A few years ago I was in Italy with the ski team, and we had just returned from some time off back home. One of my athletes, JP, comes into my hotel room for physio treatment (for his knee - ACL reconstruction) and says “finally, it’s good to have real physio again”. I asked him what he meant by real physio, because he was set up with some very skilled physios back home. He told me he meant a physio that actually spent some time with him, instead of “seeing me for 5 min. and then hooking me up to some machine”.
Combating this unfortunate reputation built by some members of my profession was one of the main reasons I decided to open my clinic and operate the way I do. 30 or 60 minute appointments, hands-on, one-on-one care. In talking to some of my colleagues with similar approaches, with the kind of results we are seeing, we would never dream of returning to that unfortunate “classic” system.
Many clinics will advertise 20 minute appointments as a progression from the old days of treatment, but very few operate on the 30-60 min format like we do.
Harry
