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Running is not bad for the back and may even strengthen the intervertebral discs!
(see Belavy et al. 2017)
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Chris Kramer PT, DPT
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Chris Kramer PT, DPT
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Physical therapist with a passion for the profession.
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Time to put the “wear and tear” and “bone on bone” narrative in the rear view mirror of history.
We need to change the narrative
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Once the participants in this study had been “diagnosed” with “bone-on-bone” changes, many disregarded exercise based interventions which they believed would damage their joint, in favor of alternative & experimental treatments, which they believed would regenerate lost cartilage
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Adults with a history of low back pain went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain if they walked regularly, study finds.
🔗 hubs.li/Q02CzRzR0
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🚨 #BJSMBlog 🦵
Concern for knee joint damage should not influence the choice of treatment strategy in young patients with meniscal tear ⚡️
Is early surgery or a strategy of exercise and education with optional delayed surgery superior?
READ MORE ➡️ bit.ly/493INgC
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Physical activity should be the primary intervention for individuals living with chronic pain A position paper from the European Pain Federation (EFIC) 'On the Move' Task Force
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pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38703009/
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“In lower limb tendons (in humans), PRP doesn’t work. … I’m sorry, I can’t help that.” Professor Hans Tol. Clinician, top researcher and research leader 🇳🇱, no financial conflict of interest. @footballmed #isok22 @AdamWeirSports
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Nice free resource here for all interested in pain
giffordsachesandpains.com/download-mater…
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Foam rolling and stretching do not provide superior acute flexibility and stiffness improvements compared to any other warm-up intervention: A systematic review with meta-analysis
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sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
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The DRG is the mini brain of the peripheral sensory nervous system, and yes it can influence nociception and thus pain states.
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Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) and Chronic Pain
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
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Approx. 1 in 3 MRI ordered for the spine are deemed inappropriate. This is a significant problem considering the prevalence of low back pain & spinal pain in in the general population.
link.springer.com/article/10.118…
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Dear Twitter Friends, in our 3rd episode of the comprehensive pain management @BrazJPhysTher editorial series, @LiesbetDebaets , @paulwhodges & I discuss why, who, & how clinicians can phenotype pain as nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic. 🔓 authors.elsevier.com/c/1hf1j51N1vuy…
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Posture hype drives me nuts. Glad it is getting a good debunk!
Is good posture overrated? [Spoiler: yep] theguardian.com/science/2023/a… by @liammannix
@PeteOSullivanPT: "'There is just no good evidence' that posture is in any way a problem."
Needed: move, exercise, eat well, sleep
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A brief thread on natural resolution of lumbar disc herniations, prolapses and extrusions.
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Lifting weights is NOT bad for your joints! And we’ve known this since the 1980s…
“degenerative joint changes in weight lifters is not greater than that found in the general population!”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7407459/
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Subgrouping individuals with migraine associated neck pain for targeted management: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Part of our special issue on head and neck pain: sciencedirect.com/journal/muscul…
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Our latest paper is now published online ahead of print @PTJournal . It's open access ad infinitum. Instead of a long winded thread, see next for a neat infographic summarising the paper. Or, because it's open access, you can read it long form :)
academic.oup.com/ptj/advance-ar…
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LANCET INFOGRAPHIC: Cognitive functional therapy versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain thelancet.com/infographics-d…
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Again a great, bioplausible mechanism for a certain orthopaedic procedure is shown to be wrong.
Atraumatic shoulder instability ➡️ capsular tightening is useless
Bioplausible but unproven surgeries still remain common
#EvidenceBasedOrthopaedics
bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/…
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