𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 Has your child (0-18 years) had a health care test, treatment or examination in the last year? 🏥 Were they held still for the procedure? We would love to hear your views and experiences. 🗣️ 📲6 question survey surveymonkey.com/r/holdingforpr…

Reminder that I'm active over on #BlueskySocial as bsky.app/profile/drchar… and The CAM-Pain Study has a home there too as bsky.app/profile/campai… Come on over, the water (and the conversation) is lovely.

We are looking for ways to best support networking for qual health researchers & would like to learn more about what opportunities already exists and how networking needs can be met. We would be grateful if you could answer a few short Qs via this link 🙏 forms.office.com/e/HgAQJXmzGZ

It's very exciting to see this in print! An incredible anthology of poems in support of #JuvenileArthritisResearch. More news to follow in the new year. #ThinkJIA The Dirigible Balloon 🎈 #ChildrenGetArthritisToo

Congratulations Mum!!

Happy Monday! Exciting couple of weeks at CAM-Pain Towers, organising consensus groups to talk about future MSK pain resources for CYP, AND putting together conference abstracts to start getting the results of our interviews and focus groups out into the world.

Do you have children aged 8-18? Do they want to help us create resources to help children & young people manage pain? We're holding online consensus groups to work out what things people think are most important for resources. Contact us at [email protected] !

Work in primary care? Do you want to help design resources to help children and young people manage pain? Get involved with our online Delphi study (you'd be able to take part whenever is convenient for you!). Contact us for info: [email protected]

Are you a UK clinician who manages children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? CAM-Pain study Keele University 🐿️ would love you to take part in our E-Delphi study gathering views on developing resources for children & young people with MSK pain. Link: tinyurl.com/53b2a2jn

Are you a UK-based healthcare professional? Have you managed children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? You could help guide the development of free self-management resources for CYP with MSK pain. Study link: forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr Details in thread below:

I have a new post on my blog: Ten Years Of Creative Research Methods helenkara.com/2025/05/27/ten… #CRMethods #TenYears #creativeresearchmethods

Do you manage children & young people with musculoskeletal pain? Do you have 10mins for a few questions on self-management resources for CYP with MSK pain? Give your opinions in our e-Delphi study: forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr Funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research Versus Arthritis #KeeleMSK

#followfriday Everyone follow the research programme I'm on: The CAM-Pain Study at Keele University 🐿️. We're studying musculoskeletal pain in children and young people and we're designing free resources to help.

I'll be in Glasgow in a couple of weeks talking about The CAM-Pain Study at the IASP ISPP conference. Then I'll be in Cardiff in July for the SAPC ASM talking yet more about the research. Looking forward to it!

Thanks to all the healthcare professionals who have already taken part in our studies! You can still help us design resources to help children and young people manage their musculoskeletal pain. It's as easy as clicking here (and then taking a survey): forms.office.com/e/8pbRyyGbUr

Absolute lad at the entrance to #ISPP2025 evening do!

This morning’s Glasgow taxi driver: “whoever invented work didn’t think it through. Now he’s long gone and we’re stuck with it!” Also he told me I should move to Scotland and that I’d be made very welcome. Extremely nice guy.

#ISPP2025 make your way to poster 66 to find out about The CAM-Pain Study insights into views on care needs for children and young people with MSK pain!

And #ISPP2025 is done! What an incredible week - loads of inspiration, loads of wonderful people and an absolute firehose of new information.

Farewell Glasgow! Always a pleasure.