Caitlin Reid - TBI, patient empowerment, salience

A Neuro Physio Podcast

Caitlin Reid is a young physiotherapist who has also experienced a traumatic brain injury. She shares her story to inspire neuro therapists to give the power back to the patient. In this episode we chat about what it's like to be a young person in a neuro rehab setting, how to adapt programs to different personalities, and about learning to become a better coach and motivator. Caitlin also shares what's she's changed in her practice after her experience.
1.30 - Introduction
1.49 - Career pathway
2.56 - Brain injury story
5.20 - Being in PTA
6.00 - Sharing experience for good
7.20 - Empowering your patients
9.29 - Physios as motivators and coaches - adapting language
14.06 - Uncertainty in rehab and recovery
15.42 - Dealing with dense hemiplegia
16.53 - Therapy scheduling, fatigue
19.44 - Being a young brain injury survivor
20.44 - Benefits of rehab outdoors
22.11 - Therapy content - Goals-based intervention
24.02 - Setting targets and PBs
24.47 - Principles of neuroplasticity in Caitlin's rehab
28.20 - CIMT + Body Schema
30.08 - Motor imagery, Mirror therapy & Returning to netball
33.31 - Caitlin's key message - empowerment
34.25 - What Caitlin has changed in her practice
Links
Caitlin’s Twitter

Concentric Rehab

Papers and References

Principles of Experience-Dependent Neural Plasticity

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Chapters

1. Caitlin Reid - TBI, patient empowerment, salience (00:00:00)

2. Chapter 1 (00:01:31)

3. Chapter 2 (00:01:49)

4. Chapter 3 (00:02:56)

5. Chapter 4 (00:05:20)

6. Chapter 5 (00:06:00)

7. Chapter 6 (00:07:20)

8. Chapter 7 (00:09:29)

9. Chapter 8 (00:14:06)

10. Chapter 9 (00:15:42)

11. Chapter 10 (00:16:53)

12. Chapter 11 (00:19:44)

13. Chapter 12 (00:20:44)

14. Chapter 13 (00:22:11)

15. Chapter 14 (00:24:02)

16. Chapter 15 (00:24:47)

17. Chapter 16 (00:28:20)

18. Chapter 17 (00:30:08)

19. Chapter 18 (00:33:31)

20. Chapter 19 (00:34:25)