Touch Matters Ep.37: '⁠Modern Way To Teach & Practice Manual Therapy' with Roger Kerry & Ken Young⁠

𝐀𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 – 𝐰𝐡𝐲? 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲!

In this episode of Touch Matters Podcast, part of the Physio Matters group, your hosts Anna Maria Mazzieri and Matt Phillips of Runchatlive.com are joined by special guests Roger Kerry and Kenneth Young, two of the lead authors on the recently published paper "⁠A Modern Way To Teach And Practice Manual Therapy⁠" (free to access, click link to view).
The paper was a collaboration between 16 authors from different professions (one of which was our very own Anna Maria Mazzieri), with other lead authors including Steve Vogel and Vasislis Georgopoulos.

In this episode, you will hear how traditional systems of manual therapy, including physiotherapy, osteopathy, chiropractic, and soft tissue therapy have been built on principles such as clinician-centred assessment, patho-anatomical reasoning, and technique specificity.

It is discussed how although these historical principles are not supported by current evidence, data from clinical trials does support the clinical and cost effectiveness of manual therapy as an intervention for musculoskeletal
conditions, when used as part of a package of care.

In coclusion, it is proposed that a modern evidence-guided framework for the teaching and practice of manual therapy is needed, which avoids reference to and reliance on the outdated principles of traditional manual therapy. Instead, the framework should be based on three fundamental humanistic dimensions common in all aspects of healthcare: safety, comfort, and efficiency, elements that are contextualised by positive communication, a collaborative context, and person-centred care.

𝘼𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙥𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙙𝙚, 𝙨𝙤 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙏𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙪𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙬!