by Sasha Chaitow | Jun 14, 2023 | Books, Health Sciences, News, Writing
Over a decade ago, as he completed some of the earlier revisions to his manual therapy textbooks, my father Leon Chaitow said to me, laughingly, “When I’m dead this’ll be your problem.” Little did I know how quickly that time would come, and...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 20, 2022 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
When talking about autism in the healthcare context, it is often automatically perceived as a condition to be treated or cured. This is a prevalent attitude among the general public and healthcare professionals alike, yet, according to many in the autistic community,...
by Sasha Chaitow | Mar 1, 2022 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
A contentious issue in the manual therapy professions is the question of how far specific applications are or are not evidence-based, and the degree to which clinical experience should be part of the clinical reasoning process. Promoting evidence-informed medicine...
by Sasha Chaitow | Nov 1, 2021 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
The last three articles in this series explored what I have called a “holistic revolution in biomedicine” in the form of narrative medicine – an approach to the clinical encounter designed to address ethical and practical shortcomings of the...
by Sasha Chaitow | Sep 1, 2021 | Health Sciences, News
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, September/October 2021 This is the third in a series of four articles on narrative-based medicine, a protocol for building the therapeutic alliance that rests on holistic principles and addresses shortcomings in the...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 25, 2021 | Health Sciences, News, teaching, Videos
I was deeply touched on receiving an invitation from the organisers of the CIVO International Osteopathic Congress organised by Escuela Osteopatica de Madrid – Chile, that took place online in May 2021, asking me to share my father’s thoughts on osteopathy...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 14, 2021 | Events, Health Sciences, News, teaching
These course elements were commissioned by the Department of Physiotherapy at the University of Patras as part of the Postgraduate Research Planning Module in their new MSc in Therapeutic Exercise. I was invited to provide specialised training to contribute to the...
by Sasha Chaitow | May 8, 2021 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, May/June 2021 As efforts to embed evidence-based practice across manual therapy professions continue to grow, the biopsychosocial (BPS) healthcare model has not seen the success some may have hoped for.
by Sasha Chaitow | Apr 6, 2021 | Health Sciences, interviews, News
Earlier this year I was delighted to join David Lesondak on his Bodytalk podcast in which we discuss matters close to both our hearts: from the medical humanities to hot topics in the manual therapy...
by Sasha Chaitow | Mar 8, 2021 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, March/April 2020 Part 1: Narrative Medicine and the Holistic Revolution in Biomedicine
by Sasha Chaitow | Nov 1, 2020 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
Published in Massage & Bodywork Magazine, November/December 2020 Once we are aware that we are in fact only one link in a long debate that has been repeated many times before, we can compare contexts and see where we may do things more constructively. We need to...
by Sasha Chaitow | Jul 1, 2020 | Health Sciences, News, Writing
Published in Massage & Bodywork magazine, July/August 2020 As efforts to bring clarity to the “infodemic” surrounding COVID-19 continue, the scientific community is realizing two key things: they stand on the cusp of an unprecedented opportunity to educate the...
