Janet Stevens - The Bobath Concept

We chat with founding member of the Australian Bobath Training Association Janet Stevens about her career and inspirations for working hard everyday to be a better physiotherapist. We touch on what the Bobath concept is, hear her take on some of the key components of the concept and how she is implementing the concept in world of telehealth.    1.55 Introduction 2.56 Career pathway  10.30 Bobath instructor training  13.01 Clinician as limiting factor to patient potential  15:06 Short career span of neuro physio 17:10 What is Bobath? 19:14 What is facilitation 21:58 Repetition in Bobath  24.30 Neurophysiology  28.26 Bobath publications  29:08 Telehealth with Bobath 33:38 Carers to help treatment  36:50 Teaching during covid 40.33 Careers in the Bobath Concept  43:31 Pathways to learning Bobath  45:04 Tutor training  46:48 IBITA as an organisationLinkshttps://www.bobathaustralia.org/Papers and References DiscussedThe Bobath Concept in Contemporary PracticeThe Bobath concept – a model to illustrate clinical practiceLike our podcast and want to support us?Share the show with your friends & colleagues, give us a rating on your podcast platform or Buy us a coffee. Matt & Erin run the podcast out of their own time and resources. We'd love to update our recording equipment & cover our podcast publishing costs. Buy us a coffee if you can.