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Becoming confidently competent: a qualitative investigation of training in cognitive functional therapy for persistent low back pain is now published online. 50 free copies here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… @PeteOSullivanPT @rtholopainen

Our 3-year follow up of the RESTORE trial shows sustained effects of CFT for chronic low back pain. Paper out today in Lancet Rheumatology. Read here:thelancet.com/journals/lanrh… @PeteOSullivanPT @CGMMaher @TheLancetRheum

Spinal cord stimulators: ineffective treatment found to be costly and risky scimex.org/newsfeed/spina…

Our latest review has just been published in Lancet Rheumatology! Read our full paper (with 50 days free access) at lnkd.in/gMjgHKzJ Thanks @MarkHancockPT , @LeticiaAmaralC, @CGMMaher, @Casper_Nim, @giovanni_ef, Ben Brown, Sasha Aspinall, Deborah Wareham, Junghyun Choi

Just published: To facilitate people with #COPD accepting a referral to #Pulmonaryrehab, healthcare professionals needed to: 🤜 care for the person (not just treat the disease) 🤜instil hope that #Pulmonaryrehab will be of benefit doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.… @CurtinAlliedHth

BREAKING: AOC raises alarm over potential insider trading linked to a Trump White House connection—citing the timing of the NRCC event just before Trump reversed course on tariffs. Shouldn’t every American, regardless of party, support a full investigation into this?

Getting someone to initiate a behaviour change is one thing. But enabling them to maintain it over time when you’re not around is even more important. This paper suggests some theories as to how to achieve it ⬇️ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26854092/

Generosity is an anti-depressant. Depressed people were randomly assigned to give less than a penny a day to charity. Over the next 2 months, moods improved and depression declined. The more they gave, the better they felt. Even small acts of kindness elevate mental health.

✨My essay in @TheLancet this week has made the front page!✨ (I didn’t know about this 🤗) ‘Reflect, Collaborate and Listen’ looks at why doctors don’t listen and the urgent need to rebalance the power dynamic in the patient - doctor relationship. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Important work by @belinda_lawford - using a RCT- showing that x-ray based diagnosis of knee OA can cause potentially undesirable effects on a person's beliefs about OA management....findings support guidelines advocating clinical approach to diagnosis rather than routine X-rays

@JeremyFrisch @SuchisBen1

Get kids good at these before they get serious about organized sports. #LTAD

Are you a clinician that manages people with arthritis? Then the ATLAS e-learning program can help boost your knowledge about arthritis management- and it’s free! www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinica…

Great and important work @nathaliaccosta1 and team

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Providing HOPE for people with chronic back pain - separating fact from myths. I have had so many thankful people contact me about this podcast. Please share it with your networks. youtube.com/watch?v=U4RO8U…

HOT OFF THE PRESS: OPEN ACCESS Patients with worse disability respond best to cognitive functional therapy for chronic low back pain: a pre-planned secondary analysis of a randomised trial @MarkHancockPT and team 👋👋👋 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

@JeremyFrisch @SuchisBen1

3 months Youth athletic development training for pre-adolescent athletes in 50 sec. Build a base of movement skill wide and varied. You don't teach children the ABCs of Movement Agility Balance Coordination You put them in the environment to teach themselves. Then everything in life becomes easier, including sports and learning sports skills. #LTAD #sprint #Jump #crawl #climb #catch #throw

🚨 Exercise as medicine for the brain 🧠 Moving towards precise and personalised recommendations. Fantastic #infographic to support ✅ Full #Editorial 👉 bit.ly/3JGRORJ

Just published (@pip_flanagan & team) Interventions can reduce the odds of a person with #LowBackPain receiving #opioids whilst in #ED. Effects on lumbar imaging rates are uncertain. @CurtinAlliedHth @RobWallerPT Ivan Lin, Karen Richards @pierstruter @gustavocmachado

New systematic review of CFT. The importance of training to competency for effectiveness is again highlighted 🙌🏽✅

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