by Ian McMillan | Jun 16, 2021 | Sports physiotherapy
In a PhysioUpdate Q&A, we caught up with Tokyo-bound Ash Wallace, head of athlete health and lead physiotherapist with British Equestrian. Among other things, Ash tells editor Ian A McMillan that attending the Tokyo 2020 Olympics will be the fifth...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 15, 2021 | Rehabilitation
Adults with relatively low levels of education attainment and lower incomes appear to be less likely to receive physiotherapy – or physical therapy as it is known in the US and some other countries – than their better-off counterparts. That is the...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 14, 2021 | Respiratory
Every respiratory support unit (RSU) in the UK should employ specialist physiotherapists on a seven-days-a-week basis, according to guidance published today by the British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the Intensive Care Society (ICS). The guidance – titled...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 12, 2021 | On The Move
NULLPhysiotherapist Rachael Moses has spoken exclusively to PhysioUpdate after she received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2021 in recognition of her contribution to the NHS. I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the opportunities that I have had in my...
by Ian McMillan | Jun 11, 2021 | Musculoskeletal
Physiotherapists have helped to develop a ‘completely new behavioural intervention’ for treating people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), according to a paper written by team of researchers based in England. The ‘cognitive muscular therapy’...
