Self-treatment is infinitely preferable to dependence on care

Self-treatment is infinitely preferable to dependence on care

Every year, I read a series of textbooks written by Robin McKenzie, the iconic New Zealand physical therapist, on a method of assessment and treatment for musculoskeletal pain called Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT). After decades of astute clinical observation, Robin developed MDT and described its principles in these textbooks, principles that are highly effective when properly utilized by both clinician and patient.