Why is it that when physical therapists use unproven methods it is not called alternative medicine?

Question by The Professor on "Alternative Medicine":

I mean the physical therapy department at the hospital uses therapeutic ultrasound and electrical stimulation regularly and they are not called alternative medicine but there is not proff documented that they really work. So what makes them not alternative medicine if they are not scientifically proven?

Best Answer:

Answer by Artis Ninja
maybe because they are theory-laden (there are reasons to believe they should work... most alternative medicine is just scam artists trying to make a buck)

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