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t’s frustrating when patients return repeatedly with issues that
and low back pain, one of the key recommendations is to
could be resolved with a simple lifestyle change. Perhaps
increase patients’ physical activity and exercise level. So how
you’ve advised them to stretch, to walk more or to adjust the
can chiropractors help their patients build up their own health
way their desk is set up. But they haven’t followed your advice,
and it’s not clear why. And it could make all the difference!
through behaviour change?
Psychological research can help you work with patients who
Chiropractors work frequently with patients with sedentary
are struggling to make sustainable behaviour changes. The
lifestyles and comorbidities such as obesity and diabetes.
Chiropractic Clinical Guideline Initiative (CCGI) recommends
These stresses add up, and small changes can help these
integrating a tool called Brief Action Planning (BAP) into your
patients improve their quality of life. In the guidelines for neck
clinical practice for this purpose.