Why size does not matter when it comes to perception of pain
Muscle Mechanics has long held the view of being a family brand that brings people together through the love of sport and recreational fun. When we developed the toolbox of balm products it was for survival. Survival of one of the toughest times we had experienced as...
Using early, behavioural and parent-focused interventions in isolation are ‘insufficient to address childhood obesity’, say researchers
Attempts to tackle to tackle childhood obesity at an early stage through offering behavioural, parent-focused interventions alone do not solve the problem. That is the conclusion of a study – which the authors claim is the most comprehensive individual participant...
Public-private partnership models offer way to boost capital investment and tackle NHS infrastructure issues
Private investment models from the around the world could be used to inject vital cash into the NHS in England, according to new report from the NHS Confederation. The report – titled Towards a new co-investment model: what is next for NHS public-private partnerships?...
Physiotherapists feature prominently in shortlist for Chief Allied Health Professions Officer Awards 2025
Physiotherapist Zoe Oram has said she is ‘delighted’ to have been shortlisted for a national allied health professions (AHPs) award. In a recent LinkedIn post, Zoe said: ‘It’s a privilege to provide leadership in this space.’ Zoe, who graduated in physiotherapy from...
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The Evolution of Physiotherapy Practice: What Do We Actually Want to Become?
The recent Physio Update article about physiotherapists being invited to apply for a new four-year "Healthcare Entry Medicine MBBS" at King's...

Asthma is the most common respiratory health outcome associated with vaping among young people, researchers find
Young people who vape face a heightened risk of asthma, cough and injuries as well as possibly pneumonia, bronchitis, headaches, and...

Course of cognitive functional therapy for low back pain remains effective for at least three years, finds physiotherapist-led team
Physiotherapy professor Mark Hancock has co-written a pioneering paper that calls for more clinicians to be trained in delivering an approach known...

Medical practitioners should ‘call out’ systematic and deliberate attacks on health care, says BMJ Global Health article
The term ‘healthocide’ should be adopted to describe the deliberate destruction of health services and systems – something which amounts to carrying...

AI-powered physiotherapy clinic given thumbs-up by MSK patients who would have languished on NHS waiting lists
Most patients who accessed a new AI-powered physiotherapy rated their experience as being ‘equivalent or better’ than receiving traditional...

Atrial fibrillation guidelines should start recommending exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation, alongside other therapies
Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation lessens the severity, frequency, and recurrence of the most common form of irregular heart rhythm, atrial...
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