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truthseeker -> Re: Gary Gray Videos (March 14, 2006 3:14:00 AM)
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My first inclination to your response SJ is to be sarcastic again but I will not. If, as you say, none of the material was thought provoking and entirely redundant to your previous education, I am sure you will agree that you are not the norm. Many PTs do NOT think this way i.e. functional, multiple planes, outside the box etc . . . and attending one of Gary's courses may open their eyes. A lot of what we are taught in school is cookbook. Diagnosis is A we do B. As you know, most people don't live in a cookbook, thus the need for trained professional physical therapists as problem solvers, diagnosticians, and rehab experts.
I hope you haven't discouraged anyone from attending at least one of his courses because of your apparent disdain for the material presented, and the manner in which you characterize the presenter as simply recycling old information. How many times have you had to try a different way when explaining to a patient what impingement syndrome is? Gary succeeds in explaining a complex system in an understandable way. I disagree with your assertion that just because we had anatomy and kinesiology we actually understand how it works. I was never, for example, taught that the soleus is important in regaining knee extension. It does, as I am sure you know since none of the material was new to you. For those whose eyebrows went up at that statement, the soleus participates in extending the knee in late stance phase by influencing the tibia to slow down and allow the femur to move ahead. The foot is relatively fixed on the ground so the tibia moves posteriorly when the soleus contracts. If you have a TKA or ACL patient with loss of extension, one thing you can try is posterior lunges or backward walking.
I agree the tapes are a bit slow but I think that might be because I have been to several courses and he emphasizes the basic in the tapes.
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