Hi Stewart. I am a therapist (26 years, old school) with varied experiences
in neurology, rehab, and currently in an educational setting-still treat or
consult on a variety of patients.
To a degree I'm an outsider-not by choice. I have attended many workshops
and the common denominator is that the instructors seem to versed in the
material at hand BUT with an agenda which, at best, can be called self
promotion. All their therapy works, they never fail, their techniques are
perfect-meaning perfect sensory awareness that would turn Weber & von Fry in
their graves, Freudian perception, Jungian analysis and Buber's Synoethics.
All with 2-3 yeas experience in patient care. (In neurotherapy theory drag
their "friends"-patients to demonstrate on; incorporate any new theory to
fit dogma), they read EVERYTHING in the field- and of course they published
anecdotes, at best. They name drop athletes or personalities they treated
(usually young). The promote in their audience the notion that of expertise!
following learning and practicing the materials on NORMAL for a few hours
(some could not palpate the difference between a nickel and a dime.) They
complain about MDs, chiros, massage TX, and anyone else that gets in the
way. When issues of science, methodology etc rears up its ugly head, there
are always explanations/excuses- Well we cannot test this or that; my
teacher said, does. E.G. nuerodynamic tests, the recent MUST: Any double
blind tests with an outcome study?. Craniosacral therapists reject ANY paper
that does support their cause! Spray stretch: read the literature (quite old
1960th) re the amount of cooling it take to decrease spindle activity. I'm
not saying for a second that PT's bases of interventions are only hard
science. there are many variables that enter into a treatment session- but I
have spoken too much. I enjoy the vastness of the PT world and
possibilities. Indeed changing movement and function thru education and
manual therapy are wonderful-its not in the spray.
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Interesting view Joe. Could you expand a little on your comment "the
simplicity is
disturbing." please and give us a little background on yourself. It is
interesting to get an outsiders view of the profession (I assume you are not
a therapist, sorry if I am wrong).
Stewart Harrison
Physiotherapist
UK
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