INFOGRAPHIC: Muscle activity during running 🏃‍♀️ Peak loads on the calf, hamstrings and hip flexors will increase significantly with faster running and sprinting.

Learn from the comfort of your own home. My next live online course is June 7th & 8th.

What’s in a Name? The Case for Using “Rotator Cuff Related Shoulder Pain” in Clinical Practice | Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jo…

Today’s A Path Forward post is on our 2nd pain-related suffering article “When pain overwhelms the self: A phenomenological study of a new mode of suffering based on adults’ recollection of their worst pain episodes”. Peter Stilwell tinyurl.com/58ypywfc

NHS costs (initial consultation and over 6-month follow-up) were significantly higher in the GP-led model (median £105.5 per patient) versus physiotherapy led model (£41.0 per patient) and FCPP-AQ (£44.0 per patient) (P<0.001). bjgp.org/content/74/747…

#SEDOLOR25 Los niños sufren más dolor crónico que los adultos. 👉Cuatro de cada diez menores lo padece, un 10% de ellos de manera grave e incapacitante, pero se les diagnotica y trata menos larazon.es/sociedad/ninos… vía La Razón #DolorCrónico

☀️ Summer Smarts: June’s Insight Hub Newsletter is Here! This month, dive into expert perspectives, evidence-based strategies, and the latest trends shaping health care. Start reading now: bit.ly/43srTrA

Is Lifting Technique Related to Pain and Functional Limitation? "Our study reveals that changes in lifting technique may relate to clinical improvements in people with lifting-related CLBP on an individual basis" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…

Is Lifting Technique Related to Pain and Functional Limitation? A Replicated Single-Case Design Study of Five People With Lifting-Related Chronic Low Back Pain onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

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Nociception is no longer viewed solely as a neuronal event but as a dynamic neuroimmune process involving intricate interactions between immune cells, cytokines, and nociceptive pathways." bonoi.org/index.php/si/a…

Our study in the European Journal of Pain challenges the common belief in 'safe' squat lifting for chronic low back pain (CLBP). We found that improvements in pain & function often come from moving AWAY from squat-like techniques. #LowBackPain #Physio

Just arrived in my office-3rd edition of my book. New chapters, my original art, patient stories, and case studies. Available in September....#kathleensluka #slukaart #painscience ⁦UIowa PTRS⁩ ⁦University of Iowa Health Care⁩ ⁦Carver College of Medicine⁩ ⁦Iowa Neuroscience Institute⁩

Dear X Friends, What you eat is how you sleep: A balanced diet rich in plant-based foods enhances the production of sleep-regulating metabolites such as melatonin, GABA & serotonin – no need to supplement! tinyurl.com/2pbv75z6

Overcoming fear of running in chronic #backpain ❓ Qualitative-study embedded in a #RCT doi.org/10.1186/s40798… 👇 #infographic Lead author: Chris Neason 👏 ➡️ A run-walk program can help people with chronic low back #pain to feel more confident and safe.

HOT OFF THE PRESS - OPEN ACCESS SUMMARY:Patients have a strong desire for a diagnosis and may prefer specific diagnostic labels, but these can lead to patient harm. Non-specific labels, while less threatening, require clear explanations to avoid confusion. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40579311/

Kapitza et al. find that clinical subgrouping of patients with spine-related neck/arm pain was substantiated by their phenotypic differences in their somatosensory and symptom descriptor profiles. Learn more in #PAIN bit.ly/3IBc21L

The 3, 2, 1 weekly plan is a flexible approach that can be used to get runners back on track after injury.

Join me and Annina Schmid on our next reappraising entrapment neuropathies course on the 6th and 7th December 2025 cpdcourses.hsu.ac.uk/reappraising-e…

Risk factors for running-related pain in post-partum women. Great research from @IronMomPT et al.