Professor Nicola Robinson, Professor of TCM and Integrated Health at London South Bank University, says that it is important to capture therapies in a research framework to prove how effective they are.
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GP and chair of Tower Hamlet’s Clinical Commissioning Group, Sir Sam Everington says doctors shouldn’t be asking patients ‘What is the matter with you?’ Instead they should say ‘What matters to you?’
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Regular exercise is a useful way to help maintain good health. It’s known to enhance mood, reduce stress, and lower the risk of developing diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.
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Listening to what a client needs from a treatment can be an important part of being a therapist. This is especially true when working with clients with diagnosed health conditions, where you may be working with other health and social care professionals.
Speaking about supporting clients with arthritis in issue 118 of International Therapist, Carolyn Wellington, MFHT, says, ‘Make the time to listen. Make the time to care. In our role as a therapist, we are a small cog in a large wheel. Work with the clients’ GP, physio and external healthcare team.’
#DayofListening
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FHT Vice President Mary Dalgleish says we can become better therapists, and people in general, if we look after ourselves as well as our clients:
‘As we learn better self-care, I feel that we become not just better therapists, but better people in general. When we are in touch with our own feelings and are filling our own tanks with self-respect and loving care, we have much more to give to everyone else.’
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We hope you’re enjoying the Autumn issue of International Therapist. On page 66, FHT President, Christopher Byrne, shares the best advice he has been given, ‘If you really want to do something, you will find a way. If you don’t, you will find an excuse.’
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As a scientist, Dr Julie McCullough is committed to researching the benefits of complementary therapies and adding to the growing evidence base.
In International Therapist 124, Dr McCullough says, ‘As a scientist, I felt compelled to find information on how and why complementary therapies were helpful and effective for so many people.’
As part of her PhD, Dr McCullough joined an established research team investigating the impact of antenatal reflexology on women experiencing stress caused by pregnancy-related low back and/or pelvic girdle pain. The findings of The CAM in Pregnancy Trial were very positive, which Dr McCullough will discuss with us at the 2018 FHT Conference.
Read Dr McCullough’s article on her reflexology research.
About the FHT Conference
The conference will take place on Thursday 29 November at The King’s Fund in the heart of London’s West End and feature a host of talks presented by leading experts in research, education and integrated healthcare. Read more
Book your tickets here or call 023 8062 4350
