Adjunctive Therapy
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ELECTIVE TITLE: Adjunctive Therapies
COURSE CODE: FC0025
ASSIGNMENT CODE: M4b
REFLECTIVE ESSAY
STUDENT NAME: Jure Tusek (211193)
WORDCOUNT: 2492 words
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|1. INTRODUCTION |1 |
|2. ASIGNMENT |3 |
|3. REFLECTIONS |4 |
|3. CONCLUSION |8 |
|REFERENCES and BIBLIOGRAPHY |10 |
1. INTRODUCTION
When we were asked to choose a specific subject that we would like to make a further research and incorporate it with new informations given on the course, I was undecided weather to speak about exercise rehabilitation for lumbar or cervical facet irritation. I began my research on this topic and I found dozens of books and articles that prescribe exercises with emphasis on the restoration or enhancement of spine range of motion. From osteopathic view though, I couldn’t be satisfied with all these material so I made some further research to see what validity do these exercises have, and surprisingly I discovered that not only poor evidence, but as McGill (1998) stated: “a weak link or sometimes even negative outcomes,” result from reviewing these articles. It seems natural to ask myself why is that so? Thinking over and over I came to a conclusion that maybe the negative or poor outcomes are not a result of inappropriate exercises but more likely because they were not designed for the specific cause of the problem – in fact,...
ELECTIVE TITLE: Adjunctive Therapies
COURSE CODE: FC0025
ASSIGNMENT CODE: M4b
REFLECTIVE ESSAY
STUDENT NAME: Jure Tusek (211193)
WORDCOUNT: 2492 words
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|1. INTRODUCTION |1 |
|2. ASIGNMENT |3 |
|3. REFLECTIONS |4 |
|3. CONCLUSION |8 |
|REFERENCES and BIBLIOGRAPHY |10 |
1. INTRODUCTION
When we were asked to choose a specific subject that we would like to make a further research and incorporate it with new informations given on the course, I was undecided weather to speak about exercise rehabilitation for lumbar or cervical facet irritation. I began my research on this topic and I found dozens of books and articles that prescribe exercises with emphasis on the restoration or enhancement of spine range of motion. From osteopathic view though, I couldn’t be satisfied with all these material so I made some further research to see what validity do these exercises have, and surprisingly I discovered that not only poor evidence, but as McGill (1998) stated: “a weak link or sometimes even negative outcomes,” result from reviewing these articles. It seems natural to ask myself why is that so? Thinking over and over I came to a conclusion that maybe the negative or poor outcomes are not a result of inappropriate exercises but more likely because they were not designed for the specific cause of the problem – in fact,...