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Exercise Works in the prevention & treatment of disease. By Honorary Visiting Professor/Associate Professor Ann Gates MRPharmS #MovementForMovement
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'At a time when so many people are waiting for care, not enabling new physiotherapists who want to join the NHS to do so is a missed opportunity we can fix quickly.

'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
www.csp.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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It’s #FridayFactSheet time. For #SelfCareWeek (17–23 Nov) we’re launching our new Moving More resource. #MindBody is the theme + we’re highlighting how physical activity boosts mood, supports health and helps us stay independent. bit.ly/2tiBs9K @exerciseworks.bsky.social @helendon-rn.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Optimizing Pelvic Organ Prolapse Management

by Padoa A, Braga A (...) Serati M et 3 al. in J Clin Med #Surgery #SurgSky #generalsurgery #MedSky

🪡 read our summary here
📖 read the article: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/14/20/7313
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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Fear of falling affects 40-73% of older adults who've fallen 😰 Creates vicious cycle: fear → activity avoidance → weakness → more falls. Evidence shows Tai Chi, Otago exercises & CBT break the cycle!

Free learning: physio-pedia.com/Fear_of_Falling 💪
September 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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🚨 New in Nature Medicine:
Co-developed intervention with patients & clinicians significantly improved quality of life at 12 months in multimorbidity.
✅ Safe
✅ Effective
✅ Patient-centered
🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌐https://www.mobilize-project.dk/?lang=en
#Multimorbidity #ExerciseTherapy
July 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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'Prevention, prevention, prevention is key. Physiotherapy is recommended as an integral part of women’s health, especially with pelvic floor dysfunction.'

Sonia Kumar MP highlighted incontinence as 'woefully unsupported' in the House of Commons and the key role of physiotherapy.
MP highlights physio role in parliamentary incontinence debate
Sonia Kumar, MP for Dudley and physiotherapist, has chaired a backbench business committee debate to highlight pelvic health issues.
www.csp.org.uk
June 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Spring and summer is a time when we re-assess our health and wellbeing activities (or lack of them) and to help you with this here is our POWER of #selfcare factsheet to give you some ideas. bit.ly/2tiBs9K @exerciseworks.bsky.social @rhianlast.bsky.social @adewilliams.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Derbyshire at its best!
Walking for health, in nature. #LathkillDale
February 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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We're losing wildlife. Frogs, butterflies, bumblebees, hedgehogs, moths, bats, insects, birds are all declining. But if more of us take positive actions for biodiversity in our gardens, communities, landscapes and towns, we can help nature bounce back. Who's in?
January 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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New paper - The Evidence Is Clear, Exercise Is Not Better Than Antidepressants or Therapy: It Is Crucial to Communicate Science Honestly

Our new overview of the power of exercise 4 depression, trying to balance misinformation

journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal... @exerciseworks.bsky.social
December 13, 2024 at 4:12 PM
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Balloon and lantern releases create litter and #plasticpollution in landscapes and seas that can harm the environment, wildlife and livestock. Celebrate special occasions and loved ones by planting trees, wildflowers, or bee and butterfly gardens instead!
Pic via Keep Britain Tidy
December 1, 2024 at 8:58 PM
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We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱
November 15, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Joe Wicks to help elderly patients get ‘fit for surgery’ with new videos

www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...

@The_VANGUARD_EU @GeorgeMetsios @fimo18 @RogerKerry1 @UoNPhysio @astephj1 @WHO_EU @RCSEd @RCSnews @RCPhysicians
Joe Wicks to help elderly patients get ‘fit for surgery’ with new videos
The fitness star has created two new exercise videos.
www.standard.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... congrats to Parkinson’s UK on launching its Tech Guide to Parky gadgets -here’s my review
A "Which?" Guide to Parkinson's Tech
As a former* technology journalist with Parkinson’s I get told about lots of gadgets designed to help people dealing with the neurological disease - and I have tried quite a few of them.
open.substack.com
November 28, 2024 at 10:38 AM
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BREAKING
Revised Royal College of Physicians of London position on Physician Associates. TL;DR: we shifted them considerably towards a safer position. It’s too little too late but a LOT better than nothing.
www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
RCP publishes updated position on physician associates working in secondary care in the medical specialties
www.rcp.ac.uk
November 28, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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This paper is interesting for a few reasons. It shows that mask mandates in healthcare protect patients from infections, and removing mask mandates in healthcare harms patients.

A facility without a mask mandate is making a *deliberate choice* known to harm patients.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
November 28, 2024 at 6:02 PM
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Also having read @petedyson.bsky.social’s excellent book applying behavioural science to transport - as part of these new apps let’s be really clear what information people want & how this helps them make good travel decisions. Get “it’s not just about journey times” on a poster in DfT please
November 28, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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Great stuff by top actor Brian Cox writing in @theguardian.com - why Scotland should become the world’s first #RewildingNation, with nature recovery across 30% of land and sea. Follow the link in his letter to sign the Rewilding Nation Charter. Please share!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Support rewilding to save Scotland’s natural resources | Letter
Letter: The actor Brian Cox on how we can all play a part in urging the government to make Scotland a rewilding nation to transform its future
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 9:45 PM
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The graphic reality of what the current economic system (capitalism) is doing to our living planet, day in, day out: putting unimaginably diverse ecosystems en masse through a grinder to produce profits, mostly for a few.

Caring about nature, but ignoring this, makes zero sense.
November 27, 2024 at 6:02 AM
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❓ What are your thoughts on this? Pls consider completing our rapid survey! 🚲 🚶‍♂️ ⚽️ 🌳 🏘️

🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/sps/rapid-...

Investigator team: Joey Murphy Jo Salmon, Grant Ennis, Andrea Ramirez Varela & Jim Sallis
November 6, 2024 at 10:03 PM
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2024 is the 170th anniversary of the most famous public health story, John Snow and his map of cholera cases in Soho. You’ve likely heard how he heroically traced an epidemic to a single water source: the broad street pump. But that’s not how the story really ended…

#histmed #medicalhistory #medsky
November 24, 2024 at 5:30 PM
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This is both sad and infuriating.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out'
Sean Dilley is inundated with abuse on social media whenever he posts about discrimination issues.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:21 AM
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Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
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📖 Just published ! Health at a Glance : Europe 2024

You will find the latest health stats for 38 European countries 🌍, with a special focus on health workforce shortages and the health of Europe’s ageing population.

You can download it : www.oecd.org/en/publicati...

#HealthUnion #OECD #WHO
November 22, 2024 at 11:18 AM
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Excellent research by @inquisitivegyn.bsky.social highlighting another aspect of gender inequity in medicine www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women’s lives at risk, study finds
Analysis of training models on global market found all had flat torsos with just one having a breast overlay
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 9:36 PM