Hi Kevin
Dear Bruce
I really enjoyed your last answer. Few things have made me smile so broadly
in the last month; a great start to the day.
I am glad I can bring some light and happiness into what is otherwise a
dull life. :)
To say you have no strong feelings for MT or electro, you have some pretty
negative language regarding US. 'Money grabbing quacks',
Quacks was a reference to real money grabbing quacks that used electro in
the last two centuries......as I said, go and read the history of electro,
and see if you can see any similarities to the present. If we forget the
past, we repeat it.
and these poor
useless physios holding on to the scientifically dubious, 'money dependent'
technologies, well it sounds to me that you do have a strong feeling on this
one. Two questions.
well Kevin, if you had to apply US 5 times a week for half an hour to get a
result equivalent to the application of RICE, would you?
probably not, cos patients wouldn't part with $150 a week for it....
so you tell me if it is money grabbing or not. remember most of your pro US
papers say that this is the sort of dose required to get a significant
result. and RICE gets a sognificant result.....that is already proven. so
why not use RICE.
and no papers have ever compared US to RICE. so you tell me why you are
using US.
Name a therapy you use that has been scientifically validated.
RICE, heat, active movement......
Yes this is
the nebulous type of phrase which is used on the list all the time as if
some therapies have a great validation and some do not. Physio, EBM and life
are grey and when I referred previously to a childlike attitude (not in
yourself, generally) I meant in the ability to only see things in black and
white. So I look forward to your answer as most of us know, philosophically
it is easier to disprove than prove, hence how these debates rumble on and
on.
yes Kevin, things are grey.....but why smoke and make it worse.....after
all you are suppose to have a scientific background. which presumably
precludes you from espousing aura reading, faith healing, and .....
electromagic....
Second question why is it that you do not rate US because of its lack of
scientific validity, but will not abandone MT until someone proves to you it
doesn't work?. This appears to me to be a major shifting of the goal posts.
as I said, there is no consensus of clinical studies disproving manual
therapy.
I look forward to your response.
So when you reply, tell me why you specifically favour US, when smarter
people than you who have spent more time examining the literature in a
methodical manner state that the evidence suggests it does not work.
why do you feel so compelled to hold onto US?
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