John Iams Garbage

Perhaps I have had my head in the sand and not been in touch with the rise of today's generation of John Barnes and Barrett Dorko - welcome John Iams. I received the attached marketing gimmick in the mail today and was quickly reminded about some of the real problems that remain in our profession, at least in my opinion. At least in my opinion, in 6 pages of marketing non-sense, he details his discovery for the cure of pain! This guy must be extraordinary! He did it without an ounce of published data! If what he is saying is true, we should give him the Nobel Prize in medicine now. Perhaps he even deserves the Nobel Peace prize as well, because you have to think that world peace shold break out all over if our pain problems go away.

This is America - he is welcome to do whatever he wishes. I just wish he would call himself something other than a physical therapist - perhaps 'miracle worker' or 'cure-it-all' would be a more appropriate professional designation. I imagine there is a fringe in our profession just salivating at the opportunity to learn about his 'holy grail' find - he even uses these words! To top it off, he compares himself to Einstein, saying "For the last 40 years, I've been up till 3, 4, or 5 in the morning doing research - sometimes I'd even kiss my wife hello when she woke up to make my 3 boys their breakfast." He reports spending over 4,000 hours to 'break the code on pain'.

This is a farce in my opinion, representing the worst of our profession. Research? What research is he referring to? A quick search on Pubmed came up empty when looking for evidence to support PRRT. It's also disappointing that he indirectly leans on the credibility of reputable institutions in our profession like the physical therapy program at USC and the Orthopaedic Section to support his claims.

John Childs

Download JohnIamsCrap.pdf

Comments

[Jason Silvernail]

Holy cow.
Does the president of the Pain Managment SIG from the Ortho section know his name is on this stuff??

J

[Peter Wahl]

To the clown who posted the comments about "John Iams Garbage"

I have known John Iams for over twenty years and myself and members of my family have been treated by him and I have referred many of my physical therapy friends and customers to his course work. I would recommend John's work to anyone without any reservations. I'm an informed consumer of pt services, past provider of PT continuing education services and pt equipment supplier and have recommended John's course(s) to many PT friends and customers. Suggest that the clown who wrote the material about "John Iams Garbage" pick up the phone and call John at 858-676-1001. He might learn something---for a change.

Peter Wahl

[Brenden]

PRRT has been on several news channels. Here are a few of the segments:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QXaU8rb6I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YbKe9TTofk

And here is a video of John Iams treating patients on stage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk-4SSzGhBc

[Alex]

Please look at The PRRT website before posting stuff like this: http://www.ThePRRT.com

[Sean]

What feedback did the PPS get from PT's regarding his booth in 2005?

[Rob H]

To the uninformed, uneducated, basher of John Iams and his technique. You really need to get a clue. John Iams has helped hundreds if not thousands of patients. His technique is so successful this is why he lives in a multi million dollar home and drive the best automobiles money can buy. What's in your wallet - loser!

[SelenaHorner]

Success through placebo. Until there is published research supporting the method and outcomes, all he's got is a great story that those in pain believe and placebo.

[John M]

doesn't this idiot that wrote this segment realize that acupuncture has been around for 5000 years and we still don't know why it works, But it doesn't mean we don't do it. Egos, egos, egos

[Mitch M]

@SelenaHorner, just because a practice is old and built on superstition, doesn't mean that it makes a lick of sense or has any basis in reality. Looking at the PRRT site, the "Articles" section is full of anecdotal reports and no linking to PubMed or JAMA. I'd be highly skeptical if the best a practitioner can come up with is the San Diego Union-Tribune and Power Athletes Magazine.

Actually, I'll do you one better. Read the actual case "study"... go down to line 31. What a gem:

"The mechanism of action behind this technique is yet to be understood, nevertheless, there are several theories as
to how it could work that are currently being seen in other techniques throughout healthcare."

There you have it, folks. Iams himself admits he doesn't know what he's doing.

[John]

PRRT may help some people some of the time, but it is not the great therapy it is promoted to be. Over 1000 people have taken The PRRT home study course yet only 150 have made it to the advanced class. WOW those are really good numbers 15%. That tells you it is not that great therapy Iams thinks it is. Classes are ridiculously over priced $2000-$3000 and if they do not agree with your opinion they delete you from the practitioner list and have shut down the yahoo group. Talk about a crappy energy matrix with these folks. Iams secretary Craig has alienated lots of folks with his immature attitude and ballooned ego. Save your money and study Total Motion Release. Tom Delonzo Baker is a great guy and will go out of his way to help you.

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