Marie Westby, PT, PhD
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Physiotherapist @VCHArthritis, Clinician Scientist @Mobility_Health, Clinical Assoc Prof @UBC_MPT, Board member @canucksautism & buttery chardonnay lover!
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Dr. Jackie Whittaker
Associate Prof @HlthResearchBC Scholar, PT & Eternal Optimist improving health by preventing sports injuries & osteoarthritis @UBC @Arthritis_ARC 🏳️🌈 She/her
Eileen Davidson - Rheumatoid Arthritis Advocate
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Alison Hoens
Knowledge Translation Specialist, Knowledge Broker, Physical Therapist, Supporting co-production, implementation and informed decision-making
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Catherine Backman
Occupational therapist, researcher, professor. Seeking balance, grace, joy. 🌻
Benefits outweigh the risks: a consensus statement on the risks of physical activity for people living with long-term conditions
Read more: bjsm.bmj.com/content/56/8/4…
#PhysicalActivity
JointHealth™ express - Don’t miss this year’s #CRArthritis event! Please book your live/Zoom interview at [email protected] bit.ly/3R5U7jW
#ASM2023
Cheryl Koehn Arthritis Research Canada Spondylitis Canada Alberta Rheumatology CRA SCR Schroeder Arthritis Institute Arthritis Society Canada Bindee Kuriya (she/her) Linda Li
We’re thrilled to publish the first special issue of Rheumatology Advances in Practice! Guest edited by the wonderful Lindsay Bearne, it explores ‘Exercise as medicine: physical activity and exercise in inflammatory arthritis’✨
Available open access now▶️bit.ly/3kEv8Iv
New publication just came out!
Post-KR contributors to persistent post-KR pain. A work with a great mentor, Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD , and great collaborators Laura Frey-Law Lisa Carlesso
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Looking forward to going through great new resource on standards for #osteoarthritis care from Bone & Joint Health JointHealth OA Action Alliance Mary Pack Arthritis
'The exercise physiologist tweaked the exercises to ones that worked for me and I could do without any discomfort.'
A great read! Nice work Ellen Wang Isabel B. Rodrigues PhD, MSc Lora Giangregorio, PhD 🇨🇦 and team!
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10.11…
Wow! A 16x risk of undergoing a #knee replacement and 14x risk of #hip replacement in retired #NFL players vs general population under the ago of 50.
bit.ly/3XoHp27 #orthopedics #arthritis #rehabilitation
We could all learn from your mom! #ActiveForHealth ( and all ages!) Active Aging HealthLinkBC Alison Hoens
JointHealth Alberta Rheumatology Arthritis Research Canada Arthritis Society Canada Spondylitis Canada Lupus Canada Scleroderma Canada Schroeder Arthritis Institute Ontario Rheumatology Jane Nigil Haroon MD, PhD, DM, FRCPC, MBA Tom Appleton Frank Beier Please RT ⬆️ to spread the word on the importance for our community to be up-to-date with a #bivalent #covid #vaccine and to tell them treatments are available if they contract covid-19. 🙏🏼❤️✌🏼
CALLING ALL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS who care for older patients with #rheum atologic disease! Please take 5 minutes to fill out our survey about the care of older adults with #rheum disease.
We appreciate your input! #RheumTwitter #gerirheum #aging #ageism
ais.swmed.edu/redcap/surveys…
#WHSS starts back up on Jan 9th! Aging, Mobility, and Cognitive Health Lab will review the role of #exercise in promoting #brain outcomes in older #adults . She will also highlight potential #sexdifferences in exercise efficacy and windows to intervene for #females .
Register: bit.ly/3ezHT4p
Physical inactivity increases the risk of death from non-communicable diseases.
A new global study published in The Lancet Global Health estimates the public health-care costs associated with non-communicable diseases due to physical inactivity. hubs.li/Q01wQMXc0
Exercise Works! Exercise is Medicine Exercise Is Medicine Are you a health care professional looking for credible resources to support activity in people living with chronic conditions? Check out the vetted resources for HCPs healthlinkbc.ca/healthy-eating… and for patients healthlinkbc.ca/healthy-eating…
Can you believe it?😯
It is 2023 and we could not be more excited to share it with all of our members and partner organizations!
Please email [email protected] if there is any specific #arthritis content you would like to see!
