by Ian McMillan | Jul 12, 2022 | CPD
NULLTwo physiotherapists with ‘coal face’ expertise – Tom Jesson and Rob Tyer – tackle the potentially thorny topic of cauda equina syndrome (CES) in a new book designed to instil confidence in clinicians. Rob describes himself...
by Ian McMillan | Jul 11, 2022 | On The Move
NULLThe Physiotherapy Pain Association (PPA) has helped the Faculty of Pain Medicine – which is linked to the Royal College of Anaesthetists – to produce guidance titled Four Nation Strategy for Pain Management. The PPA is one of 13 patient and...
by Ian McMillan | Jul 11, 2022 | Musculoskeletal
People with musculoskeletal (MSK) problems and their carers are helping to influence the delivery of services in England that desperately needed reforming in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. That is a claim made in an NHS England publication – titled...
by Ian McMillan | Jul 6, 2022 | Musculoskeletal
Researchers who reviewed more than 150 studies focusing on treating knee osteoarthritis with viscosupplementation have not endorsed its ‘broad use’. Their findings raise ethical issues about the continued use of the intervention in some countries. The...
by Ian McMillan | Jul 6, 2022 | Trauma & Orthopaedic
The rates of serious complications associated with shoulder surgery are low, but one patient in 26 needs further surgery within a year, a study published in The BMJ today (7 June) suggests. The use of arthroscopic surgery for shoulder and knee problems has...
