I am Swedish by passport, but my heart is nomadic. This state of being has defined my professional journey. I have been working in the physiotherapy field since 2003, in Sweden, Afghanistan, and the United Arab Emirates, in private and public contexts, with humanitarian work and in universities. My interest clinically is pain, in particular, pelvic/abdominal pain and dysfunction, women's pelvic health and global health. I am also interested in other aspects that relate to this in various ways. I am fascinated by how people interact and work together, especially interculturally. I love teaching and inspiring others to think about their work from different angles. I have had the opportunity … [Read more...] about 30DoS 2018 Day 6 – Jenny Wickford

My current fields of interest are medical education, somaesthetics, the importance of self and body awareness in the professional development of physiotherapy students, developing interpersonal sensitivity & empathy & non-verbal communication through the practice of contact-improvisation classes during physiotherapy education. In my clinical practice, I am interested in the field of breathing pattern disorders and their relationship to movement dysfunction, movement qualities, and chronic pain conditions.  I am deeply interested in implementing LBMS (Laban Bartenieff Movement Studies) and Contact - Improvisation in Physical Therapy, with the purpose of enhancing communicational … [Read more...] about 30DoS 2018 Day 5 – Irena Paiuk

I am an Independent Physiotherapy Consultant based in Sheffield, a northern city in the United Kingdom. I have also held an honorary role as a Visiting Fellow at Sheffield Hallam University since 2010. My career until that point had been heavily biased toward clinical practice, and then standard setting since qualifying in 1988. It was the undertaking and completion of a Doctorate and involvement in research that started turning my interests towards a more shared understanding between the ‘patient’ and myself as a clinician. My areas of specialism are in elder rehabilitation and neurology, particularly working with people affected by Parkinson's. Co-producing my doctoral project with others … [Read more...] about 30DoS 2018 Day 4 – Bhanu Ramaswamy

My name is Anne Marit Mengshoel. I am educated as a physiotherapist with a speciality in manual therapy. For about ten years, I was working in a private physiotherapy institute in primary health care, and then afterwards about 15 years in a hospital specialized in rheumatology as a teacher for physiotherapy students, PhD student and leader of developmental work within physiotherapy. Since, the year 2000 I have been working in the Department of Health Sciences at the Medical Faculty of the University of Oslo, Norway – the last 15 years as a Professor. My research is inspired by my clinical work experiences as a manual therapist in primary health care and as a physiotherapist in a … [Read more...] about 30DoS 2018 Day 3 – Anne Marit Mengshoel

  Hello! My name is Amy Hiller, I am an Australian musculoskeletal physiotherapist and qualitative researcher. Currently, I am on 'maternity leave', having recently completed my PhD titled 'Toward relationship-centred care: patient-physiotherapist interaction in private practice' at the University of Melbourne. The CPN became a valued support network during my PhD studies as I particularly enjoy meeting other physiotherapists who are interested in sociological and qualitative aspects of practice, particularly those relating to patient-physiotherapist interaction. A highlight of my involvement thus far was being part of an inaugural critical physiotherapy forum at the Australian … [Read more...] about 30DoS 2018 Day 2 – Amy Hiller

Bruce Greenfield Greetings to all members of the CPN. My name is Bruce Greenfield and I am currently a Professor in Physical Therapy and Senior Fellow in the Center for Ethics at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. I was born and raised in New York but moved to Atlanta in 1972. I have been married for 35 years and have 3 children and 4 grandchildren ( yes I am getting old!). I am an avid reader (for anyone who can recommend a good book) and a not so avid runner, but I do my best. I graduated from physical therapy school at Emory University way back in 1981. I have a master’s degree in medical science and bioethics, and a PhD in Higher Education. For the first 15 years of my … [Read more...] about 30DoS 2018 Day 1 – Bruce Greenfield

Every year that the CPN has been in existence, we've run a month-long campaign called 30 Days of September (or 30DoS for short). The idea of the campaign is to promote the Network and to engage our members. We've run some really fun campaigns in the past, posting a poll each day in 2014, asking members what the new CPN should focus on.  That led us to writing our first collaborative article (link), our first CPN gathering in Mallorca, and a set of objectives for the group translated into more than a dozen languages. Our campaign in 2015 focused on 30 new ways to think about physiotherapy, and 2016's showed you some of the great thinkers that had influenced our CPN members.  Last … [Read more...] about 30 Days of September is back, and starts tomorrow