The Words Matter Podcast with Oliver Thomson
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ask Me Anything #6
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matters Podcast. Many of you may be familiar with a recent paper I was proud to co-author titled: Avoiding noc...
The Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession with Eliud Sierra
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Apologies for the slight delay in the episode, work and life events continue to get in the way ...
Sociology for practice - the 'ology' you’ve been looking for with Dr Rebecca Olson
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.I hope you’ve enjoyed the last couple of episodes exploring pseudoscientific claims and how t...
Pretending to be true - getting to the heart of pseudoscience with Dr Carlo Martini
08 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.It seems like the last episode with Dave Newell and Jack Chew was necessary; the feedback by an...
Truth and plausibility - How should we engage with nonsensical claims made by colleagues? With Jack Chew and Prof. Dave Newell
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So it’s been a pretty action packed few weeks on social media; for those of you that have not...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - Reflections, considerations and implications with Matthew Low
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Sorry for the slight hiatus; COVID and general life caught up with me – but I’m pleased to ...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - Why is this person suffering and how can I help them? An AMA special
29 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.So we are at the penultimate episode of the clinical reasoning series and I hope you’ve enjoy...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - How can knowledge of mechanisms inform our clinical decision-making? With Dr Elena Rocca and Dr Saúl Pérez-González
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.We have reached the final few episodes of the clinical reasoning series; and I hope you have en...
The Clinical Reasoning Series – Navigating uncertainty with Dr Nathalia Costa
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we are up to the 8th episode of the Clinical Reasoning Series and on today I’m speaking wi...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - Should we always give patients the treatments they want? Ethical reasoning with Prof. Clare Delany
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.If you're enjoying the Clinical Reasoning Series and the podcast more generally, please conside...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - Narrative ways of hearing and knowing with Sanja Maretic
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the clinical reasoning series, I’m speaking with Sanja Maretic. Sanja is a...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - Making the familiar strange - Epistemic reflexivity with Dr Euson Yeung
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.A quick note to thank all of you that support the podcast via Patreon, your contributions make ...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - A label too far: Overdiagnosis and medicalisation with Prof. Bjørn Hofmann
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.A quick note to thank all of you that support the podcast via Patreon, your contributions make ...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - Why should we help people who are ill? The ethics of disease with Prof. Bjørn Hofmann
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. We continue the clinical reasoning series, and I hope you enjoyed the first two episodes with...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - Diagnostic reasoning and beyond with Mark Jones
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. So we continue on the clinical reasoning series, and on this episode I’m speaking with Mark...
The Clinical Reasoning Series - Do clinicians think like scientists? With Dr Roger Kerry
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Thanks to all of you that support the podcast via Patreon, it means so much and really helps th...
The Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession with Dr Gita Ramdharry
26 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. As usual, thank you to all the support via Patreon – every pledge is hugely appreciated.So I...
The Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession with Rob Jonah
12 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.As always, a huge thank you to those of you supporting the podcast via Patreon – you help ena...
The Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession with Aaron Kubal
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. On this episode I’m continuing with the Outsider Series where I speak with clinicians who f...
The Outsiders - Clinicians divorced from their profession
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.As always, a huge thank you to those of you supporting the podcast via Patreon – you help ena...
Ask Me Anything #4
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. As always, a big thank you to those of you supporting the podcast via Patreon – really take...
Dediagnosing- making people less ill with Prof. Bjørn Hofmann and Dr Marianne Lea
11 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Once again, a huge thank you to those you that support the show via Patreon – every pledge he...
Recognising expertise Part 2 - Trusting the trustworthy with Dr Carlo Martini
27 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So this is part 2 of my conversation with philosopher and epistemologist Dr Carlo Martini, disc...
Recognising expertise Part 1 - What makes an expert? With Dr Carlo Martini
13 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Once again, I want to start by thanking everyone that supports the podcast via Patreon – your...
The spectrum of relativism with Prof. Martin Kusch
29 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.As usual, I want to start by thanking everyone that supports the show via Patreon and for those...
The Qualitative Research Series - Reflections, questions, tensions and the future with Prof. David Nicholls
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Episode.As usual I want to start by thanking all of you that are supporting the podcast via Patreon, yo...
The Qualitative Research Series - What’s left in the ruins? Post qualitative research with Dr Jenny Setchell
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.As usual I want to start by thanking all of you that are supporting the show via Patreon, it re...
The Qualitative Research Series - Critical of what? Opening up possibilities through the lens of critical theory with Dr Anna Rajala
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Thanks again to all of you that are supporting the podcast via Patreon – your support is maki...
The Qualitative Research Series - Phenomenological description or interpretation? A conversation with two phenomenologists - Prof. Kathleen Galvin and Dr Pirjo Vuoskoski
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Again, I want to start by thanking all of you that are supporting the podcast via Patreon – i...
The Qualitative Research Series - Uncovering the machinery behind interaction through conversation analysis with Dr Charlotte Albury
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.I’ll again start by thanking all of you that support the show via Patreon – it really makes...
The Qualitative Research Series - More than methods? Thematic analysis with Dr Victoria Clarke
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.I want to give a huge thanks to the people that support the show via Patreon, I couldn’t do t...
The Qualitative Research Series - Capturing the social in motion with ethnography with Dr Fiona Webster
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.I hope you enjoyed the previous two episodes of the Qualitative Research Series; the first one ...
The Qualitative Research Series - The explanatory power of grounded theory with Prof. Melanie Birks and Prof. Jane Mills
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So this is the second episode of the Qualitative Research Series, and today I’m speaking with...
The Qualitative Research Series - Finding your feet in a new paradigm with Perri Tutelman
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.So this is the first episode of the Qualitative Research Series, where my guests and I fly abov...
The baby's out, the bathwater's out, and they're not coming back - Rebuilding physiotherapy from ethics, ecology and otherness with Dr Filip Maric
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I’m speaking I’m speaking Dr Filip Maric.Filip is a physiotherapist with a ...
Understanding people, pain and practice - Phenomenology, enactivism and affordances with Dr Sabrina Coninx and Dr Peter Stilwell
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Following my commitment to explore the theoretical aspects and philosophical underpinnings of c...
Ask Me Anything #3
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Only 6 months late, here is the Ask Me Anything number 3, where I respond to your questions you...
Where’s does the power lie? A critical look at the biopsychosocial model with Karime Mescouto
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So this is the first episode after the CauseHealth series, which was a phenomenal experience an...
The CauseHealth Series: Reflections and Recommendations with Dr Rani Lill Anjum, Matthew Low and Christine Price
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we’ve reached the end of the CauseHealth Series, and in this final episode I’m speaking ...
The CauseHealth Series Chapter 15 : A Broken Child – A Diseased Woman with Prof. Anna Luise Kirkengen
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series I’m speaking with Professor Anna Luise Kirkengen ab...
The CauseHealth Series Chapter 14: The Practice of Whole Person-Centred Healthcare with Dr Brian Broom
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series I’m speaking with Dr Brian Broom about his Chapter ...
The CauseHealth Series Chapter 13: Causal Dispositionalism and Evidence Based Healthcare with Dr Roger Kerry
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Dr Roger Kerry about his Chapter...
The CauseHealth Series Chapter 12: The Relevance of Dispositionalism for Psychotherapy and Psychotherapy Research with Tobias Gustum Lindstad
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Tobias Gustum Lindstad about Cha...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 11 - Reflections on the Clinician’s Role in the Clinical Encounter with Dr Karin Mohn Engebretsen
27 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode on The Words Matter Podcast, I’m Oliver Thomson.So on this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Dr Kari...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 10 - Lessons on Causality from Clinical Encounters with Severely Obese Patients with Dr Kai Brynjar Hagen
20 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.On this episode of the CauseHealth Series, I’m speaking with Dr Kai Brynjar Hagen about his C...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 9 - Causality and Dispositionality in Medical Practice with Prof. Ivor Ralph Edwards
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode of the CauseHealth Series I'm speaking with Professor Ivor Ralph Edwards about ...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 8 - Above and Beyond Statistical Evidence. Why Stories Matter for Clinical Decisions and Shared Decision Making with Matthew Low
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we continue our exploration of the CauseHealth book (download for FREE here), via this Cause...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 7 - The Complexity of Persistent Pain: A Patient’s Perspective with Christine Price
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast. We are now up to Chapter 7 of the CauseHealth book, and have entered part 2 of the book where...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 6 - The Guidelines Challenge with Dr Samantha Copeland
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.We continue our journey into the CauseHealth book, and this time talking again to Dr Samantha C...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 5 - Complexity, Reductionism and the Biomedical Model with Dr Elena Rocca and Dr Rani Lill Anjum
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we are up to the fifth episode on this CauseHealth Series, in which I’m speaking with the ...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 4 - When a Cause Cannot be Found with Dr Rani Lill Anjum and Dr Elena Rocca
01 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we are up to Chapter 4 of the CauseHealth Series, and I hope you’ve enjoyed the previous e...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 3 - Probability for the Clinical Encounter with Dr Elena Rocca
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.This is the 3rd episode of The CauseHealth series, exploring the book Rethinking Causality, Com...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 2 - Dispositions and the Unique Patient with Dr Rani Lill Anjum
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast, and second in The CauseHealth Series, exploring the book 'Rethinking Causality, Complexity and...
The CauseHealth Series: Chapter 1 - Why is Philosophy Relevant for Clinical Practice? Dr Rani Lill Anjum, Dr Samantha Copeland and Dr Elena Rocca
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast, and the first episode of the CauseHealth Series. We begin our journey through the brilliant Ca...
Manual, manipulative, musculoskeletal or just therapeutic care? The journey so far with Dr Clair Hebron
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I’m speaking with physiotherapist, educator and researcher Dr Clair Hebron. C...
Saying the unsayable and thinking the unthinkable - a critical look forward with Prof. David Nicholls
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.Today I’m speaking with Professor David Nicholls. David is a Professor in the School of Clini...
Psychologically informed practice - How far we’ve come and how far we haven’t with Steven Vogel
15 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode I speak with Steven Vogel. Steven is Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the U...
Making memories - shaping children's future pain with Dr Melanie Noel
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I'm speaking with pediatric pain scientist and psychologist Dr Melanie Noel.Mel...
Biopsychosocialising practice and speeding up the change with Dr Kieran O’Sullivan
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. In this episode I’m delighted to speak with Physiotherapist Dr Kieran O’Sullivan.Kieran g...
Ask Me Anything #2
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast, and second Ask Me Anything episode. Thanks for all your questions, please keep them rolling i...
Causation in complexity - Philosophy for practice with Dr Rani Lill Anjum
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 16 of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I speak with philosopher Dr Rani Lill Anjum.Rani is Research Fellow in Philosophy at...
Conspiracy and dogma - A different kind of virus with Prof. Dave Newell
18 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.We’re on episode 15, and we take a minor detour away from the common theme of previous episod...
Avoiding nocebo and boosting placebo - contextual factors with Dr Giacomo Rossettini
04 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I speak with Dr Giacomo Rossettini. Giacomo is an MSK physiotherapist and resea...
The lifting won’t harm you, but the beliefs might - with David Nolan
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.So we’re up now up to episode 13- and the high quality conversation just keeps coming, and th...
Shaky foundations? Moving beyond the biopsychosocial model with Dr Peter Stilwell
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I speak with Dr Peter Stilwell. Peter holds a Kinesiology degree from the Unive...
What’s in a name? Making sense of ‘sciatica’ with Tom Jesson
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome another episode of the Words Matter Podcast.On this episode I spoke with Tom Jesson. Tom is a musculoskeletal physiotherapist from Northumberl...
Right map, wrong terrain - navigating the many paths of evidence-based practice with Matthew Low
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to The Words Matter Podcast. On this episode I talk again to consultant physiotherapist Matthew Low.Matthew and I spoke on episode 07 and many...
Conditions and connections of the therapeutic relationship with Dr Maxi Miciak
04 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode I spoke with Dr Maxi Miciak. Maxi is a physiotherapist based in Canada, and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Faculty of Rehabi...
Ask Me Anything #1
22 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast, and the first Ask Me Anything episode. Thanks for all your questions, please keep them rolling...
Perspectives, knowledge and evidence in musculoskeletal care with Matthew Low
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of The Words Matter Podcast. In this episode, I spoke with Matthew Low.Matthew is a Consultant Physiotherapist in the south...
Breaking free and diving in - becoming biopsychosocial with Dr Jerry Draper-Rodi
01 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to episode 6 of The words Matter Podcast. On this episode I spoke with Dr Jerry Draper-Rodi.Jerry is a Senior Research Fellow at the Universit...
Telling stories and making sense using Cognitive Functional Therapy for back pain - with Dr Kjartan Vibe Fersum
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Episode 5 of The Words Matter Podcast.In this episode I spoke with Dr Kjartan Vibe Fersum. Kjartan is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physioth...
Constructing and living with chronic back pain identities - with Dr Noor Abdal
11 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode I spoke with Dr Noor Abdal, a physiotherapist who has a special interest in persistent pain.Noor and I both completed our PhD's around...
Enduring explanations and building beliefs in people with back pain- with Dr Ben Darlow
03 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The Words Matter Podcast, Dr Oliver Thomson speaks with Dr Ben Darlow. Ben is a clinician, teacher and researcher. He works clinica...
Remote MSK? Words Matter (even more)- A COVID19 Special with David Hohenshurz-Schmidt
28 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another episode of the Words Matter Podcast. This is an impromptu podcast given that the world is in the grip of the COVID19 pandemic, and ...
Nocebic Narratives of the SIJ - with Dr Thorvaldur Palsson
24 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Words Matter Podcast, Dr Oliver Thomson spoke with Dr Thorvaldur (Valdi) Palsson. They talked about Valdi's excellent recent ar...