Mid Yorkshire NHS;FCP

Many think osteoarthritis (OA) is a 'wear and tear' problem. While the instigator may be traumatic (think ACL injury), framing it as wear-and-tear can cause patients to think exercise will make things worse. So understanding why cartilage loves load is important...🧵👇 1/7

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33579691/ What is causing my back pain?

As we come to the end of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, I wanted to reshare these photos of Ruby, at the beach, 2 weeks before her diagnosis She’d been poorly for a few weeks & the various doctors we’d seen were sure her symptoms were due to allergies. #ccam 🧵

Cranial nerve examination

Assessment of shoulder pain in primary care👇 #shoulder #pain bmj.com/content/382/bm…

LESS rubbing... ❌ MORE shrugging... ✅ High intensity strength training reduces chronic upper trapezius pain! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Clinical decision rules in patients with an acute lateral ankle sprain 🦶 🔝Great article by Vuurberg et al., 2018 outlining the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of ankle sprains. 📕Link to full article by Vuurberg et al., 2018 bjsm.bmj.com/content/bjspor…

Best practice recommendations for musculoskeletal pain ✅patient-centred ✅screen for red flags ✅psychological assessment ✅imaging only if indicated ✅physical/neuro examination ✅monitor outcome ✅patient education ✅promote exercise ✅evidence-based bjsm.bmj.com/content/53/19/…

Algorithm for differential diagnosis of “Frozen Shoulder”👇🏼 #shoulder #joint #frozenshoulder nature.com/articles/s4157…

Neurological Red Flags for Low Back Pain‼️ A 🧵....

💪📊 Sarcopenia and the SARC-F: Is it the Most Important Screening That You Aren’t Doing? #StrengthSavesLives blogs.bmj.com/bjsm/?p=10902

Two tibial fracture patients this week who went through 12 weeks of LL rehab without any hopping or heavy resistance. This amazing graph by @rwilly2003 should be put on the wall of all rehab centres. Osteogenic exercises are vital for bone health 🦴

🚨Call for participants🚨 ✅ If you're a UK based FCP ✅ Please consider completing this short survey - Evaluating care navigators' knowledge and understanding of the FCP role. 👇 More info & survey link below 👇 yorksj.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_ag… 🙌 Reposts & tags appreciated 🙌

Hot off the press 🔥 Great bit of research by Paul Millington looking at #FCP supervision - essential for FCP development, needs to be in job plan, supervisors need training @michellemholmes @neiljlangridge @JuliaT_HEE @AdvCare_goodS @simon_ingram13 doi.org/10.1016/j.msks…

We’ve got an amazing career opportunity here at Mid Yorks. Come and join us jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

Excellent masterclass on vascular flow limitations - vital for anyone in first contact/primary care roles

Clare Howard "Managing pain is one of the most challenging Prescribing issues in Primary Care" there is no ideal analgesia without risks in our older adults. Brilliant talk on polypharmacy & action learning sets to aid deprescribing #BGSconf @GeriSoc

Vascular flow limitations of the lower limb ... how do I differentiate from 'sciatica'? A short educational VIDEO for clinicians #ClinicalReasoning #Vascular #Physiotherapy #PhysicalTherapy #Atherosclerosis #Endofibrosis #Pain #ReferredPain #sciatica youtu.be/PE2QEyXNe8A

Today, on #WorldArthritisDay, help us change the way the world sees #arthritis. Join us and share your story, just like our incredible community, to let others know that they're not alone: versusarthritis.org/mystory #MyArthritisMyStory

GPs take note! Really important how we frame language around MSK pain 👏🏻