Physiotherapist Riikka Holopainen

I am a physiotherapist, physiotherapy educator and PhD student from Finland, interested in biopsychosocial approach in management of musculoskeletal conditions. My favourite topics in our field, in addition to biopsychosocial approach are therapeutic alliance, communication and the language we use (placebo and nocebo), contextual factors, exercise therapy, patient-centeredness, physiotherapy education and understanding patient’s perspective. If you want to learn more about these topics together with me, just send me a message and we can discuss further how I might be able to help you. back pain biopsychosocial cognitive functional therapy Communication contextual factors Education implementation musculoskeletal pain nocebo therapeutic alliance