Alophysio. Just a quick note to say that I totally agree with you regarding people not willing to pay to look after their own body and I often that very same example of paying whatever a mechanics asks for them to fix your car! I am the very same. I would also say that some of it comes from the fact that the mechanic will ask for a one off payement whereas looking after your body may require multiple visits. I know some alternative practioners create a dependancy, and sadly some physios just wack a machine on patients and leave the patient, so I guess patients are warey of that type of practice and therefor would rather not enter into it at all.
J