Have you ever wondered who or what the patient truly is? In medicine the patient is defined as “a person who is ill or undergoing treatment for a disease.” (Dictionary, 2023) Yet, in my opinion, this definition paints a narrow, one-dimensional portrait of the patient and does not give the right of their intricate existence. We see this in academic literature as well. The patient might be the most taken- for-granted concept of Western medicine and healthcare. Although central to healthcare, the concept of the patient often remains unexamined within medicine and physiotherapy. Despite efforts towards patient- or even person-centred care, the focus often shifts towards models and frameworks ratherthan the patients themselves (Stilwell, 2019).