We have realized how much words matter when it comes to patient’s and client’s recovery and pain experience. Our words can change the way someone thinks, feels, and acts and our words have the capacity to heal or the potential to cause harm. Tune in, as we discuss why words matter in health care and fitness and what some solutions are to help our patients get better results by changing how we communicate with them.

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Rachel Heller, Physical Therapist and Yoga Instructor here at Made2Move.

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Articles we reference in this episode

Barsky AJ. The Iatrogenic Potential of the Physician's Words. JAMA. 2017 Dec 26;318(24):2425-2426. doi: 10.1001/jama.2017.16216. Erratum in: JAMA. 2018 Feb 27;319(8):833. PMID: 29090307.

Colloca L. Nocebo effects can make you feel pain. Science. 2017 Oct 6;358(6359):44. doi: 10.1126/science.aap8488. PMID: 28983038; PMCID: PMC5754642.

Darlow, Ben, et al. "The enduring impact of what clinicians say to people with low back pain." The Annals of Family Medicine 11.6 (2013): 527-534.

Friedman, Daniel Jonah, Louise Tulloh, and Karim M. Khan. "Peeling off musculoskeletal labels: sticks and stones may break my bones, but diagnostic labels can hamstring me forever." British Journal of Sports Medicine 55.21 (2021): 1184-1185.

Stewart, Michael, and Stephen Loftus. "Sticks and stones: the impact of language in musculoskeletal rehabilitation." journal of orthopaedic & sports physical therapy 48.7 (2018): 519-522.



Webster BS, Bauer AZ, Choi Y, Cifuentes M, Pransky GS. Iatrogenic consequences of early magnetic resonance imaging in acute, work-related, disabling low back pain. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2013 Oct 15;38(22):1939-46. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182a42eb6. PMID: 23883826; PMCID: PMC4235393.