On 3/4/00, [log in to unmask] wrote:
<< Mel Never stop contributing to our list ! You are a highly intelligent
scallywag. >>
***Thanks awfully, old chap! It's absolutely smashing being here with all of
you!
This little chinwag has suggested something to me. Let us create yet another
one of those endless evaluative tools that litter the erudite corridors of
physical and psychological therapy. Since the McKenzie, Maitland, Bobath,
McConnell, Pavlovian, Harrington and other names already have been attached
to something or other, let us call this the "McNemo Psychotherapeutic Matrix
" or whatever you wish (after "nemo", meaning "nothing").
Now peruse what follows. This 2x2 matrix may be used to categorise any of
the physios or physical therapists in their dealings with one another and
with clients. The two rows and two columns allow us to recognise those who
are "unsympathetic submissive", "unsympathetic dominant", "sympathetic
dominant" or "sympathetic submissive".
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: SUBMISSIVE : DOMINANT :
.....................................:.................................:......
..........................:.
: :
:
UNSYMPATHETIC : :
:
: :
:
......................................:.................................:.....
..........................:.
: :
:
SYMPATHETIC : :
:
: :
:
......................................:..................................:....
..........................:..
TUTORIAL: Without relying on biopsy, Babinsky or palpation tests, use the
above matrix to classify Anna and Barrett. On this basis, suggest what you
would consider to be an appropriate therapeutic protocol to facilitate
effective rehabilitation in each case.
Mel
Dr Mel C Siff
Denver, USA
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