Dear Barrett
Well said and Stewart chill. Go to your philosophy books and ask is it
possible to prove anything. If you can not find the evidence, have you
looked hard enough, in the right places, are your research skills up to date
and are you accepting other peoples paradyms of good evidence/practice.
A little self doubt is good for practice too much is obstructive. Try and
remember why it is you wanted to be a physio and realise a 100% record would
put you in the religious not medical profession. The desire to help others
is the nobliest of all, what other profession did you have in mind, a trafic
warden or tax officer. Physio like life is shades of grey.
Warm Regards Kevin Reese PT UK
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From: Barrett Dorko <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: 18 August 2000 17:45
Subject: Re: Despondency and Despair
> At 11:28 AM 8/18/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >I have pondered the cause of my anxiety over this issue and think the
> >unexpected behaviour of human beings is only part of the problem. I find
the
> >whole "backward engineering" of the human body a particularly frustrating
> >exercise.
>
> Stewart,
>
> I can appreciate your frustration but feel it might be eased if you soften
> your vision of the body as something totally amenable to any concept of
> "engineering." Although the principles of orthopedic biomechanics are
often
> satisfactorily described from a mathematical standpoint, very often we
have
> to use a far more subjective and qualitative analysis in order to express
> the situation we are asked to resolve. I'm sure you know what I mean.
>
> There is also what I consider a specific "conceit" in orthopedics that I
> have often seen that is not helpful. It is that we can (or should be able
> to) figure out exactly what's wrong before proceeding with care. Neither
> neurology or internal medicine thinks this way, and the care they provide
> is thus far more creative, pliable and individualized than seen in many
> ortho diagnoses that deserve the same.
>
> I' began by looking for virtues, and then move on to deficits. (See "The
> Pollyanna Doctrine" on my web site) Often when I encourage the expression
> of the former, the latter disappear.
>
> I hope you're starting to feel better. I certainly understand what it's
> like, and I land there occasionally myself.
>
>
> Barrett L. Dorko, P.T.
> "The Clinician's Manual" <http://barrettdorko.com>
> Also at <http://rehabedge.com>
> And <http://prorehabonline.com>
> And <http://physicaltherapist.com>
> And <http://rehabmax.com>
>
>
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