James Cyriax

Dr. James Cyriax, the "Einstein" of orthopaedic medicine, created a solid clinical reasoning and treatment strategy for soft tissue lesions in the musculoskeletal system, which forms now the basis of the ETGOM updated orthopaedic medicine Cyriax courses.

Cyriax, as a highly appreciated therapist, treated all kinds of patients : so-called "common" people and also arabic sjeiks. Once he had to close his practice for some days because he had to fly urgently to India to treat a Maharadja with a back problem. The common or the VIP-private patient both received the same intrinsic quality treatment. In contrast to his hospital practice, there was more room for some "social chatting" in his private practice (32 Wimpole Street, London W1 ; the final years of his career he practised in his private house : 206 Albany Street, Regents Park).

Cyriax published many articles and books in which he clearly describes his views on orthopaedic medicine. The system we know today is the result of a vaste evolution. It is a constant search for validity and scientific expansion of the different elements he described. It is reassuring to know that he described everything he did and saw in his daily practice in his publications ; his work had a high "honesty-level" i.e. he exactly did what he taught other people and vice versa.

Spreading, in a honest way, this basic updated knowledge throughout the world is our mission : the mission of ETGOM - Global Cyriax Institute.

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