At UQ and Uni of Sydney, you do not get taught these in any post-graduate
courses - you can learn manip, sports, paeds... but no mulligans, no
Mckenzie!!
Henry***
>From: "Head, Heather" <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: evidence based practice...
>Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2000 09:49:51 +0800
>
>There are many of these courses run throughout Australia for
>post-graduates.
>Heather Head.
>
> > ----------
> > From: Wayne Hing[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Reply To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 17 October 2000 9:03
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: RE: evidence based practice...
> >
> > They're learning them from New Zealand!!!
> >
> > >>> [log in to unmask] 10/17/00 12:27 >>>
> > 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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