Physiotherapy saves futures | Tom Reading | TEDxNHS

[Applause] I want you all to think about what you were doing at 18. Learning to drive, planning that holiday to Magalof with your mates, falling in love. At 18, my patient was told they had just months to live.and that they'd never walk again. Cancer had crept from their lungs to their bones and into their spine, stealing their movement and bodily functions inch by inch. The unspoken message was clear.Stay in bed. Keep comfortable. This is the beginning of the end.But that's not what happened. They stood. T ...