47 year old policeman, with severe back pain. Police surgeon advised an operation for “slipped disc”, which of course does not exist. Patient asked if the operation would guarantee to restore the pain free state and was told NO!! Needless to say he refused the op and went on to find FMM-

The spinal examination revealed massive contracture—at least a 9 out of 10!!—in the lumbar erector spinae—with nothing else wrong , in an otherwise perfect spine. I asked if he had ever had an accident and he said no—but he used to lift heavy weights. The findings were consistent with lifting of heavy objects over a long period. Deep tissue work into the erector spinae produced the pain free state with 4 sessions and he performs stretches daily to continue the work.

The above serve to demonstrate the poor diagnostic ability of those in and out of the NHS. The primary problem is that there is no formal training in how to conduct a thorough examination and then conclude what is actually wrong—there is a huge reliance upon the site of the symptoms—witness the 14 year old girl had expensive gland tests because she was putting her hand on her liver even though this is obviously in the realm of referred pain from the spinea phenomenon mapped thoroughly by Western medics and , today, almost totally ignored by those in the system which mapped it!

Extraordinary!!