PT (Physio) - The great debate

[Josephine]

I think you will find a certain moderator advises against it or poo poo's it it at every opportunity without knowing if it would benefit the person or not, hence my post.

If you mean me, then have the honesty to say so. However I am not a only moderator, I am also nurse advisor to BoneSmart forum and, as I said before, my comments and general advice are overseen by the board of directors on BoneSmart. Since they have no problem with it then you don't need to either.

I have however, seen much more intrusive and dangerous advice given on other similar forums by people with no medical background whatsoever. At least this forum does have a medically qualified person in charge.

And as to the disclaimer people in a bad place don't read the small print they grab at what the forum "experts" tell them even if could be the wrong advice hence it needs to be reinforced that they need to see their own GP's/Surgeons especially if asking advice re medication or specific treatment.

I do not purport to be an "expert". What I am is an orthopaedic nurse with many years of experience specifically in hip and knee surgery. It might interest you to know that an awful lot of those physios from whom you would so readily accept advice do not have access to your notes and only work from their own experience base. But you trust them - don't you? Go figure!

With that comment, I am closing this thread as it is going nowhere constructive.