It's all hypothesis. Even the textbooks we study in uni maintain that much of what we learn is theory. But this small print is the thing we often forget until we are told in 4th year that everything we learnt in first year was incorrect and to please disregard it all. (mind you some may have failed an exam by simply not "getting " the original theory that was later disproven). I think your last sentence henry was a key so may I reprint it.
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I guess like any other experiment, if the scientific
evidence doesn't support the hypothesis, then you simply change the
hypothesis until somebody else disproves it again."
cheers
richard
<< Dear Kevin,
I agree with you, science is born out of clinical practice. However, too
often today, I believe there is a big gap between researchers and
clinicians. Nevertheless, I think it is important to understand what we are
doing, to ensure Physiotherapists are scientifically based and not just
clinically proven.
AS with Mckenzie, I think his old hypothesis of disc prolapse has been
disproven. If you visit the Mckenzie webpage, his new hypothesis now has
integrated with Mulligan's joint positional fault hypothesis. Please keep in
mind that these are only hypotheses, and it is a starting point for further
scientific research. I guess like any other experiment, if the scientific
evidence doesn't support the hypothesis, then you simply change the
hypothesis until somebody else disproves it again.
Henry***
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