When you seek medical care, you want more than just a diagnosis or prescription. As rural people we don't make the effort to see a healthcare provider without consideration and good reason. We want to make sure we are not only listened to but heard, understood, and supported throughout. In my opinion, high-quality healthcare goes beyond technical skills and treatments. Those are important, but best practice needs involve compassion, clear communication, patient education, and the ability to...

Our family often does fun games at Christmas, so here is my gift to you. This is a body challenge - it's easy to do, and has a surprising wee outcome at the end. It also only takes 45 seconds per side, so could be a really fun circuit breaker. If done properly, your leg feels like it's floating when you walk afterwards.

A few years ago, I came across a piece of research that talked about 44% of people who did an 8 week strength programme improving their hip and knee symptoms so much that they delayed or cancelled their hip or knee replacement surgery. And then a hip client came in and I talked to them about this piece of research, said I thought we could change things but may need 12 weeks and it did not work . The pain did not improve and they went back down the surgery route. It was successful. But, my...