Advice Backpain

[Vladamir]

Fair point, was only thinking in the context of musculoskeletal problems; in which case all are pretty much on equal footing

 

[cHodAX]

As a Physio I can do the exact same treatment as a chiro or an osteo, just as it works in reverse, and we all work from the same evidence base, so I'm not really sure how a Physio treating is much different to another rehab professional? Bar the philosophy on which its based.

Take a PT/Chiro/Osteo of 20 years experience each, I can say with pretty much certainty they will all use the same methodology just in a slightly different manner.

Yes but you have some formal medical training and many of them don't from what I can gather?

 

[Vladamir]

Medical training as in what? Physio training is a bit more holistic in that we have to treat patients in various clinical areas (musculoskeletal, neurological, respiratory, elderly) so our training is a bit more generally 'rounded', whereas I would anticipate the musculoskeletal training Osteo's & Chiro's have to be more in depth as they have far more time to cover it at uni.

TBH take a Chiro/Osteo and a Physio straight out of uni for a back problem, most of the time I would put my money on the former 2 being more adept in their reasoning, handling and treatment purely because they can focus on such stuff far more than I could when training.

 

[rynnor]

Osteopaths are the more medical science based end - Chiropracters are the 'Alternative/ Complementary Therapy' end.

From Wikipedia "Traditional chiropractic assumes that a vertebral subluxation interferes with the body's innate intelligence,[5] a vitalistic notion ridiculed by the scientific and healthcare communities"

Apparently Chiropracter's have opposed Vaccination in the past - personally I wouldnt touch them with a barge pole.

Lets not also forget the dreadful libel case - http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/apr/15/simon-singh-libel-case-dropped