotherapie (by Nadia El-Seoud)
CPN Digest #131
Something for the weekend: People in the most deprived groups were least likely to take part in the exercise referral schemeChallenge Trials: What Are the Ethical Problems?Growing Up Disabled in AustraliaThe Meaning of “Phenomenology”: Qualitative and Philosophical Phenomenological Research MethodsThe Sociology of Identity: Authenticity, Multidimensionality, and MobilityThe Exhibition Interview Walk (EIW) as a Method: Experimental Research With Objects to Discover How Commons Logics Are PerceivedEarly Illustrations of the Nervous System by Camillo Golgi and Santiago Ramón y CajalThe tyranny of workA New Way to Restore Hand Mobility—With an Electrified PatchBlack methodologies and other … [Read more...] about CPN Digest #131
The reality of pain
Whereas pain had previously been seen as an essential element of the human condition, from the middle of the eighteenth century humanitarians worked to alleviate pain and suffering where possible--especially when that bodily experience was produced or inflicted by various "social evils" (ranging form alcohol to the excesses of the industrial system) or unjust laws.Ballantyne, T. (2014). Entanglements of Empire: Missionaries, Māori, and the question of the body. Auckland, NZ: Auckland University Press. p. 218 One of the reasons why pain has been so has been so important in defining physiotherapy over the last century is that it is both universal and particular. Pain is experienced by … [Read more...] about The reality of pain