They're learning them from New Zealand!!!
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Henry
Although South African trained, I am working in the UK and have
worked
with or been associated with numerous physios from OZ. Almost
without
exception, they have all used elements of Maitland, Mulligan, soft
tissue work akin to Travell and Simons, rehab and very little
electrotherapy .
Where are they learning these 'radical' techniques if not in
Australia?
dave riddell
> From: Henry Tsao [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 16 October 2000 11:43
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: evidence based practice...
>
> Recently, since I have joined the mailbase, I have found myself
> searching
> for research and looking for answers behind what I am actually
doing.
> I have
> continued to question my work. From what I know, it seems that
> everybody is
> interested in evidence based practice.
>
> However, I was talking to Megan Dalton, who is a well known
> physiotherapist
> in Australia early last week. She is a very out spoken Physio and
a
> very
> interesting physio to talk to (I have seen her talk in 2
occasions,
> and she
> just has so much energy!!). She told me that it seemed ridiculous
that
>
> Physiotherapy departments in Australia don't teach Mulligan's,
> Mckenzie and
> other radical techniques, for the pure reason that there is not
enough
>
> evidence. However, (and I know that this is true for me) they teach
so
> much
> electrotherapy, most of which does not have too much research
anyway
> (due
> mostly to the difficulty of these techniques), and this seemed
very
> ironical
> to her and to me also.
>
> Megan perceived the future of physiotherapy to be with little or no
> electrotherapy (which to me is a very big step), and I just wanted
to
> ask
> what people in this mailbase thought about this claim. To let
people
> know,
> the electro I use is a Likon, ultrasound, at time the
interferential
> (which
> I do not use too often these days), and very rarely the magnetic
wave.
> I
> tried to search for research the other day, but obviously was
limited
> in
> what I found. any thoughts or ideas??
>
> Henry***
>
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