‘The disappearance of physical technique has led to a fundamental change in the profession of physiotherapy, and a generation of physiotherapists who are barely proficient in physical technique. Where the physiotherapist was once seen as a practitioner with a broad arsenal of physical interventions, today’s physiotherapist has once again become a ‘remedial gymnast’ — albeit with a current body of knowledge and skills relating to movement. With the disappearance of physical technique, a great deal of fundamental and specific (patho-)physiological tissue knowledge has been lost, meaning that certain physiotherapy indications may currently be treated sub-optimally’ Link
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