There are huge regional disparities in FND care in the UK. But it would be really helpful to have more research documenting that If you have FND please help with this research whether you’ve been able to access care or not.

Global collaboration takes steps towards improving clinical trials for Parkinson's. Find out how 2 medical tests could be used to help identify and measure Parkinson's to improve research. Read the news 👉🏿 prksn.uk/48K1fdN

Here's one for everyone who is keen to follow the UK stroke guidelines- how to DE- implement Bobath.

Anyone selected for CPD Audit cannot access the HCPC Registration ‘My Account’ service from today until Monday. Dates may be extended if necessary. Not great for those of us needing to access to do CPD Harsh Choudhary so will you be extending our deadlines?

Today we implanted the first UK SynchroMed III pump for intrathecal baclofen therapy! Great to offer this new system to help patients manage their severe spasticity. @medtronic UCLH NHNN Spasticity Team Cerebral Palsy Queen Square

Thank you Sarahtyson for the presentation on the 2023 Stroke Guidelines a year on. Good to reflect on and implement all the time.

Get your copy here! #HEADS:UP pilot RCT Plain English Final Report out now. #stroke #mindfulness #depression #anxiety For your very own copy email: [email protected]

Portugal is smashing it - the whole country ran 95% on green electricity last month. That’s incredible, and right on our doorstep. We have everything we need to reach Energy Independence ourselves - except a government that gets it. bit.ly/3WLyB91

3 Days left to register!!! Annie and Simone checking and rechecking the UL MOOC starting next week. Registrations close this Friday 31st. All info and registration at strokeed.com #strokerehab #OT #Physio

⁦StrokeEd⁩ Week 3 upper limb evidence based recommendations for training.

I heard the term ‘no rehab potential’ today. It’s been a long time…

Week 4 StrokeEd completed. I have never thought about being a coach. Such an important part of what we do. Knowledge of results, performance, exercise logs. Some new additions to my assessment, I feel excited to implement my learning into community stroke rehab.

🗣️Missing the amazing Verona FNDS Conference lectures and insights💡 from past month? We've got you! Check out the📚Ultimate Resource Library for Functional Neurological Disorders! Note: only accessible if you're a FNDS member! Not a member? Join today: fndsociety.org/membership

There are nearly 20 different disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) currently available to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Check out a list of treatment options for RRMS and learn more about how each one works: brnw.ch/21wLgL3

Despite my prior skepticism of vitamin D as a treatment of MS, this mendelian randomization study (looking at genetically determined vitamin D level to account for confounding) does show a very slight link between low vitamin D and worse MS prognosis. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39004505/

Is spasticity a result of lesions of the pyramidal tract (corticospinal tract)? Nope as Mark Hallett clarifies in an elegant physiology talk for us today. If you thought this spasticity = CST, you are not alone, as this is a common misperception, and alyhough it may be

What are new exciting targets to watch for potential treatment of dyskinesia in Parkinson's? Here are three from Susan Fox that she is watching. #Parkinsons

Mental health difficulties for Stroke Survivors is incredibly common. Despite this, the mental health of Stroke Survivors is chronically under researched. That changes now. Find out more below: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/uea/scots

What resting splints for the upper limb are popular?