Critical Physiotherapy: A Ten-Year Retrospective

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aut.relation.journalPhysiotherapy Theory and Practice
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dc.contributor.authorNicholls, DA
dc.contributor.authorAhlsen, B
dc.contributor.authorBjorbækmo, W
dc.contributor.authorDahl-Michelsen, T
dc.contributor.authorHöppner, H
dc.contributor.authorRajala, AI
dc.contributor.authorRichter, R
dc.contributor.authorHansen, LS
dc.contributor.authorSudmann, T
dc.contributor.authorSviland, R
dc.contributor.authorMaric, F
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-05T22:54:40Z
dc.date.available2023-10-05T22:54:40Z
dc.date.issued2023-09-09
dc.description.abstractCritical physiotherapy has been a rapidly expanding field over the last decade and could now justifiably be called a professional sub-discipline. In this paper we define three different but somewhat interconnected critical positions that have emerged over the last decade that share a critique of physiotherapy’s historical approach to health and illness, while also diverging in the possibilities for new forms of practice and thinking. These three positions broadly align with three distinctive philosophies: approaches that emphasize lived experience, social theory, and a range of philosophies increasingly referred to as the “posts”. In this paper we discuss the origins of these approaches, exploring the ways they critique contemporary physiotherapy thinking and practice. We offer an overview of the key principles of each approach and, for each in turn, suggest readings from key authors. We conclude each section by discussing the limits of these various approaches, but also indicate ways in which they might inform future thinking and practice. We end the paper by arguing that the various approaches that now fall under the rubric of critical physiotherapy represent some of the most exciting and opportune ways we might (re)think the future for the physiotherapy profession and the physical therapies more generally.
dc.identifier.citationPhysiotherapy Theory and Practice, ISSN: 0959-3985 (Print); 1532-5040 (Online), Informa UK Limited, ahead-of-print(ahead-of-print), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2023.2252524
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09593985.2023.2252524
dc.identifier.issn0959-3985
dc.identifier.issn1532-5040
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/16743
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherInforma UK Limited
dc.relation.urihttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09593985.2023.2252524
dc.rightsCopyright © 2023 Taylor & Francis. This is a preprint of an article whose final and definitive form has been published in the Physiotherapy Theory and Practice and is available online at: www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article (see Publisher’s Version) .
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.subjectCritical physiotherapy
dc.subjectepistemology
dc.subjectlived experience
dc.subjectontology
dc.subjectpost
dc.subjectsocial theory
dc.subject4201 Allied Health and Rehabilitation Science
dc.subject42 Health Sciences
dc.subjectGeneric health relevance
dc.subject1103 Clinical Sciences
dc.subject1106 Human Movement and Sports Sciences
dc.subjectRehabilitation
dc.subject4201 Allied health and rehabilitation science
dc.titleCritical Physiotherapy: A Ten-Year Retrospective
dc.typeJournal Article
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