Waiting to join the Academy of Physical Medicine’s live webinar on advertising, an age- old childhood question about TVs resurfaced: I can see the screen – but can it see me? This has total legitimacy in the age of webcams and Smart technology, so I decided to hold off on the nightwear and keep my…
It seems that every meeting these days occurs in the wake of a new political bombshell of some sort, and at the May meeting it was the surprise General Election. I wonder if this period of history will become known as the “Age of Uncertainty”, or the “Wobbly Years”, or even the “Strange Political Times”. The latest…
I’ve been aware of CORE of Clapton for some time now. I knew it was something to do with a pair of osteopaths called Danny and Duncan, who were interested in research; I knew they wanted to provide low-cost treatment for persistent pain in the borough of Hackney; and I had also gleaned they were…
It’s still a while till the CPD scheme officially begins, (September 2018 I believe), and so still plenty of time to get to grips with it, but there are a few misconceptions floating around, that would be better nipped in the bud. So here goes, a little more clarity…. You CAN do your peer review…
J Martin Littlejohn (1865–1947) and James Buchan Littlejohn (1868–1947): Two distinct directions – Osteopathy and the birth of osteopathic medicine John O’Brien, IJOM March 2017, Vol 23 pp 4-10 Seeing as this blog is one lengthy confessional where I lay bare my professional ignorance at the altar of social media, I might as well give…
For someone as irrationally paranoid about having a complaint made against them as I am, it is somewhat paradoxical that I find Osteopathy House, the headquarters of GOsC, to emit such a homely and inviting feel, pulling me like a subtle magnet to Tower Bridge Rd. I can never entirely dislodge the fear that one…
Like the changing of the seasons, or the birth of a new baby, we have no control over the timetable of the new CPD scheme. It’s coming, whether you like it or not. But it probably won’t be entirely, inescapably, in place until about Autumn 2018. Eager to be ahead of the curve, I signed…
It’s been a slightly stressful year for the world, somehow. I’m looking forward to a warming, cheering period of festive fun, and I hope you all have a nice break. Thanks to everyone for reading and contributing, and let’s see what 2017 brings. See you in January, have a nice break.
When I was first thinking about beginning an osteopathy website, I was lucky to know the lady who was running Pineapple Dance Studio’s website. Without her pointers, mostly grabbed on the school run with takeaway coffees in hand, osteofm would have struggled to get off the ground. One thing she kept saying, over and over, …
Quiet dissent: The attitudes, beliefs and behaviours of UK osteopaths who reject low back pain guidance – A qualitative study Joanna Figg-Latham and Devan Rajendran, (ESO), in Manual Therapy. Not yet in press but available online October 2016, free to osteopaths via the GOsC website Quiet dissent: a lovely phrase to start off a research…
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