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Parsonage Turner Syndrome
Parsonage Turner Syndrome (Brachial Neuritis): A Comprehensive Clinical Review Parsonage Turner Syndrome (PTS), also known as brachial neuritis or neuralgic amyotrophy, represents a rare but clinically significant neurological disorder affecting
Costochondritis management
Useful video information https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HWQvO2lLlA Best costochondritis self treatment Bob&Brad PT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CImipDDRrc&list=TLPQMTIwMzIwMjHAz6qQfEVRFQ&index=4 Costochondritis 4-self treatment Bob&Brad PT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_irAe4_3d38&list=TLPQMTIwMzIwMjHAz6qQfEVRFQ&index=2 AskDrJo Costochondritis treatment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV0vgC2siS0&list=TLPQMTIwMzIwMjHAz6qQfEVRFQ&index=3 SportsInjuryClinic.net Costochondritis Tietze Syndrome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oz82Ehuu6AQ&list=TLPQMTIwMzIwMjHAz6qQfEVRFQ&index=6 JohnGibson Tape for intercostal
Respiratory Physiotherapy and Chest xrays
Cardio-respiratory physiotherapy The physiotherapist can obtain information from lung sounds and CXR presentation about disease progression, baselines within assessment and treatment effectiveness. Clinical reasoning based upon knowledge of pathology and
Why steroid injections were stopped during COVID-19
During COVID lockdown there has been a national cessation on the delivery of intra-articular steroids, this has come at some cost to patients. Changes to their pain management strategy away
Steroid injection for knee osteoarthritis
How steroid injection works Google web story – click image In 1951, Hollander et al. (1951) first described the use of intraarticular injections of corticosteroids for the management of arthritis,
Prescribing for children and adults
The differences when prescribing for children Different laws and practice guidelines apply, different pathophysiology, different pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, different ‘host’ response and different adverse drug reactions can all explain why
MSK Practitioner formulary (drugs)
Opiates – pain relief Drug name Clinical indication Formulation & dose Contraindications & precautions Adverse effects Drug name Codeine phosphate Opioid analgesic (Moderate) 5-HT stimulation Clinical indication Mild to
Knee Osteoarthritis
Patients often ask me ‘how do you know its knee osteoarthritis?’ (KOA), ‘what has caused my knee osteoarthritis?’, ‘how do steroid injections work?’, ‘do I need a steroid injection?’, ‘how
How MSK practitioner went from supplementary to Independent prescribers
The Cumberlege report identified that health professionals were experiencing delays when waiting for doctors to sign prescriptions, the suggestion of non-medical prescribing was made (DHSS, 1986). The 1st crown report
How does manipulation work
In European and North American populations about one-third of adults will experience neck pain in the course of a year,1 and many will seek manual therapy. This author 2 offers
Switch to Hyaluronic acid
Three presentations that give you a clear picture of what why and when Hyaluronic acid what is HA? A naturally occurring glycosaminoglycan found in the synovial fluid.A physiological