Dr Stephen Ashford
@stephenashfordpt.bsky.social
Consultant Physiotherapist, LNWUH & Hon. Associate Professor in Rehabilitation, KCL.
Specialist in neurorehabiltation, severe brain injury, stroke, spasticity and contracture management.
Specialist in neurorehabiltation, severe brain injury, stroke, spasticity and contracture management.
Presenting our poster today at the British Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM) on community outreach provision for specialised rehabilitation for those with severe acquired brain injury.
Identifying complexity and supporting more complex needs.
Identifying complexity and supporting more complex needs.
September 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Presenting our poster today at the British Society of Physical & Rehabilitation Medicine (BSPRM) on community outreach provision for specialised rehabilitation for those with severe acquired brain injury.
Identifying complexity and supporting more complex needs.
Identifying complexity and supporting more complex needs.
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Prevention in Practice: How Neighbourhood Health Services can Transform the NHS
📍We're hosting a Fringe event at the Labour conference, with a panel including:
@skinnock.bsky.social
@robyeldham.bsky.social
📍 Mon 29 September, 11:15
Meeting room 4A, AAC
#RightToRehab
#Lab25
📍We're hosting a Fringe event at the Labour conference, with a panel including:
@skinnock.bsky.social
@robyeldham.bsky.social
📍 Mon 29 September, 11:15
Meeting room 4A, AAC
#RightToRehab
#Lab25
September 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Prevention in Practice: How Neighbourhood Health Services can Transform the NHS
📍We're hosting a Fringe event at the Labour conference, with a panel including:
@skinnock.bsky.social
@robyeldham.bsky.social
📍 Mon 29 September, 11:15
Meeting room 4A, AAC
#RightToRehab
#Lab25
📍We're hosting a Fringe event at the Labour conference, with a panel including:
@skinnock.bsky.social
@robyeldham.bsky.social
📍 Mon 29 September, 11:15
Meeting room 4A, AAC
#RightToRehab
#Lab25
New paper out - take a look! Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Turner-Stokes, 2025
doi.org/10.1177/2753...
doi.org/10.1177/2753...
Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Tur...
Background: Setting goals and planning treatment to attain those goals is often integral to rehabilitation practice, particularly when managing spasticity follo...
doi.org
June 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
New paper out - take a look! Meta-Analysis of Goal Setting and Physical Treatment Categorisation for Focal Spasticity Following Stroke or Other Acquired Brain Injury - Stephen Ashford, Jorge Jacinto, Klemens Fheodoroff, Lynne Turner-Stokes, 2025
doi.org/10.1177/2753...
doi.org/10.1177/2753...
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The #SpendingReview's £4bn overall increase in funding for adult social care by 2028/29 is only enough to prevent a further deterioration in services.
Our analysis from May projects costs of meeting growing demand for care in England and making improvements up to 2034/35 ⬇️
Our analysis from May projects costs of meeting growing demand for care in England and making improvements up to 2034/35 ⬇️
Adult social care funding pressures: 2023–35
We project the costs of meeting growing demand for adult social care in England and making some improvements to care up to 2034/35.
www.health.org.uk
June 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The #SpendingReview's £4bn overall increase in funding for adult social care by 2028/29 is only enough to prevent a further deterioration in services.
Our analysis from May projects costs of meeting growing demand for care in England and making improvements up to 2034/35 ⬇️
Our analysis from May projects costs of meeting growing demand for care in England and making improvements up to 2034/35 ⬇️
Reposted by Dr Stephen Ashford
🔥 Most important paper I've read all year🔥
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Biological markers and psychosocial factors predict chronic pain conditions - Nature Human Behaviour
Fillingim et al. show that biological and psychosocial factors jointly predict conditions associated with chronic pain.
www.nature.com
May 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
🔥 Most important paper I've read all year🔥
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👉 Injury/disease doesn't reliably predict pain
👉 Biomarkers alone can't explain pain
👉 PSYCHOSOCIAL factors reliably determine chronic pain
👉 Painful conditions can be predicted from the SYNERGY btwn bio + psychosocial factors
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Full article: Understanding development of contractures in people with stroke: formulation of a logic-model to inform care and prevention www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Understanding development of contractures in people with stroke: formulation of a logic-model to inform care and prevention
Contracture is stiffness and reduction in how much a joint and muscle can move and may impact on self-care and functional ability. We outline the development of the first comprehensive Logic-Model ...
www.tandfonline.com
March 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Full article: Understanding development of contractures in people with stroke: formulation of a logic-model to inform care and prevention www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
See our latest paper.
Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study mdpi.com/3206880 #mdpitoxins via @Toxins_Mdpi
Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study mdpi.com/3206880 #mdpitoxins via @Toxins_Mdpi
Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study
Pain reduction is a common goal of the treatment of upper limb spasticity with botulinum toxin (BoNT-A). ULIS-III was a large international, observational, longitudinal study (N = 953) conducted in re...
mdpi.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
See our latest paper.
Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study mdpi.com/3206880 #mdpitoxins via @Toxins_Mdpi
Pain Reduction with Repeated Injections of Botulinum Toxin A in Upper Limb Spasticity: A Longitudinal Analysis from the ULIS-III Study mdpi.com/3206880 #mdpitoxins via @Toxins_Mdpi
Key challenges and opportunities @ij_higginson @CSI_KCL
February 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Key challenges and opportunities @ij_higginson @CSI_KCL
@ij_higginson Presenting on Better Health & Care Futures Palliative Care. Currently discussing the increase in complex multi-morbidity with opportunities and challenges for palliative care. @CSI_KCL
February 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
@ij_higginson Presenting on Better Health & Care Futures Palliative Care. Currently discussing the increase in complex multi-morbidity with opportunities and challenges for palliative care. @CSI_KCL
See our new paper. Treatment of leg spasticity (stiff, tight, and difficult to control muscles due to a neurological injury such as stroke) with a physical rehabilitation programme supported by botulinum toxin administration.
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February 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
See our new paper. Treatment of leg spasticity (stiff, tight, and difficult to control muscles due to a neurological injury such as stroke) with a physical rehabilitation programme supported by botulinum toxin administration.
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Reposted by Dr Stephen Ashford
A quick overview of muscle activity during running 🏃🏼♀️
#Running #RunningGait #Physio #Physiotherapy #RunningInjury
#Running #RunningGait #Physio #Physiotherapy #RunningInjury
February 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A quick overview of muscle activity during running 🏃🏼♀️
#Running #RunningGait #Physio #Physiotherapy #RunningInjury
#Running #RunningGait #Physio #Physiotherapy #RunningInjury
Reposted by Dr Stephen Ashford
Cochrane rightly pointed out that their own review of exercise therapy for ME was “based on a research question and a set of methods from 2002, and reflects evidence from studies that applied definitions of ME/CFS from the 1990s" and convened a panel for an update. The update was then cancelled
BMJ has picked up on the Cochrane scandal www.bmj.com/content/388/...
Chronic fatigue syndrome: Outcry over Cochrane decision to abandon review of exercise therapy
A decision to cancel a planned update of a Cochrane systematic review of exercise therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome has met with anger from a group advising the review and the patient community.
T...
www.bmj.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cochrane rightly pointed out that their own review of exercise therapy for ME was “based on a research question and a set of methods from 2002, and reflects evidence from studies that applied definitions of ME/CFS from the 1990s" and convened a panel for an update. The update was then cancelled
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
#spasticitymanagement This consensus guidance provides practical recommendations on identifying shoulder spasticity to support clinicians in their management of people with neurological shoulder dysfunction. @BSPRM_UK @rehabresearchuk @CSI_KCL
#spasticitymanagement This consensus guidance provides practical recommendations on identifying shoulder spasticity to support clinicians in their management of people with neurological shoulder dysfunction. @BSPRM_UK @rehabresearchuk @CSI_KCL
Frontiers | A concise practical clinical guide to identifying spasticity in neurological shoulder dysfunction
www.frontiersin.org
January 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
www.frontiersin.org/journals/neu...
#spasticitymanagement This consensus guidance provides practical recommendations on identifying shoulder spasticity to support clinicians in their management of people with neurological shoulder dysfunction. @BSPRM_UK @rehabresearchuk @CSI_KCL
#spasticitymanagement This consensus guidance provides practical recommendations on identifying shoulder spasticity to support clinicians in their management of people with neurological shoulder dysfunction. @BSPRM_UK @rehabresearchuk @CSI_KCL
Reposted by Dr Stephen Ashford
#ResearchResources Information to help with Thesis and Research Writing from University of Wollongong @UoW. https://buff.ly/42p5USm #PhDchat #acwri
Thesis and research writing - University of Wollongong – UOW
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January 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
#ResearchResources Information to help with Thesis and Research Writing from University of Wollongong @UoW. https://buff.ly/42p5USm #PhDchat #acwri
A really concerning report from the RCN. Particularly for acute care, but it feeds into all areas of the system.
Patients are being left to die in overcrowded A&E corridors and their bodies are sometimes not discovered for hours, a report on the NHS has revealed. By @eleanorhayward.bsky.social www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...
Deaths in corridors and miscarriages in waiting rooms: the NHS’s A&E crisis
More than 5,000 nurses gave evidence of hospital conditions over Christmas as waiting times reach 50 hours
www.thetimes.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:05 AM
A really concerning report from the RCN. Particularly for acute care, but it feeds into all areas of the system.
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