u/physiotherrorist

I don't get it.

The UK has far less registered physios per capita (1 per 1100) than e.g. the Netherlands (1 per 550), Germany (1 per 430), France (1 per 650) or Switzerland (1 per 600). Physios in these countries make a decent living.

Switzerland is very much in need of more physios and has accepted more foreign physios than ever the last few years. Germany has more than enough jobs, so has France.

So what went wrong in the UK?

In most European countries, manual therapy is defined as passive movement of joints and their related structures. There are different concepts: Maitland, Kaltenborn, Cyriax, osteopathy, chiropraxie to name only a few.

There exist different and often controversial theories about the neurophysiological and biomechanics background but basically most concepts use the same techniques. Everybody does the same lumbar rotation in SL and what some call a "screw" of the Tx spine others call a rotational pa. Same thing.

Manual therapy (in Europe) normally does not include all the different soft tissue massage techniques, that's just a massage.

Other countries include massage in their definition, which is confusing.

What is the first thing that comes to mind when someone talks about manual therapy? Passive joint movement or massage?

Please state your location.