Professor Lisa Harvey - Questioning our practice, Spinal Cord Injury, Motor retraining

This episode is full of interesting topics - compensation vs recovery, commercialising return to walking, whether we're losing problem solving skills in neuro physio. Add to this how to better teach motor skills and approaches to spinal cord injury rehabilitation across the lifespan and you've got a jam-packed episode!1.58 - Intro2.25 - Career pathway6.44 - Passion for research7.24 - First research project - stretch in SCI9.20 - Questioning our practice10.56 - What has changed in SCI over time12.50 - Treadmill & robotic therapies - friend or foe?15.40 - Compensation vs Recovery19.27 - Should physios do more to celebrate people living amazing lives with disability?21.40 - Specificity of treatment - are physios using a sledgehammer approach?23.46 - elearnSCI.org & effective online learning26.54 - Collaborating = reach29.20 - Change in SCI demographics over time30.51 - Approaching elderly vs young31.50 - Do shoulders wear out in SCI?34.24 - Patient-centred decision making & supporting through uncertainty36.32 - physiotherapyexercises.com43.32 - Hot off the press - early, intensive motor training national trial46.01 - Strategy in grant applications47.47 - Power of consumer groups48.05 - Teaching motor skill learningLinksPhysioExercises WebpageeLearn SCI pageThe University of Sydney ProfilePapers and ReferencesLisa’s Book: Management of Spinal Cord InjuryArticle: Physiotherapy rehabilitation for people with spinal cord injuriesLike 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.