Fran Fulthorpe

Selfhood Practices: a co-designed 8-week dance and education people for people with fibromyalgia

Note new @RheumatologyUK standard advice and guidance responses for rheumatologists. 6 of these are about #osteoporosis and were written by the BSR Osteoporosis SIG @KassimJavaid @RCPhysicians 👇

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Thinking about this paper today as I talk to people about their opioid tapering experiences. Evidence is starting to show that tapering has its own risks and supporting patient agency is vital. journals.lww.com/pain/fulltext/…

Most people have a leg length discrepancy, typically up to approx. 1cm. For a long time therapists have been chasing symmetry with alignment, assuming it’s the normal and therefore the goal. But if only 10% of us have equal leg length does that make symmetry abnormal?! 🤔 🤯

Sensitization of the nociceptive system & the persistence of pain. ingentaconnect.com/content/ben/cn…

Don't take my word for it- hear from the people who took part and delivered the project in this 6 minute video: fabric.dance/selfhood-pract…

This project was co-designed and delivered in partnership with @Dance_4 . Working with third sector organisations opens the door to valuable expertise and additional funding for projects that support people with long term conditions

10 participants achieved clinically meaningful changes in Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaires and Pain Catastrophizing Scales after 8 weekly 3 hour dance and education sessions with a physio and a dance practitioner

Selfhood Practices: a co-designed 8-week dance and education people for people with fibromyalgia

The complex interaction between pain & depression. An improvement in one can lead to an improvement in the other. The relationship is likely bidirectional. This is why true inter-disciplinary care is important. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

I really do love this concept ❤️ Salutogenesis translates to “the origins of health”, focusing not on illness/pain/disease but instead on wellness Maybe many of these things also help us cope with pain better when it inevitably occurs

Post chain sequencing with external stimulus from unstable surface, dumbbell, resistance band, unstable surface & upper limb involvement

Strength Training seems to be the most effective strategy for injury prevention. #BQSalut @YLMSportScience

A really watchable lecture on the statistical pitfalls of dichotomy in medical research twitter.com/PhysioChris/st…

FUNctional whole body exercise: maintain athlete interest whilst progressively building a more resilient player #Groinsqueeze #footballrehab

@PhysioBrenn @UoNPhysio definitely. DM me an email address and I'll send you something over when it's all finished :-)

@ekstokes thank you so much! Would love to make it to 50 responses :-)

@helfrench oh dear! And I thought I was being clever by saving myself some room in the tweet!

@JPTDoyle Thanks! It's my undergrad dissertation, not quite MSc yet! :-)

@JPTDoyle Thank you! Results are looking interesting so far and I'm very grateful to those who have filled it out!