PPA study day: Beliefs and expectations can influence the effect of exercise on pain
Exercise can help people with persistent pain, but their expectations and beliefs can affect the outcome, physiotherapy clinician Ben Cormack told the Physiotherapy Pain Association study day on 26 January.
PPA study day: Physio professor outlines new model of pain
Physiotherapists need a new model of pain that takes account of a ‘predictive’ sensory and cognitive interaction, and the influence of people’s emotions and expectations.
Half of UK heart attack survivors don’t get rehab, audit finds
A national audit of cardiac rehabilitation shows that about 68,000 people who had heart attacks missed out on cardiac rehabilitation in 2015/16, nearly half (49 per cent) of those who were eligible.
Many people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) remain undiagnosed and are only identified when the condition leads to a hospital admission.
Physios can contribute to rheumatoid arthritis guideline
People with rheumatoid arthritis should have access to specialist physiotherapy to help manage their condition and improve their fitness, flexibility and strength.
Advanced practitioner’s ultrasound skills are a first for north Wales
Sally Priest, advanced physiotherapy practitioner, is blazing a trail at Betsi Cadwaladr health board by completing her training to provide patients with ultrasound-guided steroid injections.
