Henry
Ok although I must say I am a bit surprised as we certainly did all this
(apart from only a brief intro to McKenzie) in our undergraduate
curriculum (4 years University of Cape Town South Africa).
My experiences with Australian physios have been that they are well
trained, competent and not constrained to a particular paradigm. I
assumed that most of their knowledge came from the undergrad degree.
dave r
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Tsao [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 16 October 2000 22:48
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: RE: evidence based practice...
>
> David,
>
> You do not learn these at the university level, but pursue this after
> you
> graduate through courses and continual education. The only reason why
> I
> refer to these techniques as radical is because for a graduate who
> went
> through the "Maitland approach," Mulligan and McKenzie offers me a
> different
> way of thinking about the human body, and I could only be saddened
> that
> students are not been taught this. I know a few of my friends who went
>
> through uni who still believe that Maitland is the answer, and wonder
> why
> they don't get the success that so many of us have using a combination
> of
> techniques.
>
> Henry***
>
> >From: David <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
> >To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: RE: evidence based practice...
> >Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:27:17 +0100
> >
> >Henry
> >
> >Although South African trained, I am working in the UK and have
> worked
> >with or been associated with numerous physios from OZ. Almost without
> >exception, they have all used elements of Maitland, Mulligan, soft
> >tissue work akin to Travell and Simons, rehab and very little
> >electrotherapy .
> >
> >Where are they learning these 'radical' techniques if not in
> Australia?
> >
> >dave riddell
> >
> >
> > > From: Henry Tsao [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > > Sent: 16 October 2000 11:43
> > > To: [log in to unmask]
> > > Subject: evidence based practice...
> > >
> > > Recently, since I have joined the mailbase, I have found myself
> > > searching
> > > for research and looking for answers behind what I am actually
> doing.
> > > I have
> > > continued to question my work. From what I know, it seems that
> > > everybody is
> > > interested in evidence based practice.
> > >
> > > However, I was talking to Megan Dalton, who is a well known
> > > physiotherapist
> > > in Australia early last week. She is a very out spoken Physio and
> a
> > > very
> > > interesting physio to talk to (I have seen her talk in 2
> occasions,
> > > and she
> > > just has so much energy!!). She told me that it seemed ridiculous
> that
> > >
> > > Physiotherapy departments in Australia don't teach Mulligan's,
> > > Mckenzie and
> > > other radical techniques, for the pure reason that there is not
> enough
> > >
> > > evidence. However, (and I know that this is true for me) they
> teach so
> > > much
> > > electrotherapy, most of which does not have too much research
> anyway
> > > (due
> > > mostly to the difficulty of these techniques), and this seemed
> very
> > > ironical
> > > to her and to me also.
> > >
> > > Megan perceived the future of physiotherapy to be with little or
> no
> > > electrotherapy (which to me is a very big step), and I just wanted
> to
> > > ask
> > > what people in this mailbase thought about this claim. To let
> people
> > > know,
> > > the electro I use is a Likon, ultrasound, at time the
> interferential
> > > (which
> > > I do not use too often these days), and very rarely the magnetic
> wave.
> > > I
> > > tried to search for research the other day, but obviously was
> limited
> > > in
> > > what I found. any thoughts or ideas??
> > >
> > > Henry***
> > >
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