Dave G

The winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2025 is… 🌟 Rory McIlroy 🌟

The musculoskeletal therapies documentation quality standards audit tool is now available to download. An audit tool encompassing all of the standards that need to be included in msk practice. Suitable for all levels of msk roles including students, FCP and AP.

Exercise For Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Time To Prescribe With Precision bmjopensem.bmj.com/content/11/4/e… @Retlouping @TDekkersPhysio @PhysioMeScience @JeremyLewisPT @tomgoom

What’s really causing your patients “tight hamstrings” in up to 76% of patients? Find out in this new study by Pesesse et al. 2025 @jmmtonline

Great column. Must bring this to our next pay reviews. 😃 cc @mariecrowe

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NO WEIGHTS NO PROBLEM You don’t need a gym membership to build strength. Some of the most effective resistance tools are already in your home 🏡 Or, instead of adding load, try this: ⏱️ Increase time under tension (TUT) 🖐🏼 Add isometric holds 📐 Increase the ROM

The lady at the charity shop today told me that she wishes people would clear out their children's old toys in the lead up to Christmas rather than after because she always sees a number of parents in the days before Christmas looking for toys for their little ones who might be strapped for cash. She said there's very rarely anything in just before, but that they get inundated with toys in the days after. And it really made me think about it in a way I never would have before. If you know your child is going to get lots of presents from Father Christmas this year, by clearing out your cupboards a few days early, you could make another child's Christmas a lot more special too. Saw this & thought I'd repost.

I do not like the term “empowerment”. “Empowerment” is everywhere in the world of change leadership. It’s in the top three of the most commonly used leadership terms globally according to @DigitalDefynd. Personally, I never use “empowerment” unless I’m working with someone who is doing so already. When organisations or leaders seek to "empower" people, it's often them choosing what's best or how much control others can have. This puts the person or group doing the empowering above everyone else & doesn't really give true freedom to those on the receiving end. Empowerment suggests that power is something that “we” give to “them,” reinforcing the status of the “giver” & (often unintentionally) making others feel weak or dependent, which is the opposite of what empowerment is supposed to do. “Agency” is a better principle than “empowerment”. It means recognising people's innate ability to contribute & lead rather than relying on managers to bestow permission. People with agency decide what to do, take action & shape what happens. It’s their own drive & ability, not because someone else says they can. Agency makes people active collaborators in change & leads to better, more sustainable change outcomes. As leaders, we can give people empowerment, by granting permission or sharing authority. We cannot give people agency: people have to build it for themselves through practice, experience & reflection. But leaders can create a climate for agency to thrive through encouragement, resources & space. Being “agentic” means acting with or displaying agency. This term has become popular recently because of the development of “agentic AI” – AI systems that can act autonomously & make decisions, rather than just react to commands, prompts or rules. We don’t just need agentic AI; we need agentic people too. “Agentic” is beyond “empowered”; it means shifting from a top-down model of control to one that trusts & supports people to make their own choices, solve problems & shape their own work. This shift requires us to let go of rigid structures, foster open dialogue & design systems that enable autonomy & collective discovery. When teams operate with agency, they become active collaborators, driving innovation & resilience in the face of uncertainty. The future belongs to leaders who encourage agency - rather than empowerment - where people don’t wait for permission, but act with purpose & ownership. “Designing for agency: how leaders move past empowerment”: agileleadershipjourney.com/blog/designing…. By Daniel Gagnon & Pete Behrens. Graphic adapted from “Agency is the highest level of personal competence”: psychologytoday.com/us/blog/gettin…. By @ThomasSBateman.

🇮🇪 2025 Women's Elimination race World Champion Lara Gillespie 🌈 #Santiago2025

🇮🇪 Lara Gillespie: World Champion 🌈 The Irish rider pips Britain's Katie Archibald to gold in the elimination race... and she is absolutely delighted 🥇

📢 📢JUST PUBLISHED ‼️Open Access🔓 Shoulder pain: to image or not to image? Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences frontiersin.org/journals/rehab…

Up to 26c at lunchtime Friday with lots of sunshine, just a little sea fog on the South coast that hit Tramore.

Minister Carroll-NcNeill launching the policy to allow appropriately trained physiotherapists refer for radiological procedures. Big day for physiotherapy colleagues to facilitate operating at the top of their license @CarrollJennifer @roinnslainte @HSELive

For years people tried to crack the Cluxton code. There never was a code, just a man with a ball on a tee who almost always made the right decision. Cluxton’s decision making, the way he’d find the right kick, has always been his most under-rated skill. This was class

I watched Tucker Carlson's interview with Conor McGregor. An hour of outright lies, disinformation, and deranged conspiracy theories. Probably be lapped up by their legion of fans, most of whom have no interest in truth. 😂 I'll go through facts, for anybody into truth. /1

Not All Jumps Are Created Equal You might be testing the wrong thing. In this course clip, @EamonnFlanagan explains why vertical jump height isn’t always a reliable marker of reactive ability. Fast and slow stretch shortening cycles reflect different neuromuscular traits. Grouping them together could mislead your testing, your programming, and ultimately your athlete’s progress. If you want more information on the course, check the link out below ⤵️ sportsmith.co/courses/plyome…

Webinar aimed at physiotherapy/occupational therapists looking to update their knowledge on the Assessment and Management of Tennis Elbow. Registration: eventbrite.co.uk/.../tennis-elb…... *30% Discount EUSSER members* (didn't received a discount code; email info@eusser.org)

Publication📢 – OPEN ACCESS - Incidence of venous thromboembolism following Achilles Tendon Rupture. Data from the UK foot and ankle thrombo-embolism (UK-FATE) audit. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Another review emphasising the primary role of non-surgical management for non-traumatic shoulder pain, this time from an economic perspective- surgery was not cost-effective particularly for productivity loss. tinyurl.com/2w5kemra Congrats to @tlathierePT @JeremyLewisPT & Co