Geoffrey Bove speaks in Vancouver on the logistical and philosophical challenges in clinical practice

GBoveOn March 9, 2013, Geoffrey Bove, DC, Ph.D., associate research professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, presented an afternoon lecture and workshop titled “Hypothesis and Dogma in Clinical Practice” to 150 members of the Massage Therapy Association of British Columbia.

In his talk, Bove focused on a combination of fallacies that inform and perpetuate clinical practices that have little or no basis in science, but continue to be used.  He followed this talk with a two day continuing education session on the neurobiology of pain and critical features of nerves.
 

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