16/11/2025
Instagram please start policing these so called professionals or I will be forced to keep taking the mick out of them for the sake of public safety.
Today started with me deep in the evidence on sciatica and radiculopathy. Proper research. Proper clinical reasoning. Then I opened Instagram and everything went downhill.
One scroll and I am watching someone treat the same issue with a hot iron bar straight from a fire. The embarrassment hit. Laptop shut. I lay on the physio bed wondering why I bother when this is what gets attention.
I cover this topic with humour in the video but it is important to highlight the serious side. Anyone claiming to be a doctor and scolding clients with a hot iron bar is not providing healthcare. There is no evidence for it, no clinical reasoning behind it and it puts people at risk of real harm. Sciatica needs calm, education, movement and strength. Not burns.
We must stop letting dramatic clips convince people that pain needs extreme fixes. People deserve safe and effective care based on evidence, not dangerous entertainment.