How much more effective is your treatment if you have a preference for it?

“I couldn’t get into see my usual physio so I’ve had to book in with you.” Sounds innocent, doesn’t it? But this type of thinking is already creating a problem. It is the negative connotation that you won’t be as good as their usual physio even though they have never seen you before. Believe it or not, your expectations and preferences play a substantial role in how successful your treatment will be, in spite of the treatment received. But by how much? How much more effective is your treatment if you have a preference for it?

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  • Bishop, Mark D., et al. “The influence of clinical equipoise and patient preferences on outcomes of conservative manual interventions for spinal pain: an experimental study.” Journal of pain research 10 (2017): 965.

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