Fear of falling affects 40-73% of older adults who've fallen 😰 Creates vicious cycle: fear → activity avoidance → weakness → more falls. Evidence shows Tai Chi, Otago exercises & CBT break the cycle! Free learning: physio-pedia.com/Fear_of_Falling 💪

🚨 New in Nature Medicine: Co-developed intervention with patients & clinicians significantly improved quality of life at 12 months in multimorbidity. ✅ Safe ✅ Effective ✅ Patient-centered 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐https://www.mobilize-project.dk/?lang=en #Multimorbidity #ExerciseTherapy

'Prevention, prevention, prevention is key. Physiotherapy is recommended as an integral part of women’s health, especially with pelvic floor dysfunction.' Sonia Kumar MP highlighted incontinence as 'woefully unsupported' in the House of Commons and the key role of physiotherapy.

Spring and summer is a time when we re-assess our health and wellbeing activities (or lack of them) and to help you with this here is our POWER of #selfcare factsheet to give you some ideas. bit.ly/2tiBs9K @exerciseworks.bsky.social @rhianlast.bsky.social @adewilliams.bsky.social

Derbyshire at its best! Walking for health, in nature. #LathkillDale

We're losing wildlife. Frogs, butterflies, bumblebees, hedgehogs, moths, bats, insects, birds are all declining. But if more of us take positive actions for biodiversity in our gardens, communities, landscapes and towns, we can help nature bounce back. Who's in?

New paper - The Evidence Is Clear, Exercise Is Not Better Than Antidepressants or Therapy: It Is Crucial to Communicate Science Honestly Our new overview of the power of exercise 4 depression, trying to balance misinformation journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal... @exerciseworks.bsky.social

Balloon and lantern releases create litter and #plasticpollution in landscapes and seas that can harm the environment, wildlife and livestock. Celebrate special occasions and loved ones by planting trees, wildflowers, or bee and butterfly gardens instead! Pic via Keep Britain Tidy

We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱

Joe Wicks to help elderly patients get ‘fit for surgery’ with new videos www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele... @The_VANGUARD_EU @GeorgeMetsios @fimo18 @RogerKerry1 @UoNPhysio @astephj1 @WHO_EU @RCSEd @RCSnews @RCPhysicians

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... congrats to Parkinson’s UK on launching its Tech Guide to Parky gadgets -here’s my review

BREAKING Revised Royal College of Physicians of London position on Physician Associates. TL;DR: we shifted them considerably towards a safer position. It’s too little too late but a LOT better than nothing. www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...

This paper is interesting for a few reasons. It shows that mask mandates in healthcare protect patients from infections, and removing mask mandates in healthcare harms patients. A facility without a mask mandate is making a *deliberate choice* known to harm patients. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Also having read @petedyson.bsky.social’s excellent book applying behavioural science to transport - as part of these new apps let’s be really clear what information people want & how this helps them make good travel decisions. Get “it’s not just about journey times” on a poster in DfT please

Great stuff by top actor Brian Cox writing in @theguardian.com - why Scotland should become the world’s first #RewildingNation, with nature recovery across 30% of land and sea. Follow the link in his letter to sign the Rewilding Nation Charter. Please share! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The graphic reality of what the current economic system (capitalism) is doing to our living planet, day in, day out: putting unimaginably diverse ecosystems en masse through a grinder to produce profits, mostly for a few. Caring about nature, but ignoring this, makes zero sense.

❓ What are your thoughts on this? Pls consider completing our rapid survey! 🚲 🚶‍♂️ ⚽️ 🌳 🏘️ 🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/sps/rapid-... Investigator team: Joey Murphy Jo Salmon, Grant Ennis, Andrea Ramirez Varela & Jim Sallis

2024 is the 170th anniversary of the most famous public health story, John Snow and his map of cholera cases in Soho. You’ve likely heard how he heroically traced an epidemic to a single water source: the broad street pump. But that’s not how the story really ended… #histmed #medicalhistory #medsky

This is both sad and infuriating. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.

📖 Just published ! Health at a Glance : Europe 2024 You will find the latest health stats for 38 European countries 🌍, with a special focus on health workforce shortages and the health of Europe’s ageing population. You can download it : www.oecd.org/en/publicati... #HealthUnion #OECD #WHO

Excellent research by @inquisitivegyn.bsky.social highlighting another aspect of gender inequity in medicine www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

New Lancet paper 'The cost of not investing in the first 1000 days'. Cites our Cochrane review on preschool-based feeding programmes in socio-economically deprived settings. FEED STARVING CHILDREN in a timely way. Later (when they're older) may be too late. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪

Around a quarter of people with COPD report living in a home which is cold or damp. This roughly doubles the risk of having frequent exacerbations. bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/9/1/... #WorldCOPDday #LungSky #MedSky

I’ve just shared this with colleagues. It feels as though there is so much we could do to improve people’s health, and it doesn’t all cost a huge amount of money. Thank you for sharing it, @kellieocallaghan.bsky.social! #MedSky #PublicHealth #SocialPrescribing

Today’s early dog walk. Good for body and mind. 🌊🐕😌

We have snow! I know it can be inconvenient and chilly, even if you're wearing a woolly jumper, but every year I love the sense of childish excitement it still brings to even the oldest hearts, and the bright beauty over the hills. If you have snow today, stay safe and stick close to your flock.

I’m in Eyam @PeakDistrict for a guided history walk and I’m in awe of the “snow warden” scheme that’s operated in the local communities: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transport-ro... What a great service for communities who want to walk safely during winter weather!

Hello blue sky friends! Looking forward to sharing and learning about physical activity for health (and probably dogs) over here. 👋🏼

Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.

Local authority dashboard via Health Foundation Explore data for your local authority and neighbourhood www.health.org.uk/evidence-hub...

Wheat farm to native forest in 40 years.

IPPR called for this to be a national priority and I’m very pleased to see the government get behind School Streets and provide new guidance to help get more set up across the country. This is a real boost for children’s safety, independence, health and wellbeing

Today’s announcement will support public health teams’ ongoing efforts to work with partners to make active transport an accessible, affordable option for everyone. It is, as @chrisboardman.bsky.social says, a win-win for everyone. www.gov.uk/government/n...

🛟 🧪 The Hidden Drivers of Europe’s Non-Communicable Diseases: Commercial Interests. The World Health Organization released a report on the impacts of Commercial Interests on Public Health in Europe. Read our summary here: https://buff.ly/3AwG3fK #EpiSky #MedSky #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth

Lung disease and social justice - COPD as a manifestation of structural violence. #WorldCOPDday @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-assemblies.bsky.social www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...

Lung disease and social justice - COPD as a manifestation of structural violence. #WorldCOPDday www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/... @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-assemblies.bsky.social

Walking around Eyam- loving the light, nature and weather but bitter cold! ❄️

IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Keir Starmer, as you head to #COP29, it’s time for the UK to lead with bold action on nature and climate. 🌎 We need urgent financial commitments, support for vulnerable nations, and accountability for polluters. Show the world true climate leadership.

Hi everyone- many thanks for the follows and connections in a safe and healthy space! Our posts will be a bit different here, as we want to connect physical activity with wider issues such as climate, nature and a global community! Hope we can connect and grow great things. ^Ann Gates