Paul Barratt

Really excited to see the launch of this collaborative programme focused on reducing community MSK waits and supporting people to remain in work Thanks all who have supported and continue to support 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

PRP - to be or not to be. That is the question…. journals.lww.com/clinorthop/abs…

🚨 #NEW BJSM Blog The new way to assess the severity of disability in Achilles tendinopathy ⚡️ This blog summarises recently published research: TENDINopathy Severity assessment-Achilles (TENDINS-A) @myles_physio @tendonpain 👏 FIND OUT MORE 👉 bit.ly/3yd6dTD

Estimating the economic effect of harm associated with high risk prescribing of oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in England: population based cohort and economic modelling study | The BMJ bmj.com/content/386/bm…

Touching the void on the most breathtaking ridge of the Dolomites😱

Home-Based or Supervised Physical Therapy Show Similar Functional Outcomes and Healing After Massive Rotator Cuff Repair 👇👇👇 arthroscopyjournal.org/article/S0749-…

Frozen Shoulder: " I want an injection." Qualitative study #ifompt2024 #Poster @burleychasiss @MindyCairns @RachelChesterPT Kayathiri Nadesan, @JeremyLewisPT

Hof off the press 🔥 "In patients with plantar fasciopathy, there was no additional benefit of rESWT, sham-rESWT or a standardised exercise programme over advice plus customised foot orthoses in alleviating heel pain." 👇👇👇 bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…

The coexistence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity is associated with worse pain outcomes following exercise for osteoarthritis 👉 Results underline the importance of tackling metabolic multimorbidity among OA patients. oarsijournal.com/article/S1063-…

DCM research - help needed! Please complete and share this survey to help identify diagnostic criteria for degenerative cervical myelopathy. This exciting project will help tackle diagnostic delay and improve outcomes. Huge thanks ☺️ @myelopathyorg thiscovery.org/project/establ…

🧐 Tsai et al. 2024: low vs high frequency & low vs high volume protocols of high-intensity load 👉Similar tendon adaptation, occurred mostly within 8wks 👉Low volume may lead to better adaptation, possibly due to less post load anabolic response pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38710899/

Obesity increases the risks of spinal stenosis, disc degeneration and disc herniation BUT most likely due to the chronic adverse systemic effects that obesity causes! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38363366/

Could your diet be increasing your knee osteoarthritis pain? medscape.com/viewarticle/pr…

#BJSM Blog: Meniscal tears ⚡️ What are the treatment options? 🧐 We break down a recent study by Damsted et al. into bitesize chunks of knowledge 💪 READ HERE ➡️ bit.ly/3IMwQRj h

Unlike lumbar radicular pain, cervical radicular pain can be felt in places other than the limb. If your pt presents with scapular pain 1) screen standard neuro exam 2) Look for any muscle wastage 3) Test the neck as an attempt to reproduce pain. 4) Consider pain descriptors

🚨 #OriginalResearch 4/5 patients with hypermobility experience shoulder symptoms ⚡️ This study examines the one-year effectiveness of high vs low load strengthening exercise on self-reported function in these patients 💪 RESULTS are in 💥 ➡️ bit.ly/47Vsscw

FROZEN SHOULDER INJECTIONS 💉 🎯 Optimal Rx may inc 4 site & 3 site inj 🎯 40mg triamcinolone or methylprednisolone optimal 🎯 Image guidance did not lead to sig better outcomes. 🎯 Rotator interval inj, distension, and IA inj were equally effective archives-pmr.org/article/S0003-…

Great work from our @EDSalfordRoyal @NCAlliance_NHS advanced practice team getting this over the line. Patient friendly, less paper. We “may” have seen the idea elsewhere so thank you to the clever person who thought of it 👏 Should there just be one for the whole NHS…..

New Spinal Red Flags Resource created with Dr. Yvonne Harrington. Covers key red flags for the Big 6 with links to more info. Aimed at GPs but may be useful for others. Hoping this will aid early detection. Please share with your GP colleagues. Feedback welcome as always :)

"It seems that mental and metabolic health are at interplay with severe MSK pain". Nice paper @TanguaySabourin tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…