E d i t o r i a l FAREWELL T his w il l be th e last j o u r n a l to be p u b l i s h e d in 1999 a n d thi s will be m y la s t j o u r n a l as th e editor. W h a t is all thi s fuss a b o u t th e 'N e w M i l l e n i u m '? 1 h a v e h e a r d this c o m m e n t m a d e by a n u m b e r o f pe o pl e , and de c id e d to g i v e it s o m e t h o u g h t . M o s t p e o p l e a l i v e to d a y w e r e not y et b o r n at the c h a n g e o f th e last c e n t u r y a n d t h o s e w h o ar e m u s t be r e l a ti v e ly v er y few. S u r e l y it is s p e c i a l to e x p e r i e n c e this e v e n t . In the w o r d s o f W i n s t o n C h u r c h i l l 'w h e n a m a n c a n n o t d is tin g u is h a g r e a t fr o m a s m a ll e v e n t, h e is o f n o u s e ' . Is th i s n o t a t i m e fo r re f l e c t i o n o f th e p ast an d h o p e s an d w i s h e s fo r th e fu t u r e ? T h e g r e a t s t a t e s m a n a l s o s a i d . ‘b e w a r e o f th e ty r a n n y o f th e D a rk G o d d e ss o f c o n tin u a l a c c o m p l i s h m e n t '. W e h a v e a l w a y s r e f e r r e d to this j o u r n a l as 'th e m o u th p ie c e o f th e p r o f e s s i o n '. It m u s t fo l lo w th a t the e d i t o r m u s t be i n v o l v e d , c o m ­ m i tt e d a n d s e n s i t i v e to the s t a tu s o f the p r o f e s s i o n a n d m u s t h a v e a f i n g e r o n th e p u l s e an d i n t e rp re t th e h e a r t b e a t . T h i s s e n s i t i v i t y s h o u l d r e s u lt in i n t e r p r e t i n g th e s i g n s o f th e n e e d fo r n e w inp ut . I b e l i e v e th a t th e o ld g u a r d s h o u l d be a w a r e o f w h e n to s t e p d o w n a n d m a k e w a y for n e w and fresh ideas , e v e n th o u g h this m a y w el l b e at a t i m e w h e n they c o n s i d e r t h e m s e l v e s to be at a p ea k . T h e first S o u t h A f r i c a n J o u r n a l o f P h y s i o t h e r a p y w a s p u b l i s h e d in J u n e 19 29 a n d th e fi rs t e d i t o r w a s M i s s D r u b i n o f C a p e T o w n . T h e j o u r n a l w a s in it i al l y c a ll e d th e J o u r n a l o f M a s s a g e an d M e d i c a l G y m n a s t i c s an d th e n a m e w a s c h a n g e d in 1932 to t h e S o u t h A f r i c a n J o u r n a l o f P h y s i o th e r a p y . T o the be st o f m y k n o w l e d g e th e j o u r n a l has s i n c e t h e n b e e n p u b l i s h e d q u a r t e r l y . O n e o f the a tt r i b u t e s o f a tr u e p ro f e s s i o n is its p u b l i c a t i o n . T h i s j o u r n a l is pe er- r e v i e w e d w h i c h e n h a n c e s its v a l u e and t h e n e x t s t e p m u s t be to h a v e it re f le c t e d in In d e x M e d i c u s . I w o n d e r h o w m a n y o f y o u h a v e n o ti c e d tha t th e q u a l i t y o f t h e p a p e r in t h e la s t j o u r n a l w a s im p r o v e d a nd th a t th e n u m b e r o f p a g e s h a s i n c r e a s e d . T h e r e h a v e b e e n p u b l i ­ c a t i o n s fr o m o r p e n d i n g , fr o m all the t e a c h i n g u n it s an d s u b m i s s i o n s f r o m a v a r i e t y o f p e o p l e w o r k i n g in d if f e r e n t c o m m u n i t i e s . T h e r e ar e a lr e a d y m a n u ­ s c r i p t s in th e b a n k for th e n e x t j o u r n a l , w h i c h is a c r e d i t to the r e a d e r s o f this j o u r n a l , a n d I h o p e tha t m o r e a n d m o r e p e o p l e will w a n t to pu b li sh in o u r jo u rn aJ . I w a n t to t h a n k y o u all fo r g i v i n g m e th e o p p o r t u n i t y to e d i t thi s j o u r n a l and fo r the s u p p o r t a n d e n c o u r a g e m e n t th a t I h a v e re cei ved . I leave w ith only o n e regret a n d th a t is th a t I d i d n o t s u c c e e d in a free a n d f l o w i n g c o m m u n i c a t i o n b e t w e e n r e a d e r s t h r o u g h ‘L e tte r s to th e E d i t o r '. H a v i n g s k e t c h e d th e p i c t u r e o f w h a t I c o n s i d e r the a t t r i b u t e s o f the e d i t o r o f a j o u r n a l to be, I c o n f i d e n t l y h a n d o v e r the re i n s to P r o f e s s o r S i e l ie E a le s . I w is h h e r s u c c e s s a n d g o o d lu ck . It is sai d 'th a t i f y o u w a n t s o m e th in g d o n e , g iv e it to th e b u s ie s t p e r s o n '. — ^ 1 MURIEL G O O D M A N EDITOR REVIEWERS THANK YOU Many thanks and our sincere appreciation to the following people: D. A m o s u n L. F e a r n h e a d H. Isa acs R. B er ns te in G. G ir au d A. K a s ta n o s D. C o h e n B. G o u n d e n A. M a r a i s P. De Witt L. Ha le B. Price S. D e C h a r m o y L. H u n t e r M. Riley K. E r m a n n S. Ir w i n - C u r r u t h e r s A. S te w a rt 2 SA J o u r n a l o f Physiotherapy 1999 V o l 55 N o 4 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. )