<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<i><span style="font-weight: 400;">Have you read ‘<a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Going-Hurt-Secret-Diaries/dp/1509858636/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=this+is+going+to+hurt&amp;qid=1563206903&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">This Is Going To Hurt’</a></span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> by Adam Kay yet? Well, that book has inspired this blog post…</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I never thought I would ask the question… “Do You Care Too Much?”, because </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">surely</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that’s not possible, right?</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It kind of bothers me somewhat and not because I am cold and heartless but because of the very reason I too DO CARE, A LOT.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So, why on earth would it matter if you care a lot?</span></p>
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<h2><b>Do You Care Too Much?</b></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I think when we really care and we really want to help someone, we can sometimes overstep our remit because we THINK we can help, and </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">maybe</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> our client hasn’t had a great experience with each/most or some of the professionals they have seen previously. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The client desperately WANTS you to be able to help them, and you want to be able solve their problem.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So you do everything you can, and then sometimes, try new things, different things, things that might just fall outside of your scope.</span></p>
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<h2><b>Do You Try Things You Shouldn’t?</b></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Well this might just mean we run the risk of being negligent or unknowingly be prescribing contraindicated exercises or giving inappropriate advice and therefore risking the physical health of the client.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The biggest problem is something I mentioned in last weeks blog about injuries…. WE </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">DON’T KNOW WHAT WE DON’T KNOW</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We need the help of a multidisciplinary team around us to gain second, third and maybe fourth opinions. WHY? Because most of what is going on inside the clients body is based upon hypothesis. Which means NO ONE KNOWS, thus leaving us all at risk of making the wrong decision based upon our expertise. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By the way:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Knowledge + Experience = EXPERTISE</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">BUT</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Other professionals are likely to have different tests, knowledge, questions to ask based on their expertise and skill sets that can help US and all those involved make a much more </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">informed</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;"> decision on how to support our client in their physical health and wellbeing. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It doesn’t matter how many years of practise and piles of certificates we collect, we still see the world different to our counterparts. So while we MIGHT be able to help it’s ALWAYS best to get a second opinion if you aren’t 100% sure or if there is a red or even yellow flag found during the initial consultation/assessment. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">(A Red Flag example might be a clinical condition that could be contraindicated by movement - ie Osteoarthritis</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Yellow Flag example might be mental health condition that must be taken into account but may not in itself directly inhibit movement - ie depression)</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It is vital we improve our reputation for good practise because we NEED to help the NHS and at present no one really trusts exercise professionals enough to willingly open up GP referral schemes. </span></p>
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<h2><b>Caring is The Whole Point To Many Jobs</b></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However there are always examples of caring  </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To give you an example of JUST how much the NHS is struggling from an extremely qualified and experienced consultant doctor I strongly recommend you read this book….  </span></p>
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<h2><b>The NHS Is Struggling - From The Horse's Mouth</b></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What does it mean to be a doctor ?</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Going-Hurt-Secret-Diaries/dp/1509858636/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=this+is+going+to+hurt&amp;qid=1563206903&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">“This is Going To Hurt” Adam Kay</span></i></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Adam Kay wrote an award winning book about his diaries as a doctor and, while hilarious, it is also a very sad but enlightening read that describes the real struggles of going into an often thankless job </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">because you care</span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">His cathartic practise of writing down all of his experiences in such a way as to bring you to tears of both laughter and utter sadness. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you read one book this year, please read this one. </span></p>
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<p><b>Why?</b></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why am I suggesting you read it? </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">1). It will make you laugh </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">2). It is a disturbingly honest account of our NHS</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">3). To understand that ….</span></p>
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<h2><b>How Can Exercise Professional’s Help?</b></h2>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">How we can help is by demonstrating duty of care, gaining good quality education, developing and working within a multidisciplinary team and working hard to assess/monitor/reassess and self reflect.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We really need to up our game individually so that as a group of professionals we are taken more seriously. Because I am convinced that MOST of the time, educated exercise can help MOST of the nations health issues. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Who are the exercise experts????</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">US!</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I want to challenge you to continue your education, never stop learning, push yourself to learn new things. That's how you will help your clients.</span>[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text] </p>
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