Dear Sherri
Although agreeing with your comments I am a little upset to see the
expression ' what an enlightened oppinion for a male' Reverse this with
female and I'm sure you will feel the same.
Being a 30 something 'enlightened' man I feel like I have spent all my life
watching my language so as not to offend the woman. I am sure if I had said
'that was quite clever for a woman' I would have got letter bombs.
What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
Regards Kevin
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Date: 08 June 1999 04:07
Subject: Re: THERAPY & MILITARISM
>All I can say to that is WOW. What an enlightened opinion from a male.
>(Nothing against males in general). You are quite right about the language
>used, but it doesn't stop at that. It is also the pervading idea that if
>something is wrong with the body in any way, it must be removed, taken out,
>replaced, or whatever can be done to "remove the offending material." What
>about a more preventative message? We used to talk about that in medicine,
>but what happened to that thought pattern and the NEW ERA that HMO's were
>supposed to be bringing us in providing for Preventative care?
> I believe that somehow the thought got lost in the industrialization of
>medicine and the need for more profits by For-Profit institutions. We need
to
>find a way to get that thought back into the American conciousness, and
>Therapy is THE WAY to do it. We are the perfect combination of prevention
and
>instruction that's needed. I think that what our APTA representatives
should
>be doing is to come up with new markets that we can use to prevent injuries
>in industry and prevent disease using the old-fashioned techniques of good
>exercise and body mechanics and ergonomics.
> Just a few examples, Sherri Seidel, PT
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