Thanks for your comments,
John

I wrote to you a few months ago about a colleague of mine who has scoliosis, suffers from incessant muscular and joint aches and pains, and was recently advised by a surgeon that she required surgery to remove the rod in her spine and also attend to scar damage on her lower spine. She sought second opinions and was told in the early part of this year that the surgery was not absolutely required and that she must/ought to seek out physical therapy first, adhere to a programme and see what the results were before contemplating an operation once again which would effectively put her career on hold for months and also leave her bed-ridden and physically helpless during the period.
I listened to her quietly and again gently urged her to forget the usual course of physiotherapy and get to an Egoscue Clinic for advice and help, in particular to yours. I shall wait and see what, if anything, she does to alleviate her condition – as you well know, free advice is often disregarded in the face of an expensive but professional consult with an “expert”. I hope that she exerts her considerable intellect to make the right choice.
On another note, may I have your opinion on the “joint mobility” mania that is infecting most exercise programmes? It is apparently like a tsunami in that it is washing over any and every other concept relating to fitness – the mantra is “lube your joints, that’s all you need for maintenance, particularly as you age”. I’ve been involved in martial arts for nearly 30 years and have undergone some fairly rigorous training, but I have never found plain joint mobility regimes to be the only thing required to maintain good body mechanics, especially for the aging practitioner. What’s your take on this rave/rage?

Best wishes,
Bradley Knowles

cheers