As health care professionals, the more we embrace modern, evidence-informed practice, the more we become aware of the hugely important role communication skills play in helping our patients & clients achieve their recovery & performance goals. Rather than blaming clients for ‘not doing what we told them’, we now understand that achieving a behaviour or lifestyle change, even if temporary, is often not as easy as it sounds, and as therapists we can often be the catalyst for success or failure.

 

In this session, Matt Phillips, Running Injury & Performance Specialist and Host of the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, will share practical examples from his CPD courses ‘Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach’ and ‘Communication & Behaviour Change Skills For Clinical Practice’ to illustrate how small, simple tweaks to our normal way of communicating can help clients & patients embrace positive, meaningful behaviour change, and see opportunity in our professional advice rather than hinderance & challenge.

 

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