日本でのPNF実技の初めての紹介：清水・ミシェル・アイズマン

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When I was a student at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, I studied PNF with Ms. Margaret Knott. She came to our university to teach us her theories and techniques.  Several of us went to Vallejo, California for a clinical affiliation.  When the affiliation was finished, we all studied PNF together at the college.  After graduation, I used PNF on many of my patients where I worked as a physical therapist. In 1969, I came to Kochi, Japan and taught all my students at the Kochi Rehabilitation Gakuen about PNF, in addition to many other techniques.

The students used the PNF techniques for their patients  on their hospital affiliations.  At that time, the therapists had heard the name PNF, but no one knew how to do it and were very interested in it.  The therapists and doctors asked my students what they were doing and where they had learned it. The students told them that I had taught them, and, before I knew it many people were calling me and asking me to come and teach them PNF.  It was quite a surprise, because I did not know that so many people were interested in learning PNFand did not know how to do it.  I was first asked to go to Kobe to teach.  Many, many therapists and doctors came to see and learn.  Dr. Sawamura of the Hyogo Rehabilitation Center was my translator,because I could not speak Japanese at that time.  Dr. Ueda came from  the Tokyo University Hospital to explain all the theories and philosophies.  I also was asked to teach in Okayama and Tokyo.  It was after that PNF became very popular in Japan.

When Mr. Eric Viel came to Japan to teach physical therapy at the Fuchu Rehabilitation School, he was the second person to teach and use PNF in Japan. We had many discussions together about how useful PNF is.  In addition, Mr. Viel and Dr. Nakamura did several research projects on PNF.

All the Fuchu students learned all about PNF from Mr. Viel and me:  for example, Mr. Yanagisawa, Mr. Imai, Mr. Arai, Mr. Yamamoto, etc.  Many therapists have also gone to Vallejo, California to take the courses offered　there on PNF.  Many of the Vallejo therapists have also come to Japan to advance our knowledge.  I have also done some translating for them.  Since that time, I have continued to teach and have done several research studies on PNF, along with several other therapists. We now have the Japanese PNF Academy and are expanding the learnings to as many people as possible.

ロス･アンジェルスの南カリフォルニア大学在籍中，Ms.Margaret.KnottはPNFの理論と技術の指導を行いに我々の大学に来ており，私は生徒の一人として学んだ．PNF受講学生の何人かはCalifornia,Vallejoの彼女の病院に臨床実習に行った．その後，受講生全員がPNFの講義を大学で受講した．卒業後，理学療法士として多くの患者にPNFを施行した．1969年，PNFとその他多くの技術指導のため，高知リハビリテーション学院に私は来日した．

生徒たちはPNF技術を実習病院で施行した．その当時，セラピストはPNFという名は知っていても，誰もどのように行うのかは知らず，非常に学生の技術に興味を持った．セラピストや医師が彼らに何をしているのか，どこで学んだのかを尋ね，私から学んだということを知った．その事実を私が学生から知らされる前に，多くの人々からPNFを指導しに来て欲しいと依頼された．こんなにも多くの人がPNFの習得に関心を持ち，どのようにするのか知らないことを知ったのは大きな驚きであった．私が最初にPNF指導へ出向いたのは神戸であった．たくさんの，本当にたくさんのセラピストや医師が学習に訪れた．当時，私が日本語を話せなかったため兵庫リハビリテーションセンターの澤村誠志医師が通訳を担当し，理論と原理の説明には東京大学病院から上田敏医師が来た．岡山や東京でもまた指導を依頼された．日本でPNFが非常に盛んになり始めた頃だった．

Mr.Eric Vielが府中リハビリテーション学校に理学療法を指導しに来日し，彼は日本でPNFの指導と使用を行った第二の人となった．私たちは有効なPNFとはどういうものか，と多くのディスカッションを行い，Mr.Ericと都立神経研の中村隆一医師はPNFにおけるいくつかのresearch projectを行った．

府中リハビリテーション学校の全生徒が私とMr,Ericの各々からPNFについて学んだ．その中には柳澤(Mr,Eric)、今井(Mr,Eric)、新井、山元などがいた．その後，多くのセラピストがCaliforunia,Vallejoのコースを受講しに行った．Vallejoのセラピストも日本のPNFの知識向上のために日本に訪れている．私は彼らの通訳を行ったことがある．その当時から，PNFにおける研究リサーチや指導も何人かのセラピストとともに続けている．私たちは，日本PNF研究会を結成しており，できる限り多くの人々に対してPNFの学習する機会を広めている．