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Originally Posted by John Izzo
For instance, I recently had to get my knee checked out by an ortho and as I "shopped" around, I came across one doctor (by referral by others) that he had performed 5000 knee athroscopies, and 1000 knee replacements since he has been in practice. NUmbers don't lie in my book--and for someone who has been in practice that long and be able to achieve such a number of procedures, must be good; or else the guy would not be in business anymore. Right?
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John, I understand the sense of security we get from something as concrete as a number, but I read an article, can't remember where, about doctors being a bit quick to perform knee surgeries. And before that was the accusation that doctors are too quick to perform caesarians.
For me, a number that doesn't really lie is: I have ten fingers, two eyes, etc. These are evident by my ability to verify the truth, self evident in this case as they are a apart of me as is my thoughts. Anything else, needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
Getting to your question...Am I allowed to interview the trainers? Get referrals and testimonies from past and/or present clients?