"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."-Calvin Coolidge
Majoring in The Minor
I'm never at a bigger lose for words when I hear other health care professionals( and I use that term against my better wishes) trash each others programs, ideas or articles. It usually happens for one of two reasons
1) It's a difference of opinion for 1% of the problem when they agree on 99% of the issue.
2) One of them is just plain stupid. That occurs more then you would think, regardless of their titles or letters .
Here's an example.
A client comes to me late in 2006. He has medial knee issues which I attributed to over all posterior chain weakness and activation issues with his glute medius. After a few therapy sessions with me, he is fine and goes on his way. Keep in mind this kid trains with another trainer and was only consulting with me.
I recently get an email from this kids mother complaining that in June 2007( remember LATE 2006 TO JUNE 2007, THAT'S A BIG TIME FRAME), her sons knee hurts again because, get this, I was wrong about his hips being weak since his trainer said " he needs to do more squats" and a physical therapist said "popelitus on the back of the knee is tight".
For those that are unaware, the popelitus is a muscle that basically "unlocks" the knee into extension, flexes the knee and performs rotation. So here's what we have
"The knee must be the problem because it hurts". In the real world, I don't give a shit if you're a physical therapist, it doesn't mean jack to me. Like any field, there are some great ones who I love to learn from and those that stoppped learning when they got out of college. But they'll always be able to tell a "trainer" what to do. I've worked and trained with countless PT's who can't tell their elbow from their arse.
Yeah right... We're basically both saying the same thing, his backside is weak. I'm taking a global approach, looking at the body as a whole and checking for dysfunction and they are analyzing the injured area.
I don't get it....
It's like looking at a bunch of leaves and not seeing the forrest they grow from.
"Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race."-Calvin Coolidge
Majoring in The Minor
I'm never at a bigger lose for words when I hear other health care professionals( and I use that term against my better wishes) trash each others programs, ideas or articles. It usually happens for one of two reasons
1) It's a difference of opinion for 1% of the problem when they agree on 99% of the issue.
2) One of them is just plain stupid. That occurs more then you would think, regardless of their titles or letters .
Here's an example.
A client comes to me late in 2006. He has medial knee issues which I attributed to over all posterior chain weakness and activation issues with his glute medius. After a few therapy sessions with me, he is fine and goes on his way. Keep in mind this kid trains with another trainer and was only consulting with me.
I recently get an email from this kids mother complaining that in June 2007( remember LATE 2006 TO JUNE 2007, THAT'S A BIG TIME FRAME), her sons knee hurts again because, get this, I was wrong about his hips being weak since his trainer said " he needs to do more squats" and a physical therapist said "popelitus on the back of the knee is tight".
For those that are unaware, the popelitus is a muscle that basically "unlocks" the knee into extension, flexes the knee and performs rotation. So here's what we have
"The knee must be the problem because it hurts". In the real world, I don't give a shit if you're a physical therapist, it doesn't mean jack to me. Like any field, there are some great ones who I love to learn from and those that stoppped learning when they got out of college. But they'll always be able to tell a "trainer" what to do. I've worked and trained with countless PT's who can't tell their elbow from their arse.
Yeah right... We're basically both saying the same thing, his backside is weak. I'm taking a global approach, looking at the body as a whole and checking for dysfunction and they are analyzing the injured area.
I don't get it....
It's like looking at a bunch of leaves and not seeing the forrest they grow from.