Physio Jo Haworth talks about a book on complex rehab, written by a team based at the Walton centre

by Ian McMillan | Aug 5, 2022 | Rehabilitation

Clinical specialist physiotherapist Jo Haworth is rightly proud of her contribution to a book – titled A Practical Approach to Interdisciplinary Complex Rehabilitation – that was published earlier this year. ‘The book has only recently been published...

Surgeons at NHS Golden Jubilee perform first meniscal transplant operation in Scotland

by Ian McMillan | Aug 4, 2022 | Trauma & Orthopaedic

Three orthopaedic surgeons are celebrating after performing the first meniscal allograft transplantation on a patient in Scotland. Two of three – Christopher Gee and Jon Clarke are based at the Golden Jubilee University National Hospital in Clydebank, where the...

Eating Norwegian Jarlsberg every day may help to stave off osteopenia and osteoporosis, study shows

by Ian McMillan | Aug 3, 2022 | Musculoskeletal

Consuming a cheese made from cow’s milk and hailing from the east of Norway may help to stave off osteopenia and osteoporosis, according to a paper published today (3 August) in the journal BMJ Nutrition Prevention & Health. The paper suggests that eating a...

Physios could offer a new treatment that targets the nervous system to people with chronic back pain

by Ian McMillan | Aug 3, 2022 | Musculoskeletal

Physiotherapists, exercise physiologists and other clinicians could start offering a novel treatment programme to people with long-term back pain within the next six to nine months, according to a psychologist, James McAuley. Professor McAuley, who is based at UNSW...

Using Differential Air Pressure technology on AlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmills

by Ian McMillan | Jul 29, 2022 | CPD

NULLAlterG Anti-Gravity Treadmills use NASA developed patented technology to provide “Differential Air Pressure” (DAP) in the form of a “bubble” on a treadmill. This enables patients to be unweighted from 100% down to 20% in precise 1%...