Daily Maestroism

DM #122

Thursday, September 22nd, 2016

DM #122: Manual therapy absolutely has its place, but if all you're doing is poking your patients, massaging this, and arbitrarily “stretching” that, it's very likely going to be time that makes your patients get better, not what you're doing.

When I graduated from PT school, I championed myself as a manual therapist. Mainly because the current healthcare model is so broken that you're lucky to see your physical therapist for more than 10 minutes. I was basically using “manual therapist” and “more time spent with the patient” as synonyms.
Fast forward a few years, and while I absolutely still do manual work, I see the value of my hour-long sessions in that it affords me the time to figure out what's going on, not that it provides me with more time for hands-on work.
There are plenty of resources out there, be it via social media, books, courses, whatever, that will show your patients how to stretch this, smash that, “release” the other thing. While your technique may be “superior”, it will be your ability to determine why they need that technique in the first place that will set you apart.

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