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  • Psychologically informed – What does it mean?

    Psychologically informed – What does it mean?

    As far as I can tell, the term psychologically informed physiotherapy was coined by Main and George (2011), who described it as a “middle way” between traditional biomedical physiotherapy and cognitive behavioural approaches developed within mental health practice. Their argument was simple but powerful: outcomes in musculoskeletal rehabilitation are influenced by factors physiotherapists had often…

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