Redefining Health: What Do Supporters Call 'Improvement'?
I am Yutaka Gokita, representative of Your Best Solution.
Up to this point, through the framework of the ICF, I have written about
how to rethink health,
how to view people,
and how to utilize those perspectives in the field,
about these topics.
In doing so, there is a question that simply cannot be avoided.
That is,
what do we as supporters call 'improvement'?
That is the question.
I use the term 'supporters' to collectively refer to professionals such as exercise instructors and therapists.
Reduction in pain.
Improved movement.
Corrected posture.
Changes in numerical values.
Improvement in clinical findings.
Of course, these are important.
However, can we truly say someone has 'gotten better' based on these alone?
Even if the individual still struggles with their daily life,
it can sometimes be labeled as 'improvement'
within the supporter's evaluation criteria.
Conversely, even if some symptoms remain,
the individual may find it
much easier to live than before.
When we think about it that way,
What is improvement?
What is support?
I believe we need to re-examine that question once more.
On what basis do supporters judge that something has 'improved'?
In this article, while basing our perspective on the ICF, we will re-examine the supporter's own evaluation criteria. Reduction in pain.
Increased range of motion.
Changes in posture and movement.
Of course, these are important.
However, there is a 'recovery' that cannot be captured by these alone.
What is improvement for the individual?
Does the improvement the supporter sees match what the individual wants to regain?
How do 'curing' and 'supporting' differ?
In the latter half of the article,
I have included a workshop to re-examine your own 'definition of improvement,'
as well as a workshop to reorganize improvement using the five elements of the ICF.
For those who want to deepen not just their skills and knowledge,
but their very way of being as a supporter.
This is a piece written by layering YBS's philosophy with a sense of practice.
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