You never need to “just man up”. It’s #MensHealthWeek and we’re here to remind you it’s okay to reach out. You’re no less of a man by opening up ✊🏾 Big thanks to katies.self.care.diaries for this important illustration 🤍

Simple arthritis life hack for gardening: swap your hand tools for upright or vertical designed ones! They take stress off sore finger joints and put your wrist in a more neutral position, plus they use larger joints / muscles. instagram.com/reel/CtZ-zB3L5…

Should you take on that new project? Even if you already have a massive workload or too many existing priorities, the answer should be "yes" if it connects with the things that motivate you at the deepest level. 3 questions to ask yourself, based on the 3 levers of intrinsic

Research shows that employee's willingness to support organisation-wide change initiatives has fallen drastically since the pandemic, across all sectors. A key reason? At a time when people are still recovering, the change is too fast & too top down. 4 ways forward: 1) Clearly

🖐️ Do you know how to evaluate the #Edema of the Hand in an Objective way? 🚩 The Figure of Eight test allows us to assess the severity of the edema with a tape measure 📏 ! Do you know how to perform the test with the ASHT statements? Thread!! ⏬

This test was described for the first time in the Ankle region in 1979 (JOSPT) 🦶 , although it was not until 2003 that its validity and reliability was demonstrated in the Hand 🖐️ compared to other more expensive means such as Volumetry 💦 jhandtherapy.org/article/S0894-…

📢I will be hosting my next introductory talk for OTs interested in OH on Saturday, 12th August! Book your free place here 👉 it.ly/3wFKUXx #vocrehab #OH #OT

🚨Want to know more about how qualitative research creates impact? U might fancy this session 👇👇 The Dudley Group Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) Lou Wallace Ros Leslie, PhD

🚨R u an OT looking to find out more about research? Look no further, this could be for u 👇👇 Dudley Rehabilitation Service The Dudley Group Gemma Coleyshaw Dudley Group NHS Therapy Services Lou Wallace Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS)

Useful video showing how to test for thumb UCL (Ulna Collateral Ligament) rupture. This tends to be less painful than a sprain. True UCL tested with 20’ flexion MCPJ. This was a Stener lesion where a tiny piece of bone is pulled off and sits in the adductor aponeurosis British Society for Surgery of the Hand

🚨Dietitian - fab job opp👇 Take a look. Great opp to join a supportive team. Develop yourself and the service and make a difference to pt care 🌟 Not sure? Give them a call to find out more - they are ready & waiting to hear from u! 😃 Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS)

Before labelling people as “resistors” “disengaged” - ask yourself: Do they feel threatened? Are relationships at risk? Can they see the vision? Is the pace right? Is there trust & understanding? What’s in it for them? Are there power imbalances? Scared of loss? #engagement

🗣out to OTs out there..we have a community band 6 post in rapid response..join this growing team delivering the national 2 hr UCR #homefirst If rehab is your passion, then we have a band 5 OT post in intermediate care. Get in touch, DM me, check out nhs jobs..The Dudley Group

Come and join our team The Dudley Group due to career progression we have 2 band 6 vacancies available within our #DeterioratingPatientTeam to work both educationally & clinically across the trust. For more info jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/joba…

🎉It’s World Occupational Therapy Day!!🥳 Let’s give a MASSIVE shout out to all our brilliant OT colleagues The Dudley Group Black Country Integrated Care System (ICS) & beyond Reflect & be proud of the impact u have upon patient care🌟 Big thanks from me to all of u 👏👏

Echoing others and asking the RCOT to reconsider OT hacks campaign. It’s patronising and simplifies the complex and nuanced role OT’s play across a myriad of specialities. Our interventions are tailored to individuals and not a bag of tricks used as a one size fits all “hack”

In case you missed it: 💻 Watch this webinar recording to learn about the upcoming changes to our standards of conduct, performance and ethics and guidance on social media, which are due to come into effect on 1 September 2024. 👇 ow.ly/ebPM50Q3rsz

📢Myth busting new #CRPS paper challenges🧐 assumption that those with early #CRPS have better rehab outcomes 📢 Our RUH Bath 🏥 clinical data proved they don't👈🏾 In fact people with CRPS => 1 year do just as well & sustain those improvements once home🏠

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