I am very privileged to have another guest post from a Physiotherapist that has just as much of an obsessive interest in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome as I do. Janet Holly (@innerchild) is a Senior Physiotherapist at Ottawa Hospital in Canada. Janet recently had a paper (ref) published with Tara Packham (@TaraLPackham) in the Journal [...]
There’s been a lot of talk around the term fake news in the media. Mr Trump (I can’t believe he got a mention in my blog!) is a master of calling out fake news and it was so popular it was named word of the year in 2017 (reference). Fake News is the term [...]
We've all seen that familiar face pulled by people living with persistent who are being asked to exercise for the first time. Dosage is something we are all familiar with when it comes to taking medication. Yet with exercise will still tend to focus on the typical 3 sets of 10 or 12 or 15 [...]
Exercise is medicine (EiM) has gained a significant amount of attention since its launch by the American College of Sports Medicine in 2007. A global health initiative that has since been adopted by many other countries throughout the world to address the growing problem of chronic disease and inactivity. According to the World Health Organisation [...]
So some of you that might be reading this (and that know me) are familiar with my fascination of the use of Virtual Reality within a persistent pain setting. I am the first person to admit it is very cool and it is something that I am exploring more clinically. However, I want to put [...]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a severely debilitating condition. It’s been ranked higher than pregnancy and amputation of a digit on the McGill Pain Index. Currently, there is no single treatment specifically for CRPS. Yet this is a common trend with all complex pain presentations. A multi-modal approach is required due to the complex [...]
In musculoskeletal medicine, healthcare professionals do a reasonably good job of treating the tissue injury. Treating the person is a tad more challenging. Just take back pain for example. It’s the leading cause of years lived with disability (Vos et al., 2012) in the western world, so collectively as health advisors, we could be doing [...]
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is an incredibly debilitating condition. It effects the peripheral limbs specifically the hands and feet. CRPS usually occurs following trauma to the limb, commonly a fracture but also sprains, strains and crush injuries (Bruehl, 2015). It has also been recorded to occur following minor trauma such as a bee sting [...]
Posture, wow it’s a popular topic, particularly in primary and community healthcare. You literally can’t go a day without seeing something that relates to improving or “correcting” your posture. Your health professional (that’s physio, chiro, osteo, pilates teacher, massage therapist, personal trainer, the media) has I’m sure at one time talked to you about posture [...]
Osteoarthritis is the most common arthritic complaint among older adults with pain, loss of function, disability and reduction in quality of life being the result. Pain is reported to be the most common complaint for people to undergo a total knee replacement (TKR), with the understanding being that the damage in my joint is causing [...]
