So, how do you feel about torturing your patients?

During a particularly painful session with my PT, I asked him how he felt about inflicting pain on his patients. His answer was the perfect response to argue my use of aversive tools in dog training.

“So,” I began, wincing, as my physical therapist slowly smoothed his forearms containing the entire weight of his body across my IT band, “how do you feel about torturing your patients?” 

“Well,” he began, as he held steady over a particularly painful spot, “there’s a difference between hurt and harm.” 

“Tell me more,” I said, through clenched teeth, resi…