Intro This blog marks the beginning of a concept for me as I look to expand on previous bits of work I have completed. For example I wrote an article for PhysioFirst which you can read in full here. It has topped 9000 downloads at the time of writing this blog and I am immensely […]
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Intro Pregnancy is branching away from my usual topics of blogs and reading but here is something else I get asked about with reasonable regularity. Remember that the inflammatory arthropathies commonly onset in the younger years of adult life, when people are working and wish to start having families. Previously when asked about this my
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Ok so this one is a bit of a cheat. If you dont follow Paul Kirwan on twitter then head over there now and do that. Paul came up with the following memory aid to help remember the extra-articular features of Spondyloarthropathies and to be honest, it is awesome. PLEASE REMEMBER – THIS BLOG IS
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Intro Hypermobility is common in Physio clinics the world over, over a series of blogs I hope to convey my current understanding of the factors at play with regards to diagnosis and management of these individuals. I would like to take this opportunity to say this is MY synthesis of available evidence and experience of
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Intro Just as a reminder… Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is an umbrella term covering auto-immune conditions affecting the Axial skeleton (the spine and sacro-illiac joints). Conditions falling under this umbrella include, Ankylosing Spondylitis and Psoriatic Arthritis. This blog will outline some of the extra-articular features associated with these conditions, it is important to recall that these are
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Intro Hypermobility is common in Physio clinics the world over, over a series of blogs I hope to convey my current understanding of the factors at play with regards to diagnosis and management of these individuals. I would like to take this opportunity to say this is MY synthesis of available evidence and experience of
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Intro Hypermobility is common in Physio clinics the world over, over a series of blogs I hope to convey my current understanding of the factors at play with regards to diagnosis and management of these individuals. I would like to take this opportunity to say this is MY synthesis of available evidence and experience of
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Intro I have had a bit a glut of requests about Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) recently so this blog aims to give an overview of the condition and non-pharmacological management for Physios. PLEASE REMEMBER – THIS BLOG IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR CLINICAL REASONING, IF YOU ARE UNSURE GET ADVICE Overview PMR is an inflammatory condition,
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Blood tests are a vital component when it comes to clinical reasoning in Rheumatology. Not everyone has the authorisation to order bloods for their patients but a working knowledge remains important to help you in management of a suspected rheumatology patient. This blog will outline the basic bloods for the most common arthropathies (i.e. it
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Intro Day to day in our MSK clinics we discuss the daily pattern of symptoms with pretty much everyone that attends. The obvious reason being that it can tell you an absolute ton about the nature of the condition and therefore is a significant factor in our clinical reasoning. We learn early on in our
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