We are back, another week, another blog. I have been thinking this week about Rheumatology and its place in the hearts and minds of MSK Therapists. While I was thinking about this I found the start of a blog I planned on writing about 2 years ago and it triggered me to write this. I […]
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Welcome back to the blog! In the spirit of new things and fun, this week we have a quiz! I will do a series of these where they will get harder and more interesting. See if we can’t challenge you and get you thinking. This week, “Which Rheumatology Condition Are YOU?” Ha, only kidding, imagine
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Jack March is here for what will be the first of the Rheumatology TakeOvers a regular segment commenting on Rheumatology topics as they relate to the MSK world. Today he discusses delay to diagnosis and asks, what will YOU do about it? Tune in on The PhysioMatters Facebook page on the last Tuesday of the
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AWESOME NEWS. RheumMates is back! The aim is to get to Monthly RheumMates recordings… Polymyalgia Rheumatica is tricky and primarily managed in primary care, Professor Dasgupta is AMAZING, he has led the line on writing PMR guidelines, developing fast track clinics, teaching Rheumatology and just generally being an awesome guy. Follow him on twitter and
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I wanted to do something a little different in this blog which looks back at some different things I have learned in Rheumatology but also what I have learned about messaging and promotion which I hope helps a few people along the way. We have the return of the now recurrent features “legend of the
Rheumatology Reflections 2020 Read More »
I think this is the most common question I have been asked over the last few years since I started to be more vocal about Rheumatology Conditions. I used to answer it as best I could but always ended up rambling off in different directions. In this blog I will endeavour to explain why and
I have been meaning to update this blog for a little while and last blogs legend Claire Paling has nudged me into it. We have the return of the now recurrent features “legend of the blog” and all the way at the end the musical accompaniment. We will cover the blood testing for Rheumatology Conditions,
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Naturally as Polymyalgia Rheumatica had some exposure over social media, Giant Cell Arteritis came to the surface as well. In this blog we will go over the BSR guidance for this condition and hopefully lend some understanding to clinicians who may come across it in clinic. The new recurring features are back too “Legend of
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A new approach this week in a couple of different ways, I am adding two new features, “Legend of the Blog” and if you scroll all the way to the bottom you can listen to the music I was listening to when I wrote this. My Polymyalgia Rheumatica Blog was very popular and I decided
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Thank you to @TaiwanOzPhysio for bringing a paper to my attention which is used as the basis for this blog post (see reference at the end). Clearly recognising rheumatology conditions is of interest to me… This paper is interesting because it literally attempted to test this skill in Physiotherapists, we will talk a little bit
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