I am not an apologist, and never would be. I am mearly trying to understand the differences. I do not have a plan for all pts. Each plan is individual. Some want "fixing" and will return when they need "fixing again", others want to have regular treatment and I am not the only chiropractor to do this. I give them self regulating rehab and exercise, nutritional advice and other help.

I have found some of the comments on here quite inflammatory, not your posts but generally on this forum and I find it deeply unproffesional.

I also don't see the problem with having passive reliance on a practitioner, whoever it may be. If you know there is someone who can treat you, however that may be becuase you can't treat yourself then i see no issue. I wouldn't buy a car and never take it for a service or have anything fixed!!

I do encourage regular treatment, manipulation / massage / dry needling / exercise because I know it works! but regular might mean every 4 months, as you would go to the dentist.

As for what I believe about physios - I think they have their role as do every practitioner but the local hospital here, promotes quite an agressive stance on our profession. I think there is a misconception as to what we do. We don't manipulate everyone, if they need different treatmnet and I can offer it then that's what I will do. I have also heard from my patients that care they have had is quite hands off, to leave someone in traction with a heat pack on to me is perhaps not what they need. I'm not saying that this is waht all physios do but that is what they are like round by me and I just wanted to know if there was a general consensus amongst the physio community about what we do. A lot of people have misconceptions about our training and unless people have done the course I think commenting in that is wrong. I know its taken me 5 years to learn how to manipulate and I don't think it should be carried out as a post-grad course. This isn't all about you btw, its just a general rant to whoever wants to join in.
Additional Comment I forgot:
UK chiros have to go through 12 months of treating the public. we then have a year of working for someone under yet more guidance. Not friends and family, genuine paying patients (that we don't get paid for) practising on our friends would do us no good at all!! Yes, we are taught by chiropractors but we are also taught by pharmacologists, neuroscientists, radiographers. Perhaps you should look into it a bit more
Additional Comment I forgot:
also, a 5 year degree of pathology, dermatology, radiology and neuroscience makes us better diagnosticians than most. In fact a recent piece of research has shown that chiropractic STUDENTS know more than fully qualified medics!