The contrast between the career paths of Mueller & Trump is a reflection of the health of American politics Mueller: 'this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him' Trump: 'Im glad he's dead' Considered🤔 Vs Loud🤬 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hindsight is a bugger....

Latest blog post Spondylolisthesis: It’s Not as Scary as You’ve Been Told retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/s...

Whatever your views on Watson...his work (with Crick) changed the world. I'm torn between celebrating the scientific progress and his personal views on race. BBC News - DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97 www.bbc.com/news/article...

Neurological examination for cervical radiculopathy: a scoping review bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Components of the neurological examination for cervical radiculopathy have high specificity but low sensitivity.

Some good news. London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces. The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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Unlocking Effective Pain Self Management via the Pain Toolkit Academy Register here paintoolkit.thinkific.com #InspireSelfMgt

I think this is still one of the best things I have written. 26 years on and we are still ignoring the message. Empower the patient. www.jospt.org/doi/pdf/10.2...

If the US chooses to have a very nutty fruitcake as a Health Secretary, well.. that's their right as a (pseudo)democracy. The rest of us should be able to get on with proper scientific work without unjustified interference or coercion from that fruitcake however.... www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Searching for the impossible... A good source of football transfer news....that DOESN'T post misleading click bait headlines. Like this trap:

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39907987/ QST and descriptors differ between cervical somatic and cervical radicular arm pain

So this year the Argentina rugby team have beaten New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, and the UK and Irish Lions. But not England.

Curious about trust in trials? FREE webinar: 21 July, 3pm UK, exploring what makes research trustworthy. Hosted by @iasp.bsky.social PRF & supported by the @jclinepi.bsky.social 👥 Speakers are leading trust and integrity researchers and journal editors. 💬 Plus live Q&A! shorturl.at/FEeMz

🚨🚨 #brexit anniversary: Office of Budget Responsibility predictions of £ 40 bn hit to public finances has proven correct according to research by top economist @johnspringford.bsky.social . www.thetimes.com/article/346e...

Other folks are pattern matching this already, which is why they feel Bluesky has the juice. I think this so strongly that I'm betting a chunk of my future on it by working on @graze.social. If correct, this is the best shot we've had in 20 years to rework the social internet. Let's take it, IMO.

The smallest worthwhile effect of surgery versus non-surgical treatments for sciatica: a benefit-harm trade-off study www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I flip-flopped on sitting and #backpain: I'd long thought sitting was a risk for it. Science changed my tune. But I missed an important study! Which backs my ORIGINAL bias…more strongly. Ruh roh! Flop-flip? PainScience.com/blog/does-sitting-cause-back-pain-flipping-and-flopping-over-the-years.html

In September I raised a concern to the Cureas journal regarding a potentially bogus paper. It has just been retracted. www.cureus.com/articles/232... @adamdobson123.bsky.social

Prehhab exercise for surgery lowers complications and improves outcomes... ..the addition of nutritional advice also helps... ....but not psychological or CBT interventions

Environmental Physiotherapy: A transformative ecological movement toward planetary health. Our presentation at CSP conference 2024 youtu.be/_AcxVEGTIWY?si… @sanjamaretic.bsky.social @adambjerre.bsky.social @eivinden.bsky.social @msk-pain.bsky.social @jamesholroyd.bsky.social

Thank you to ALL the Health Care Workers who are working over the Christmas Period. Thank you for all you do and your shift is smooth and hassle free #SelfmgtLIVING-Works

Evidence or Marketing? Check out our comment (no letter to the editor option for JAMA Network Open) about this problematic industry funded review of spinal cord stimulation. With @mcferraro.bsky.social and @adriantraeger jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Do more for less? We are! Some great work across the network. Seeing more patients year-on-year. #severnspine24

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In discussing strategic leadership with a CEO of a VERY large company (a great guy), he said: "I believe that eight out of ten people who leave their job do so because of their leader. But two out of ten stay in spite of their leader." No research shows this, but it's likely accurate.

This poll about another EU referendum isn't going quite the way the Daily Express thought at the moment.

Not sure if Elon is throttling me so I’m posting both this post and the same post on the other platform as an experiment. Let me know if you see this!

A new “old man shouting at clouds” tweetorial inspired by listening to a webinar last week which had the wrong information and assumptive reasoning regarding “Spondylolisthesis”. I propose people don’t know what they don’t know and spondylolisthesis is a good example. Strap in...

Our first post on 🦋☁️ is both a greeting to everyone here & a reminder to follow us on all other social media platforms. Aaand stay tuned for our website coming soon! Welcome to our Network, if you’re looking for an inclusive network of early-/mid- health qualitative researchers, we are here for you!

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Here is my comprehensive thread on natural resolution of lumbar disc herniations, prolapses and extrusions. Incudes a section on cervical discs too. Enjoy.

The general public as well as physiotherapists evaluate spinal flexion as dangerous regardless of their own low back pain history pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39536518/

This is a neuron I embroidered on a skirt

My top 10 clinical tips are simple. 1. Gain trust via listening. 2. First seek to understand, then to be understood. 3. Provide solutions to their problems not more problems. 4. Provide an optimum environment for recovery. 5. Promote self management. 6-10 repeat 1-5 😊

Short🧵 for newcomers. ⭐️ No algorithm here! ⭐️Activity is feed, followers and hashtag based. ⭐️Search for feeds that interest you and pin them. ⭐️Learn the feeds’ hashtags and try to incorporate them naturally in your texts to save words. ⭐️Reposts are the most important thing for visibility.

Hello. Andy Zaltzman here. Bringing cricket stats and assorted hogwash to BlueSky. The Bugle podcast also has an account - @thebugle.bsky.social. Will see how things go on here, at least until it's taken over by an patently-fictitious gazillionaire.

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Why is my feed suddenly full of anti-vaxx posts? Ive never shown an interest in this. Never clicked on any bait links. Or shopped at Temu for that matter. So much noise to wade through.

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Communicating 'Risk' A 🧵... Effectively communicating risks and probabilities with patients is essential for informed consent, advice on prognosis, and involving patients in decision-making about their care. This can be difficult... What is explained is not always what is understood...

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