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Nico, gotta totally disagree with you about physios, both from personal experience and factual educational material.
In my experience, I was born with dicky ankles and hips, which combined meant that as soon as I started walking i was a disaster. After years of recurring accidents, busted ankles, weeks at a time on crutches and the regular rounds of treatment, we were recommended a good chiropractor who was sure to get me back on track. At a point where I was able to walk INTO the chiro's rooms, I was back on crutches and worse than ever from one session alone. I ended up back at my physio the next day and it took another 3 weeks to get me halfway right again. At the ripe old age of 17 my surgeon put me into hospital and I had my right ankle reconstructed. The first thing my surgeon asked at my first consultation was whether I'd been through physio or chiro, I explained my one session at a chiro and he, funnily enough, was not in the least bit surprised when I told him how it had left me. I'd never visit another chiro again in my life, seeing as my physios have done wonders rehbilitating my ankle to the point where 18months on I can walk, run, jump and basically do everything properly for the first time in my life.
From an educational POV, at uni we've covered the physios vs chiro debate a couple of times and the amount of damage a chiro does in supposedly "repositioning" a limb/joint etc is amazing. In many cases the damage involves chipping bones, weakening joint structures like ligaments and tendons and besically wreaking havoc even if the patient doesn't feel it at the time. Physios, on the other hand, work within the patient's individual boundaries - if the bit in question won't move that way, work with it and gradually work it to where it should be. Physio usually invovles a bit of homework, but if you're committed, which footy players at this level should be, it'll get done.
Even without the personal experiences, if I had to choose after some of the studies done, physios would win hands down every time.
In my experience, I was born with dicky ankles and hips, which combined meant that as soon as I started walking i was a disaster. After years of recurring accidents, busted ankles, weeks at a time on crutches and the regular rounds of treatment, we were recommended a good chiropractor who was sure to get me back on track. At a point where I was able to walk INTO the chiro's rooms, I was back on crutches and worse than ever from one session alone. I ended up back at my physio the next day and it took another 3 weeks to get me halfway right again. At the ripe old age of 17 my surgeon put me into hospital and I had my right ankle reconstructed. The first thing my surgeon asked at my first consultation was whether I'd been through physio or chiro, I explained my one session at a chiro and he, funnily enough, was not in the least bit surprised when I told him how it had left me. I'd never visit another chiro again in my life, seeing as my physios have done wonders rehbilitating my ankle to the point where 18months on I can walk, run, jump and basically do everything properly for the first time in my life.
From an educational POV, at uni we've covered the physios vs chiro debate a couple of times and the amount of damage a chiro does in supposedly "repositioning" a limb/joint etc is amazing. In many cases the damage involves chipping bones, weakening joint structures like ligaments and tendons and besically wreaking havoc even if the patient doesn't feel it at the time. Physios, on the other hand, work within the patient's individual boundaries - if the bit in question won't move that way, work with it and gradually work it to where it should be. Physio usually invovles a bit of homework, but if you're committed, which footy players at this level should be, it'll get done.
Even without the personal experiences, if I had to choose after some of the studies done, physios would win hands down every time.
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