David and others,
I was told by my boss and a few other physiotherapists who went through the
course about 10-15 years ago, and they told me that they learn everything
from Maitland, Mckenzie, Mulligans, something else called Feldenkrais (which
I have never heard of). But I guess with the emphasis on evidence based, it
is not surprising to see these techniques cut out of the curriculum.
Henry***
>From: David <[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 07:57:06 +0100
>
> Henry
>
>Ok although I must say I am a bit surprised as we certainly did all this
>(apart from only a brief intro to McKenzie) in our undergraduate
>curriculum (4 years University of Cape Town South Africa).
>
>My experiences with Australian physios have been that they are well
>trained, competent and not constrained to a particular paradigm. I
>assumed that most of their knowledge came from the undergrad degree.
>
>dave r
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Henry Tsao [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: 16 October 2000 22:48
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: RE: evidence based practice...
> >
> > David,
> >
> > You do not learn these at the university level, but pursue this after
> > you
> > graduate through courses and continual education. The only reason why
> > I
> > refer to these techniques as radical is because for a graduate who
> > went
> > through the "Maitland approach," Mulligan and McKenzie offers me a
> > different
> > way of thinking about the human body, and I could only be saddened
> > that
> > students are not been taught this. I know a few of my friends who went
> >
> > through uni who still believe that Maitland is the answer, and wonder
> > why
> > they don't get the success that so many of us have using a combination
> > of
> > techniques.
> >
> > Henry***
> >
> > >From: David <[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: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:27:17 +0100
> > >
> > >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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