111. How what you believe influences your clients' pain and recovery, with Brendan Mouatt and Raphael Bender

Brendan is a PhD candidate at the University of South Australia where he is researching the influence of implicit communication on patient beliefs and outcomes. In this conversation, we talk about how our beliefs as movement professionals influence our clients' movement, pain and outcomes from Pilates.Resources mentioned in the episode:Connect with Brendan Mouatt on Twitter and InstagramFind The Knowledge Exchange website and join the Facebook group for movement and health professionals hereRead Brendan's research hereEarly MRI leads to worse outcomes in back pain regardless of whether they find anything or not here and hereBiomedical tests and diagnostic labels actually don't reassure patients herePractitioner beliefs strongly predict patient beliefs herePain behaviour not pain intensity mediates opioid prescription hereMany physiotherapists implicitly associate round-back lifting as dangerous hereThinking about movement hurts, and makes your hand swell up hereNegative expectation abolishes the effects of opioid painkillers herePlacebo reduces pain the same amount as 4-6mg of morphine in postoperative pain hereThe presence of most MRI findings does not change treatment hereSpinal fusion is not more effective than general exercise for low back pain hereIn fact, pretty much every treatment for low back pain works about the same hereDentists’ belief about what they are administering influences patients’ pain herePlacebo suppresses immune function hereConnect with me on...