Clinical PT Talks

Author: Dr. Mark White, PT, DPT, BA, OCS

Clinical PT Talks offers physical therapy tips, pointers, how-to, and stories about unique, important, or transformative clinical cases. Clinical PT Talks is a mix of Podcast Shorts that provide brief, user-friendly and easily digestible bits of useful information that clarify concepts, illustrate problems to be solved, and offers solutions to issues physical therapists, and physical therapy assistants, deal with every day. Here you will also find longer Stories that highlight a variety of critical processes in dealing with patients in distress in the real world. Some stories need to be told because they can shift our perspective in ways that are useful. Often, this is of equal or greater value than what can be obtained in any other way.
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The fallacy of n-of-1 thinking. How it limits your ability to improve as a clinician, and what to do instead.
Monday, 26 January, 2026

Physical therapists love to report the wonderful results they have achieved with their patients. And rightly so. Singular cases stand out. The clinician is happy, the patient is happy, and sharing success with colleagues, patients, and anyone who will listen is fun and can be informative. Inevitably, however, someone is always quick to point out what seems obvious: "But remember, that's only an n-of-1." As if you have cherry-picked your remarkable example from an otherwise unremarkable bunch. How could you be so naive? Join me as I discuss a different perspective on n-of-1 thinking, one that reveals powerful evidentiary options that n-of-1 observations give rise to if properly understood. REFERENCE https://sites.duke.edu/cemmt/2025/12/24/why-individualized-treatment-effects-matter-more-than-averages-in-musculoskeletal-care/