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>Dear Ian & Colette, > >It makes you wonder whether it really matters why it works, just that it >does and thus we should look for what is actually going to help that >individual patient in the best way. Makes you start to question the >current >furore over evidence based practice and RCTs all that. > >Also just a brief thought! > A further brief thought: If a desirable effect is caused by any person in a white coat with suitable attire why should hospitals pay trained staff to do it when a physio assistant could do this just as well at a much cheaper cost. Surely as physiotherapists we should try to stick to treatments that have some physical effect as a reliance on placebo effect will just devalue the service we provide. Cheers 'German' John Willenbruch ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%