Page 2 P H Y S I O T H E R A P Y June, 1960 E D I T O R I A L BY the time this issue o f P hysiotherapy is received by members, the Council Meeting, to be held the last weekend o f May, will be over. In a forthcom ing journal proceedings o f this meeting will be reported. Representatives from all branches will gather in Pretoria to discuss the business o f the South African Society o f Physiotherapy and to formulate future policies o f the Society. M any points o f great importance have to be dealt with this year. Each branch will send in their resolutions with instructions to their delegates about the presenta­ tion o f these resolutions, also all branch delegates will be previously instructed by their branches on how to vote on other branches’ resolutions. These delegates will bring with them the ideas and demands o f their respective branches as well as some o f their individual branch problems on which advice is sought. The delegates, on instruction from their Branches will have to vote for a new Central Executive Committee which includes the Office Bearers, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary General Secretary, Honorary General Treasurer, Registrar, Editor, as well as six other members. It is suggested that a ruling be passed whereby only a proportion- o f the existing committee including office bearers will be allow ed to retire at the end o f each term o f office, thus leaving some experienced personnel to lead and advise the new members. In rotation these mmebers will then retire leaving the newer members to step into the positions o f full responsibility and to take over the running o f the Society for a period until they too, hand over to younger members. In this way continuity o f work and policy will be maintained, but new blood and new ideas will always be available. It is hoped, incidentally, that this scheme will take effect too, in Branch Executive Com m ittees to ensure continuity o f work there. In the S.A .S.P. there has been a general re­ luctance on the part o f the younger members to assume any position o f responsibility in the Society, especially with the South African trainees. This is to be deplored because only by support­ ing your Society can you hope to receive any support from it. Surely some o f those who have been trained in the country should now be willing to help build up the Society and to learn som e­ thing about the organisation as a whole and what goes on behind scenes. Criticism is always forth­ com ing, but help is much less readily given. Charity begins at home, and those younger members who have the good o f physiotherapy at heart, should start by attending Branch meetings regularly, and be prepared to serve on the Branch ̂ Executive Council in time, and finally, after perhaps being elected delegate to a Council meeting, be prepared to serve on the Central Executive Committee. We all look forward to a year o f successful negotiating and advancement and will surely wish the incom ing Committee— G ood Luck. C o n t e n t s U N I C E F h e lp s R e h a b ilita te P h y s ic a lly H a n d ic a p p e d C h ild re n ......................................................................................... 3 W o r ld C o n fe d e ra tio n o f P h y s ic a l T h e ra p y ....................... 5 B a la n c e — D r . A n n ie T h e ro n ................................................... 6/ T r e a tm e n t N o te s ............................................................. .... 8 G e n e r a l ......................................................................................... 9 B ra n c h N e w s ................................................................................ 11 B o o k R e v ie w ................................................................................ 12 S tu d e n ts ’ C o lu m n ...................................................................... 13 L e t te r s to th e E d ito r ............................................................. 14 P r e p a r a ti o n s a n d A p p lia n c e s ................................................... 16 V a c a n c ie s ............................................... ......................................... 18 A p p ro v ed M e d ic a l A id S o c ie tie s .......................................... 19 R ep ro du ce d by S ab in et G at ew ay u nd er li ce nc e gr an te d by th e P ub lis he r (d at ed 2 01 3. )