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Dr Stephen Ward

@DrStephenWard

Consultant in Pain Medicine @GSTTnhs | Chair: NICE Guidelines on Back Pain, RA & Epilepsy |

 Sicily, Italy
Joined October 2016
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Amazing 36km swim by my little sister - Capri to Napoli (beat nearly all of the men 😄)
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No idea how you can keep this up for almost 10 hours
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My crazy idea that back pain might have a viral cause - huge thanks to the @TwinsUKres team. Hope it leads somewhere onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Evidence for a Causal Association Between Human Cytomegalovirus Infection and Chronic Back Pain: A...

Evidence for a Causal Association Between Human Cytomegalovirus Infection and Chronic Back Pain: A...

Background Chronic back pain (CBP) is a major cause of disability globally. While its etiology is multifactorial, specific contributing genetic and environmental factors remain to be discovered....

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Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit ☘️
I also did a quick 1973 Datsun #240Z for fun.
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Dr Stephen Ward (@DrStephenWard) profile pictureDr Stephen Ward@DrStephenWard28 Feb 2022
Replying to @DrStephenWard
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‘Quick’ is relative - I started drawing the Lancia in December. 15-20 mins work every day. Thank goodness I don’t do this for a living!
Just finished a #3D design thingy - I love 1970s cars. Especially this one - 1977 #Lancia #Stratos (Monte Carlo rally winner).
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Bugger. One of my favourite trees (balsam poplar) bit the dust today.
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It was a good 100ft tree. Wider than a hug. - fell without touching a single thing around it.
#Djokovic
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So here’s what happens with #TestandTrace: I’m in bed, with COVID, feeling like death, hours after +ve PCR. Email pings ‘URGENT’ Texts start coming ‘URGENT!!’
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More emails ‘URGENT URGENT!!’
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Bugger.
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Replying to @BobJHarms
@BobJHarms stand out performance tonight @PrettyWoman. Absolutely sublime
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I absolutely get the reasons for not recommending paracetamol for acute back pain. The fab @AndrewMoorepain spells it out nicely here ejhp.bmj.com/content/23/4/18…
Paracetamol and pain: the kiloton problem

Paracetamol and pain: the kiloton problem

As a unit, the kiloton is most often linked to the explosive yield of nuclear weapons in tons of TNT (trinitrotoluene, an explosive). For drugs, we are more comfortable with milligrams, a unit one...

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Dr Stephen Ward (@DrStephenWard) profile pictureDr Stephen Ward@DrStephenWard25 Sep 2021
Absolutely poleaxed by acute back pain today (no video) doing hefty stuff on the farm. Like someone shot me. Stretching, hot shower, kept moving. Nope. Two paracetamol just now - pain virtually gone. Bliss. Guidelines Schmeidelines
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But for me as an individual (and prior paracetamol responder), it is an elixir. Two tablets (so negligible risk) at a cost of £0.04 and I’m fine and able to work tomorrow. As I said, guidelines schmeidelines.
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Absolutely poleaxed by acute back pain today (no video) doing hefty stuff on the farm. Like someone shot me. Stretching, hot shower, kept moving. Nope. Two paracetamol just now - pain virtually gone. Bliss. Guidelines Schmeidelines
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The great @Pain_NeuRa and I humming the same tune dailymail.co.uk/health/artic…
Why those back pain pills won't work - but here's what WILL

Why those back pain pills won't work - but here's what WILL

Whether it's the result of a small, innocuous movement, lifting heavy luggage or playing sport, lower back pain is an all too familiar problem.

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Recent paper from @GSTT spine team ijssurgery.com/content/ijss/…
Bought a new #bbq cleaning brush today. Tbh, I’m not sure how much enjoyment I’ll get out of it
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Can I be cheeky and ask if you could kindly RT this? My daughter recruiting for her cognitive neuroscience MSc study. Thanks! universityofsussex.eu.qualtr…
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Rate my new #chickens
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Replying to @GraemePaton
@GraemePaton Hi Graeme - I took BA to Court the other day over the flight voucher/refund shenanigans. Very interesting judgement if you care to hear about it. Stephen
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Replying to @SussexMSK
@SussexMSK are a fab organisation. Packed full of great people
Sally York (She/Her) (@SallyThinks) profile pictureSally York (She/Her)@SallyThinks26 Feb 2021
Exciting opportunities to join our fabulous @SussexMSK team across #FirstContactPhysio #Advancedpractice and #Rehab teams. Band 7&8 roles available. Please RT. jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/91640… Www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/9… @CSP_FCP @nhs_scft @thecsp
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