DrMichelleBull💙
@michelleb4.bsky.social
A mixture of stuff
#MECFS #LongCovid #frailty #mtb #cycling
#feelthefearanddoitanyway
co-founder @PhysiosForME
Views are all my own
#MECFS #LongCovid #frailty #mtb #cycling
#feelthefearanddoitanyway
co-founder @PhysiosForME
Views are all my own
Update on our latest publication
@physiosforme.bsky.social @claguenjc36.bsky.social @sunsopeningband.bsky.social
@physiosforme.bsky.social @claguenjc36.bsky.social @sunsopeningband.bsky.social
We've had another study published 🥳
"Pacing with a heart rate monitor for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID: a feasibility study"
Open access link here. Summary below (1)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
"Pacing with a heart rate monitor for people with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome and long COVID: a feasibility study"
Open access link here. Summary below (1)
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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October 15, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Update on our latest publication
@physiosforme.bsky.social @claguenjc36.bsky.social @sunsopeningband.bsky.social
@physiosforme.bsky.social @claguenjc36.bsky.social @sunsopeningband.bsky.social
Went to Manchester for the #hsjpatientsafety awards - so proud to have won the education and training category with our amazing Frailty Academy #frailty
September 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Went to Manchester for the #hsjpatientsafety awards - so proud to have won the education and training category with our amazing Frailty Academy #frailty
Taking some time to find my way round @bsky.app Anyone got any top tips for me as I am still trying to work out how to get the best from being here! Thank you
a small white dog wearing a pink tutu is standing on a gravel road
ALT: a small white dog wearing a pink tutu is standing on a gravel road
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September 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Taking some time to find my way round @bsky.app Anyone got any top tips for me as I am still trying to work out how to get the best from being here! Thank you
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Pleased to have assisted @thecsp.bsky.social to write this piece for their magazine, which goes out to all chartered physiotherapists in the UK.
September 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Pleased to have assisted @thecsp.bsky.social to write this piece for their magazine, which goes out to all chartered physiotherapists in the UK.
Reposted by DrMichelleBull💙
It is #SevereMEDay
Physios in any specialism may meet people (adults or children) with severe ME during a hospital admission.
We can play a key role in education of other health professionals, to advocate for safe management and care
@thecsp.bsky.social
www.physiosforme.com/severe-me
Physios in any specialism may meet people (adults or children) with severe ME during a hospital admission.
We can play a key role in education of other health professionals, to advocate for safe management and care
@thecsp.bsky.social
www.physiosforme.com/severe-me
Severe ME | Physiosforme
www.physiosforme.com
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It is #SevereMEDay
Physios in any specialism may meet people (adults or children) with severe ME during a hospital admission.
We can play a key role in education of other health professionals, to advocate for safe management and care
@thecsp.bsky.social
www.physiosforme.com/severe-me
Physios in any specialism may meet people (adults or children) with severe ME during a hospital admission.
We can play a key role in education of other health professionals, to advocate for safe management and care
@thecsp.bsky.social
www.physiosforme.com/severe-me
Proud to be part of the RoyalSurrey frailty team heading for @rcphysicians.bsky.social awards this evening- finalists in two categories for the #EPCA2025 awards
July 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Proud to be part of the RoyalSurrey frailty team heading for @rcphysicians.bsky.social awards this evening- finalists in two categories for the #EPCA2025 awards
A fab weekend spent with like minded colleagues who I well and truly count as friends!
It's our six year anniversary!
To celebrate, the four of us spent a lovely weekend together, plotting and planning what our seventh year will look like.
You can read a whole recap of our year in our latest blog post here
www.physiosforme.com/post/we-cele...
To celebrate, the four of us spent a lovely weekend together, plotting and planning what our seventh year will look like.
You can read a whole recap of our year in our latest blog post here
www.physiosforme.com/post/we-cele...
We celebrate our six year anniversary
It is now six years since the formation of Physios for ME, when four physiotherapists with a shared goal – to improve physiotherapy care for people with ME – got together online, gave ourselves a name...
www.physiosforme.com
June 29, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A fab weekend spent with like minded colleagues who I well and truly count as friends!
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Well done @michelleb4.bsky.social you represented @physiosforme.bsky.social so well. Some grea#MEME talks, well done all at the ME/CFS conference, digging deeper - Norway.
Well done @michelleb4.bsky.social you represented @physiosforme.bsky.social so well. Some grea#MEME talks, well done all at the ME/CFS conference, digging deeper - Norway.
Michelle Bull - Living with ME/CFS and Long Covid - Managing symptoms (Norwegian subtitles)
YouTube video by Norges ME-forening - Rogaland Fylkeslag
https://youtu.be/vv0pUwoF9J0?si…
June 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Well done @michelleb4.bsky.social you represented @physiosforme.bsky.social so well. Some grea#MEME talks, well done all at the ME/CFS conference, digging deeper - Norway.
Well done @michelleb4.bsky.social you represented @physiosforme.bsky.social so well. Some grea#MEME talks, well done all at the ME/CFS conference, digging deeper - Norway.
Proud to stand alongside colleagues in supporting the need for evidence based science to improve care for people living with #ME and or #LongCovid
There is no place for the outdated nonsense in recent BMJ article
There is no place for the outdated nonsense in recent BMJ article
Thank you to some amazing colleagues who took time and precious energy to craft this rapid response to the recent @bmj_latest piece. When people try to hijack #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other complex illness as psychosomatic it is important we strike back: www.bmj.com/content/389/... 1/
Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope in the form of evidence-based interventions, not opinions.
www.bmj.com
May 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Proud to stand alongside colleagues in supporting the need for evidence based science to improve care for people living with #ME and or #LongCovid
There is no place for the outdated nonsense in recent BMJ article
There is no place for the outdated nonsense in recent BMJ article
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Our evidence-based rebuttal to *that* BMJ opinion piece published last week.
This has been authored by a coalition of 19 doctors, scientists and patient advocates from around the world, with now 80+ signatures of support from the scientific community.
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
This has been authored by a coalition of 19 doctors, scientists and patient advocates from around the world, with now 80+ signatures of support from the scientific community.
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope in the form of evidence-based interventions, not opinions.
www.bmj.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Our evidence-based rebuttal to *that* BMJ opinion piece published last week.
This has been authored by a coalition of 19 doctors, scientists and patient advocates from around the world, with now 80+ signatures of support from the scientific community.
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
This has been authored by a coalition of 19 doctors, scientists and patient advocates from around the world, with now 80+ signatures of support from the scientific community.
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
May 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Feel very privileged to have spent time with @putrinolab.bsky.social & others in the last week discussing actual evidence based robust science relating to ME and Long Covid. There is no room for this sort of nonsense @bmj_latest
Quite disheartening to return from 10 days working with some of the most important and relevant #MECFS and #LongCOVID researchers in the world and to read this drivel being allowed through from @bmj_latest. Let's be unambiguous about this: BMJ has
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
1/
www.bmj.com/content/389/...
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Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope and expert multidisciplinary care
Reframing beliefs about illness, along with specialist rehabilitation, can help recovery in people with severe ME/CFS, write Alastair Miller, Fiona Symington, Paul Garner, and Maria Pedersen
Myalgic...
www.bmj.com
May 15, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Feel very privileged to have spent time with @putrinolab.bsky.social & others in the last week discussing actual evidence based robust science relating to ME and Long Covid. There is no room for this sort of nonsense @bmj_latest
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Tomorrow the 3rd International ME/CFS Research Conference of Charité will take place in Berlin. You can still register for free.
Thank you Cort Johnson for the announcement.
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/05...
Thank you Cort Johnson for the announcement.
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/05...
The 2025 Berlin International ME/CFS Research Conference is Almost Here! - Health Rising
For the third year in a row, Dr. Carmen Scheibenbogen and the Charité Fatigue Center (CFC) at Charité —Universitätsmedizin (a good German tongue twister :)) in Berlin are bringing us an ME/CFS and lon...
www.healthrising.org
May 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Tomorrow the 3rd International ME/CFS Research Conference of Charité will take place in Berlin. You can still register for free.
Thank you Cort Johnson for the announcement.
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/05...
Thank you Cort Johnson for the announcement.
www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/05...
Just back from a wonderful week in Norway
for the @meforeningen.bsky.social Digging Deeper conference & took the opportunity to ride my bike somewhere a bit different.
Fantastic to meet @putrinolab.bsky.social
@bmhughes.bsky.social in person along with others who I can't find to tag
...1/3
for the @meforeningen.bsky.social Digging Deeper conference & took the opportunity to ride my bike somewhere a bit different.
Fantastic to meet @putrinolab.bsky.social
@bmhughes.bsky.social in person along with others who I can't find to tag
...1/3
May 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Just back from a wonderful week in Norway
for the @meforeningen.bsky.social Digging Deeper conference & took the opportunity to ride my bike somewhere a bit different.
Fantastic to meet @putrinolab.bsky.social
@bmhughes.bsky.social in person along with others who I can't find to tag
...1/3
for the @meforeningen.bsky.social Digging Deeper conference & took the opportunity to ride my bike somewhere a bit different.
Fantastic to meet @putrinolab.bsky.social
@bmhughes.bsky.social in person along with others who I can't find to tag
...1/3
What a great letter. Thank you
So delighted that all 72 LibDem MPs signed this letter to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social asking the govt to back the ME/CFS Delivery Plan with the resources it deserves. May this be a huge encouragement to the ME community and the start of meaningful change. #WorldMEDay
May 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What a great letter. Thank you
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
I'm an ally for people with ME - they deserve better from us as health professionals #FundThePlan
I'm an ally for people with ME - they deserve better from us as health professionals #FundThePlan
Dear
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
We are Physios for ME and we urge you to #FundThePlan
Our video is just too long for BlueSky so you can see it here or read what we have to say in the thread below
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=166...
@thereforme.bsky.social
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
We are Physios for ME and we urge you to #FundThePlan
Our video is just too long for BlueSky so you can see it here or read what we have to say in the thread below
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=166...
@thereforme.bsky.social
Redirecting...
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March 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
I'm an ally for people with ME - they deserve better from us as health professionals #FundThePlan
I'm an ally for people with ME - they deserve better from us as health professionals #FundThePlan
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A new international survey has been released exploring the experiences of athletes with ME / Long Covid (with PEM)
Please share widely - all info on our website here
www.physiosforme.com/athletessurvey
Please share widely - all info on our website here
www.physiosforme.com/athletessurvey
ME in Athletes Survey | Physiosforme
www.physiosforme.com
February 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A new international survey has been released exploring the experiences of athletes with ME / Long Covid (with PEM)
Please share widely - all info on our website here
www.physiosforme.com/athletessurvey
Please share widely - all info on our website here
www.physiosforme.com/athletessurvey
🚨 We're recruiting 🚨
If you're looking for a role in NHS ops as part of a great team, take a look! As the national focus shifts to community based services, you’ll be at the forefront, leading the delivery of outstanding care for older adults #frailty
www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/current-vaca...
If you're looking for a role in NHS ops as part of a great team, take a look! As the national focus shifts to community based services, you’ll be at the forefront, leading the delivery of outstanding care for older adults #frailty
www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/current-vaca...
https://royalsurrey.nhs.uk/current-vacanc…
January 21, 2025 at 10:17 PM
🚨 We're recruiting 🚨
If you're looking for a role in NHS ops as part of a great team, take a look! As the national focus shifts to community based services, you’ll be at the forefront, leading the delivery of outstanding care for older adults #frailty
www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/current-vaca...
If you're looking for a role in NHS ops as part of a great team, take a look! As the national focus shifts to community based services, you’ll be at the forefront, leading the delivery of outstanding care for older adults #frailty
www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/current-vaca...
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40% of ED attendances are over 65yrs. Average wait for admission in>75yrs =12 hours. 10% attendances from care homes. Waiting is especially bad for older -risk of delirium, deconditioning, acute kidney injury/LOS. But much could be done to avoid these probs @gerisoc.bsky.social @rcem.bsky.social
December 23, 2024 at 12:35 PM
40% of ED attendances are over 65yrs. Average wait for admission in>75yrs =12 hours. 10% attendances from care homes. Waiting is especially bad for older -risk of delirium, deconditioning, acute kidney injury/LOS. But much could be done to avoid these probs @gerisoc.bsky.social @rcem.bsky.social
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Great opportunity to talk on BBC Breakfast today about the amazing work of our frailty teams across the four nations. Thank you to everyone working in these services today in the snow!! @gerisoc.bsky.social
Fantastic to see @jkdhesi.bsky.social, President of @gerisoc.bsky.social speaking on @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social about the difference we can make through acute frailty units to deliver better care to older people who present with emergencies.
January 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Great opportunity to talk on BBC Breakfast today about the amazing work of our frailty teams across the four nations. Thank you to everyone working in these services today in the snow!! @gerisoc.bsky.social
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We know considered, timely (soon!) social care reform is essential to deliver quality healthcare for older (&younger) people &to reduce daily crisis management in NHS. A consistent message from patients, carers, @gerisoc.bsky.social & our partner organisations. Let’s build on what we already know
January 3, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We know considered, timely (soon!) social care reform is essential to deliver quality healthcare for older (&younger) people &to reduce daily crisis management in NHS. A consistent message from patients, carers, @gerisoc.bsky.social & our partner organisations. Let’s build on what we already know
Sunday morning #CPD (on a Saturday - have had some days off & no idea what day of the week it is really!) A great article from
@otskiff.bsky.social & Ciara Brean journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
Lots of learning about cognitive dysfunction in #LongCovid & #MECFS
@physiosforme.bsky.social
@otskiff.bsky.social & Ciara Brean journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
Lots of learning about cognitive dysfunction in #LongCovid & #MECFS
@physiosforme.bsky.social
More than “Brain Fog”: Cognitive Dysfunction and the Role... : Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal
e activity is considered when working with people with long COVID, particularly when identifying triggers of post exertional symptom exacerbation. There are many potential mechanisms that could be dri...
journals.lww.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Sunday morning #CPD (on a Saturday - have had some days off & no idea what day of the week it is really!) A great article from
@otskiff.bsky.social & Ciara Brean journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
Lots of learning about cognitive dysfunction in #LongCovid & #MECFS
@physiosforme.bsky.social
@otskiff.bsky.social & Ciara Brean journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
Lots of learning about cognitive dysfunction in #LongCovid & #MECFS
@physiosforme.bsky.social
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I’d like to crowdsource a poem, if you all are willing:
If you have #LongCovid, please name your worst 3-5 symptoms.
I’m gonna track responses and make a word cloud. The more the better so please share!
If you have #LongCovid, please name your worst 3-5 symptoms.
I’m gonna track responses and make a word cloud. The more the better so please share!
January 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I’d like to crowdsource a poem, if you all are willing:
If you have #LongCovid, please name your worst 3-5 symptoms.
I’m gonna track responses and make a word cloud. The more the better so please share!
If you have #LongCovid, please name your worst 3-5 symptoms.
I’m gonna track responses and make a word cloud. The more the better so please share!
Reposted by DrMichelleBull💙
The increased alanine and BCAA levels in females, in particular, suggested, for the first time I can remember, a metabolic reason why more women may have ME/CFS. It turns out that women, more so than men, rely on a process called anaplerosis to replenish their www.healthrising.org/blog/2024/12...
Why Do More Women Get ME/CFS? Study Suggests it May be the Mitochondria... - Health Rising
Major chronic fatigue syndrome metabolomic finds problems with energy production and lipid metabolism in ME/CFS.
www.healthrising.org
December 30, 2024 at 6:33 PM
The increased alanine and BCAA levels in females, in particular, suggested, for the first time I can remember, a metabolic reason why more women may have ME/CFS. It turns out that women, more so than men, rely on a process called anaplerosis to replenish their www.healthrising.org/blog/2024/12...
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We promised that the #LCPForum was research generating …
… so here it is 💙📰
Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum
#LongCOVID
journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
… so here it is 💙📰
Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum
#LongCOVID
journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and... : Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal
litation.
Methods:
We conducted an international consultation on priorities for long COVID and rehabilitation with people living with long COVID, clinicians, researchers, and other key interest-hol...
journals.lww.com
December 30, 2024 at 7:17 PM
We promised that the #LCPForum was research generating …
… so here it is 💙📰
Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum
#LongCOVID
journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
… so here it is 💙📰
Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum
#LongCOVID
journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...