by Ian McMillan | May 25, 2025 | Chronic Illnesses, Editor's Pick, News, Rehabilitation
Highly trained and experienced physiotherapists are playing their part in delivering care to patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) at a specialist unit in Leeds. The work of the Leeds National Inpatient Centre for Psychological...
by Ian McMillan | May 19, 2025 | On The Move, Rehabilitation
Luke Pickering has been named as a patient ambassador for the National Rehabilitation Centre (NRC), the 70-bed rehabilitation unit with a remit to transform rehabilitation in the UK that is due to open this year. In his voluntary role at the NRC, Luke will support...
by Ian McMillan | May 16, 2025 | News
The gardening for health charity Thrive has published several case studies to highlight how therapeutic horticulture can help people improve their health. One of them focuses on Hilary, who developed osteoarthritis some 12 years, and was inspired to take up...
by Ian McMillan | May 14, 2025 | Mental Health, News, Paediatric, Sports & Exercise, Sports physiotherapy
Physical activity in early childhood, especially taking part in organised sports, may ward off several mental health disorders in later childhood and adolescence. That is the conclusion of researchers whose article was published online in the British Journal of Sports...
by Ian McMillan | May 13, 2025 | On The Move
Kate Grafton (pictured above), head of the School of Health and Social Care and professor of AHP education at the University of Lincoln, is relishing being part of a research project with a remit, among other objectives, to improve patients’ ‘timely access to...
