From the year 2000, neurologist and pioneer of the development of quadrapolar magnets for pain, Dr Robert Holcomb made many trips to Australia and New Zealand to train health professionals to treat minor aches and pains of daily living and share some of his more remarkable experiences. On one of these trips he made the comment that the best training for the application would come from physiotherapists from Australia and New Zealand. Now some 10 years later, physiotherapist from Auckland, New Zealand Doug Edwards recently travelled to Brisbane to run a workshop and share his experiences.
Doug has been a physiotherapist for 40 years and has seen a lot of fads come and go. You can see some of the published case studies Dr Holcomb carried out such as this one published in Pediatric Neurology. Practically all Dr Holcomb did was apply his quadrapolar magnets and modify medication. However, when combined with a skilled manual therapist who can correct muscle imbalance and movement dysfunction, there may be greater hope for chronic pain sufferers.
Doug Edwards in Brisbane in June, 2011 providing training on Q Magnet therapy.
