Chiro Vs Physio

[ophqui]

its all about the evidence base. The BCA was really against giving a list of evidence at all to prove the effect of chiro, and when it did the evidence was really shoddy. Since our entire profession is founded on disregarding treatments that dont work or have no evidence, how could we, in good conscience, recommend a patient to go to a chiropractor?

I certainly dont hold the profession in low esteem personally. I've seen a fair few patients (for other, unrelated problems) who swear by a chiropractor for back pain etc, i'd never say 'oh you shouldnt do that, chiropractors are rubbish,' but if physio was to see the profession as an equal, there would have to be a pretty strong body of evidence to support it, and more of an open attitude to evidence in general. Maybe it exists and im just ignorant of where to find it, or biased against it though, being a physio.

[beckyw]

thanks for that.
the Bromfort report is now our standard for research. We treat low back pain, acute and chronic, neck pain, knee, extremity pain, lateral epicondylitis, frozen shoulder, plantar fasciitis, migraines, headaches. We also treat a lot more and well. It's not that there isn't any research becuase we treat it all day everyday and the BCA definatley has never been sketchy about finding us research, its always been there. I also think there is a big misconception that we manipulate everyone, well we don't, it's not suitable for everyone, rehab, dry needling, STW, US all sorts. We are trained in all of it. I just wish we could get this through to everyone

[mulberry]

there is some great research on why patients visit chiropractors or physiotherapists.
the crux of it was that physio were more likely to have patients visit them when the condition was more serious in nature and medically orientated while patients who preferred more holistic contemporary approaches preferred chiropractors.

the numbers games shows that physio and chiro numbers are very competitive

i think both codes sell themselves short too much

its not about what code you belong it is the patients needs that are most important

[beckyw]

I absolutley agree that pts are the most important factor in all of this and its not about numbers. My clinic is in an area that, for some reason is suurounded by physios that do not like us and openly tell their patients to not come to us. One even told a pt it was ILLEGAL to see us both at the same time even though he was seeing me first he had to go to them.

I think chiros and physios have very different roles. We both see acute and chronic cases and from medical to non-medical conditions.

I just wish we could work together, accept that we treat different conditions in different ways and get along