Ep36: Musings from over 40 years of practice: Bas Asselbergs Chats with an Early-career Physiotherapist (Part 1)

In this episode, we talked about:

• How we can reinforce our own confirmation bias and how to break the cycle
• What matters the most as physiotherapists
• How your experiences as a physiotherapist drastically change as you shift your paradigm from a fixer mindset to a guide mindset
• How Bas refined the art of connecting with patients over the years and help them understand pain science
• Why is it of paramount importance that we help patient understand their pain

 

Graduated in 1983, Bas has extensive post-graduate experience in manual, exercise and movement focused therapies, sports physiotherapy and pain related education. He was a Mentor for post-graduate physiotherapists for the Pain Sciences Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association, and has been Team Therapist for the Junior National Figure Skating Team and the National Cross-Country Ski Team, and attended many National, World and Olympic competitions of a wide variety of sports. He has taught workshops in North America to Osteopaths, Medical Doctors and Physiotherapists since 1992. Sebastian will never stop learning. He enjoys his attempts at golf, loves travelling and being with friends and family.

 

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