Let us see if we can envisage this endless debate between physical therapists
and chiropractors being finally resolved at some distant time. A fairly
objective scientist or medic comes along and proposes that an entirely new,
but integrated profession be set up, called, for argument's sake, Scientific
Therapy (ST).
He assembles a group of interested PTs, chiros, osteopaths and Athletic
Trainers and decides to draw up a full motivation which eventually succeeds
in meeting all national educational and legislative requirements. A unique
ST college is set up and it attracts more and more students, because it
offers the best of PT, chiro, osteopathy, AT, etc, plus even a broader
components drawn from alternative and medical fields.
Eventually the numbers of students entering PT, chiros, ATs etc dwindle and a
single, unified profession, like Medicine, emerges (with various sub
specialisations to cater for the full spectrum of physical disorders). The
medical profession and insurance companies prefer dealing with this one more
uniform profession.
End result - few PTs, chiros, osteos, ATs etc - just one far more harmonious
overall profession.
Yes, I know that sounds like dreamland and that many vested interests exist,
but it would make some very good medical and commercial sense to have someone
start such a profession. Has this ever been tried with any really sustained
determination?
Dr Mel C Siff
Denver, USA
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