{"id":1967,"date":"2024-10-05T16:52:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-05T16:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myneuronews.com\/?p=1967"},"modified":"2025-04-27T10:52:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-27T10:52:26","slug":"the-role-of-physiotherapy-following-a-tbi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967","title":{"rendered":"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The study titled <\/strong><strong>\u201d\u2018Their role has a lot of purpose beyond just being about exercises\u2019: a qualitative study of patients\u2019 experiences of physiotherapy following a mild traumatic brain injury\u201d<\/strong><strong> by Jason Chua et al., explores how patients perceive the role of physiotherapists after a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Through semistructured interviews with 12 participants in New Zealand, the research identified four main themes that shaped patients\u2019 experiences with physiotherapy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">1. <strong>\u201cHow physiotherapy could help me\u201d<\/strong><strong> \u2013 This theme highlights how the interventions were delivered and their impact.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2. <strong>\u201cEmpower me to manage my mTBI\u201d<\/strong><strong> \u2013 Participants valued learning self-management skills.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3. <strong>\u201cSet me up to get the most out of treatment\u201d<\/strong><strong> \u2013 Considerations before, during, and after treatment were key to maximizing engagement and outcomes.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4. <strong>\u201cGet to know me and what\u2019s important to me\u201d<\/strong><strong> \u2013 The study emphasized the importance of individualized care, considering patients\u2019 preferences, communication, and cultural contexts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Despite varied experiences, participants saw physiotherapists as playing a critical role in supporting self-management and addressing headaches, neck pain, and balance issues. The study underscores the need for physiotherapy to be more personalized and for physiotherapists to build strong therapeutic relationships to improve rehabilitation outcomes in mTBI care.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The study titled \u201d\u2018Their role has a lot of purpose beyond just being about exercises\u2019:&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[270],"tags":[274,111],"class_list":["post-1967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research","tag-physiotherapy","tag-traumatic-brain-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The role of physiotherapy following a TBI. - Beyond the Impact<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI. - Beyond the Impact\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The study titled \u201d\u2018Their role has a lot of purpose beyond just being about exercises\u2019:&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Beyond the Impact\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-05T16:52:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-27T10:52:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1ae68bbf93b4c1d993f388d942a93c4b\"},\"headline\":\"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI.\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-05T16:52:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-27T10:52:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967\"},\"wordCount\":199,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"physiotherapy\",\"traumatic brain injury\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Research\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967\",\"name\":\"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI. - Beyond the Impact\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-05T16:52:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-27T10:52:26+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/\",\"name\":\"BeyondTheImpact\",\"description\":\"Concussion, FND and Neuroscience\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Beyond the Impact\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/955D378D-9439-4958-AA9D-866B66877DCB-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/955D378D-9439-4958-AA9D-866B66877DCB-1.png\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":1024,\"caption\":\"Beyond the Impact\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1ae68bbf93b4c1d993f388d942a93c4b\",\"name\":\"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41234bd7f101fbc35534c2cb229c8f7ce061ccbc2ba5bfa19c9dca8b22e28139?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41234bd7f101fbc35534c2cb229c8f7ce061ccbc2ba5bfa19c9dca8b22e28139?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI. - Beyond the Impact","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI. - Beyond the Impact","og_description":"The study titled \u201d\u2018Their role has a lot of purpose beyond just being about exercises\u2019:&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967","og_site_name":"Beyond the Impact","article_published_time":"2024-10-05T16:52:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-04-27T10:52:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967"},"author":{"name":"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1ae68bbf93b4c1d993f388d942a93c4b"},"headline":"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI.","datePublished":"2024-10-05T16:52:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-27T10:52:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967"},"wordCount":199,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg","keywords":["physiotherapy","traumatic brain injury"],"articleSection":["Research"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967","url":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967","name":"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI. - Beyond the Impact","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-05T16:52:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-27T10:52:26+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shutterstock_1063712879-scaled-1.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?p=1967#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The role of physiotherapy following a TBI."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/","name":"BeyondTheImpact","description":"Concussion, FND and Neuroscience","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#organization","name":"Beyond the Impact","url":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/955D378D-9439-4958-AA9D-866B66877DCB-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/955D378D-9439-4958-AA9D-866B66877DCB-1.png","width":1024,"height":1024,"caption":"Beyond the Impact"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/person\/1ae68bbf93b4c1d993f388d942a93c4b","name":"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41234bd7f101fbc35534c2cb229c8f7ce061ccbc2ba5bfa19c9dca8b22e28139?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/41234bd7f101fbc35534c2cb229c8f7ce061ccbc2ba5bfa19c9dca8b22e28139?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Dr Ioannis Mavroudis"},"url":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beyondtheimpact.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}