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Yeah i see what you mean……the structural model is very limited in that respect. i like the point about recovery being largely an automatic process. but like in the case of Tendon pain, this is mostly a failed recovery/ repair and there are definetly things we can do that we can use to help ‘restart’ or ‘unstick’ this failed healing response, which undoubtedly include MT. but without understanding all of the process involved, we will not complete the rehabilitation.
rather than saying the structural model is defunct, is it not a case of the process approach ‘absorbing’ the structural model into a wider and more holistic model? surely, some MT seek to help facilitate adaptive change as well as alleviation of symptoms and that by helping the patient to relate these changes in symptoms with functional and psychological process we help to repair and recovery?
The power of touch is evident in the lack of satisfaction patients feel when they have ‘hands-off’ therapy. I feel compliance and perception of change, from the patients perspective is always greatly enhanced when some form of manual therapy is combined with advice / exercise etc.