Taking control of back pain offers long-lasting results with ‘Back in Shape’ programme: writing exclusively for the Hippocratic Post, Consultant Osteopath Michael Fatica shares the innovative ‘Back in Shape’ programme which he conceived during lockdown to alleviate back pain misery for his patients. The impact of lockdown at the height of the pandemic was, of […]
Experts identify 12 week ‘window’ crucial to avoiding chronic back pain. Raising awareness this Back Care Awareness Week, 3-7 October 2022, signpost back ‘niggles’ that should not be ignored. A leading UK back specialist is urging those with back pain to seek professional help within the first 12 weeks of injury to avoid long-term back […]
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New research gives hope for sight recovery in stroke survivors: Researchers have used MRI imaging to map visual brain activity in stroke survivors with sight loss that gives new hope for rehabilitation and recovery. Scientists from the University of Nottingham have revealed new insights by combining data from clinical sight tests with brain imaging to […]
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Women with long COVID experience heart rate irregularities in response to physical exertion, and this has the potential to constrain not only exercise tolerance but free-living physical activity. In perspective of the greater prevalence of age-related physical disability among women, compared to men, these findings highlight a need for targeted rehabilitation programmes to manage the consequences of persistent heart and […]
Elite athletes paired with Covid sufferers for recovery promotion project. Abertay University’s Sport v Covid project to support people negatively impacted by the pandemic Eilidh Doyle, Judy Murray and Tanni Grey-Thompson among participants sharing their experiences Players associations from across the world backing the project and others encouraged to come forward A new programme where […]
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Plagues, neurology, and rehabilitation: The history of polio epidemics and how COVID-19 will affect approaches to rehabilitation: Date and time: Tue 5 Jan 2021 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm, online webinar. Infections affect the nervous system in very different ways giving neuroscience a constant stream of new problems to solve. Robin Howard, Consultant Neurologist at the National Hospital for Neurology […]
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The British Geriatrics Society was alarmed to learn that there has been a U turn in Government policy regarding the provision of rehabilitation services for people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, as reported in the HSJ today. The COVID-19 virus has disproportionately affected older people with around half of diagnoses and almost 90% of deaths […]
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New NHS figures showed there were 125,290 cannabis and spice-related hospital admissions in England from April 2013 to March 2018, including 14,888 under-20s. Consultant psychiatrist Dr Niall Campbell, who treats 18-year-olds and older, at Priory’s Roehampton Hospital, said 25% of paranoid psychosis cases were caused by the use of marijuana. “I am seeing an increasing […]
A video game that enables healthy volunteers to play with patients who have physical impairments may improve their rehabilitation, suggests a new study. The researchers from Imperial College have designed a video game called Balloon Buddies, which is a tool that enables those recovering from conditions such as a stroke to engage and play together […]
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As part of its investigation into offender mental health in London, the London Assembly Health Committee held a public discussion on 19 April 2017, and sent out a call for evidence to stakeholders in both the public and voluntary sectors. We also visited the St Giles Trust to speak with service users and front-line practitioners, […]