Madrid physiotherapists alleging misleading advertising in manual therapy courses offered by private schools.

-the College professional physiotherapists of the community of Madrid warning on the risks for health public entails dealt with by the people who attend them, as well as misleading advertising received by concerned citizens

-physiotherapy degree is that legally trained to use the massage in the treatment of injuries and ailments

Madrid, 2011-September the College professional physiotherapists of the community of Madrid expresses his complaint about misleading advertising used in courses not approved therapies such as massage, osteopathy, chiropractic … and other denominations, offered by private training schools and academies.

In this sense, the collegiate institution wants to warn of the risks for health public entails dealt with by people attending them, since that has been offered to people who lack qualified training, as well as the little scientific rigour of the subjects taught by teachers. The degree of physical therapy is that legally trained for this type of therapy in the treatment of injuries and ailments.

The training offer of these courses not approved clearly invades the skills of physiotherapists, to be addressed openly, to all persons with some sort of interest in the same ”, says the College.

For this reason, the representative institution of Madrid physiotherapists said that those who are interested in training in those areas and to legally exercise them in Spain, should pursue College of physical therapy degree/diploma title ”.

According to expresses the College, fictional titles or certificates issued by this kind of private schools not credited, not enabled, and not legitimize professionally to treat sick or injured ”.

In this sense, the professional school of the physiotherapists of the Madrid community has denounced the General direction of consumption in the region at several academies and training centres that advertised this type of course.

Our institution continue to denounce all those cases of misleading advertising aimed at the citizen, by these private educational entities, and will demand to be withdrawn as soon as possible this type of advertising that fool the consumer clearly ”, declared the Secretary General of the school professional of physiotherapists in the community of Madrid, José Santos.

Also gives a message to potential students of this type of training does not regladas, in the sense that such centres advertise that, with their training, they will have a professional solution with great future, but the truth is that, in addition to receiving a questionable rigorous training, the existing legality not allowed treat patientsgiven that this activity is reserved to healthcare professionals recognized in the law of management of health professions ”

also indicates that, before receiving a care for a medical condition or pathology, is necessary to ensure that the person who will respond to one is a health care professional ”. In this regard, consult, of quick and easy ”, the website of the institution, as well as make sure downtown where go to try to comply with all municipal licences and required health.

Professional College of physiotherapists of the community of Madrid