New Brunswick physiotherapist. Tweets are my own.
Fredericton, New Brunswick
Joined March 2010
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Today we honor the memory of all those we lost on September 11, 2001. May we never forget their stories – and the bravery of our first responders and troops who sacrificed so much.
We're hiring a part-time physiotherapist. There is the potential for this position to lead to full-time. Please share. DM for more info. Thanks!
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Great paper here. The information is equally applicable to all structural based manual therapy approaches.
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Rotator cuff tendinopathy
Tendon👉⤵️ stiffness/increased thickness/ collagen disorganisation
Neuromuscular👉altered kinematics/muscle activation/force
Psychosocial👉depression/anxiety/pain catastrophizing
CNS👉altered pain/sensorimotor processing
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
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IMO this paper should be read by all clinicians: What does patient centred care look like? Its a partnership.
'I was able to co-create a new narrative that made sense of things in ways that made biological AND biographical sense.'
chiromt.biomedcentral.com/ar…
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Case study:
27 year old male presents reporting left sided “achy, stabbing, and burning” neck pain that radiated into the axilla & left shoulder with progressive motor shoulder girdle weakness affecting ADLs and ability to raise arm.
Has visible atrophy 👇
Diagnoses?
New Brunswick's healthcare system is broken. Don't be fooled by the right or left into thinking they have a magic wand that will fix it. Government, Horizon and Vitalite are to blame. Citizens need to take matters into their own hands and protest in order for things to change.
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Yes, step out the door and start running.
They are ready. – at Toronto, Ontario
Get your hips, knees and ankles ready to run in less than five minutes:
runningmagazine.ca/sections/…
I've been working as a physiotherapist for 20 years and completed countless post-grad courses and often times the best advice I can give a patient is:
"Just keep moving her buddy."
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Now open access
Effectiveness of Exercise Interventions for Preventing Neck Pain: A Systematic Review With Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials jospt.org/doi/epdf/10.2519/j…
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Some students are camping in their car as there's a lack of housing in university towns. atlantic.ctvnews.ca/video?ci…
Be sure to book extra time for your new assessments. It's a great opportunity to get to know the person that you're potentially working with. Since the pandemic, many are dealing with psychosocial issues on top of injury. Taking the time to listen and show compassion is vital.
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A very short 🧵
Muscle Weakness & Mortality Risk
⚠️!Strength matters! ⚠️
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As well as reduced quality of life, muscle strength (or weakness) can be a predictor of all cause mortality.
See the post here for specific hazard ratios & full explanation:
getbacktosport.com/strength-…
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Insurance company denies requests for visits & asks for a re-eval/progress note
I write up a template knowing I’ll be seeing the patient next week and I just need to plug in measurements.
Front desk accidentally sends it in. Blank.
Insurance company: *approves 8 visits*
Technology is causing us to forget how to be ourselves.
Do we really know who we are when if we have our face in a screen all day fearing that what we type and say will be misinterpreted or even used to persecute us?
Power off and go outside.