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Northern Ireland healthcare workers bemoan being ‘left behind’ as strike action continues #CSP4FairPay belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/health/no…

Appalled at @OfficialDownGAA's decision to sideline local referee Paul Faloon for the final. Unacceptable that they bow down to objections, denying their own capable referees a chance. It's a betrayal of local talent and a blow to fair play. Disgraceful and Embarrassing.

Physiotherapists should use health coaching techniques to collaboratively plan walking or other general exercise goals as part of routine care for people with low back pain. bit.ly/45MGcpK Free full text. Dr Tash Pocovi Dr Julie Ayre Simon French Christine Lin Chris Maher

This will be MPs’ 11th pay rise since 2010. Please remember that when they attack NHS workers who have had significant real-terms pay cuts for going on strike later this week 🚨🚨 mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Ahhh… access to both U.K. & EU markets. What we had pre-Brexit then? One might wonder what the campaigning for & advertising of Brexit was all for then.

“Sunak wrong to claim October’s waiting list improvement followed a pause in strikes” 🚨🚨🚨 If you care about facts, please retweet this. It was appalling to see this claim from Sunak on the Laura Kuenssberg show! Let’s spread the word 👍 fullfact.org/health/rishi-s…

There are essential journeys today, tomorrow and over the weekend that are unavoidable. We need more roads gritted now or we will end up with serious injuries and probably worse. The roads in Derry this morning are an accident waiting to happen GMB Union DUP Chris Heaton-Harris

UK natural gas prices are back at 2018 levels. But your fuel bill is almost twice as much as 2018. This is a scam of the highest order and totally unacceptable. WE ARE BEING RIPPED OFF.

Obesity increases the odds of intervertebral disc herniation and spinal stenosis; an MRI study of 1634 low back pain patients 👇👇👇 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Electricity prices are lower than they were in 2021 before the 'energy crisis'. Bills were £1,050, now it is £1,973. They are robbing at least £923 more from every customer And they have the gall to say prices won't return to normal for a Decade They and Ofgem are the thieves

If David Cameron hadn't banned onshore wind turbines in 2015 the UK would already have 100% Green Energy, and Centrica and British Gas two of the Conservatives largest donors would be bankrupt. Do you understand?

1) 🔖 Treatment of patellar tendinopathy Did you know? Approximately 22% of elite athletes experience patellar tendon pain at some point in their careers 🏃‍♀️💨

Just a reminder of average energy costs: €650 - France €650 - Belgium €620 - Spain €558 - Germany €558 - Denmark €546 - Holland €545 - Austria €543 - Norway €476 - Finland €174 - Poland €2,960 - UK

A lovely illustration of the biopsychosocial contributions to persistent pain. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Exercise is an effective treatment for depression 🧠 New meta-analysis established that exercise is comparable to traditional treatments such as pharmaceuticals and psychotherapy💊 Walking🚶 Jogging🏃‍♂️ Yoga 🧘‍♂️ Resistance training🏋️ Were the most effective exercise methods ✅

Gosh this is brutal 🔥

After 25 years of seeing and helping thousands of people in pain, these are 10 things I have learnt… 1.Listen! People like and trust other people who listen and take a genuine interest in them and their issues. Do this before anything else!

Someone highlighted this report on LinkedIn: australian.physio/sites/default/… Very interesting read. Wouldn’t it be nice if Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) would provide a similar report but that would be trying to push a positive agenda for wage increases. They would rather push for pay cuts like last time 😬