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Hello there Rheumatology Fans,My first podcast for a while, I have been busy with other projects and they have slipped off the priority list but I couldn't leave this topic uncovered.I discuss barriers and facilitators to First Contact Physiotherapists identifying Axial Spondyloarthritis with Carissa Jones whose MSc dissertation was on this exact subject. It is obviously a topic close to my interest as it is a big audience I teach to!Tons of useful information in this one and I am very grateful to Carissa for giving up her time and expertise to record with me!LISTEN ON APPLELISTEN ON SPOTIFYFurther Resources Get full access to The Rheumatology Physio at rheumatologyphysio.substack.com/subscribe
Dr Katherine Jones joins the chaps for this episode. Dr Jones explains the interactions between inflammatory bowel diseases and exercise, does it help? Spoiler... There are a lot of unanswered questions! The conversation steers from benefits to barriers, via hernias and finally to advice. Tim lends his experience of the struggles he has had returning to exercise and Rob discusses his return to Iron Man (the absolute nutter). You can email us now so get in touch! crohnsandcolitispodcast@outlook.com Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are conditions that are termed Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. These are auto-inflammatory conditions meaning they are caused by the bodies own immune system mistakenly affecting its own tissues. Rob Beaven - https://dyerstclinic.com/ Jack March - https://rheumatology.physio Tim Colledge - https://open.substack.com/pub/timcolledge05Also available in all podcast players:SPOTIFYAPPLE PODCASTSYOUTUBEPrevious Episodes…Ep1 - The Diagnostic JourneyPrelude - Who Are We And Why Are We Here? Get full access to The Rheumatology Physio at rheumatologyphysio.substack.com/subscribe
Dr Mike McFarlane joins the chaps in this episode. He lends his considerable expertise as a Consultant Gastroenterologist as we cover a huge lot of ground from initial symptoms, diagnostic testing, different pathways, what happens after diagnosis and more...!! Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are conditions that are termed Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. These are auto-inflammatory conditions meaning they are caused by the bodies own immune system mistakenly affecting its own tissues. Rob Beaven - https://dyerstclinic.com/ Jack March - https://rheumatology.physio Tim Colledge - https://open.substack.com/pub/timcolledge05Also available in all podcast players:SPOTIFYAPPLE PODCASTS Get full access to The Rheumatology Physio at rheumatologyphysio.substack.com/subscribe
Jack, Rob, and Tim explain who they are, why they are here, and what this podcast is going to all be about. Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are conditions that are termed Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. These are auto-inflammatory conditions meaning they are caused by the body's own immune system mistakenly affecting its own tissues. Rob Beaven - https://dyerstclinic.com/ Jack March - https://rheumatology.physio Tim Colledge - https://open.substack.com/pub/timcolledge05Also available in all podcast players:SPOTIFYAPPLE PODCASTS Get full access to The Rheumatology Physio at rheumatologyphysio.substack.com/subscribe
Jim was just a little excited to indulge in one of his favourite topics for a full podcast - Osteoarthritis. Ossur produce a wide range of limb products, of particular interest are their medial offloader braces for knee osteoarthritis. These provide a very real option as part of a management program for this tricky condition and Jim wanted to delve deep into how and why they might work. A lot of ground covered as he discusses with Giles the construction of the braces, how they work and who they might work for, improving compliance/tolerance and the cost implications. You can find out more about Ossur here You can also contact them for more information by email ukinfo@ossur.com or phone 03450 065 065 Don't forget to like and subscribe to the podcast, if you have 10 seconds why not leave a review!
Jack March am a big fan of NASS, this isnt news really. What is news though is they have innovated again in the patient self-management and support world. YourSpAce is a sensational resource to signpost patients to. Zoe Clark - Senior Self-management Programme Officer NASS and Allied Health Professional is here to discuss the project. Your SpAce LinkOrder free promo packs (postcards and A4 posters) Your SpAce has been supported by funding from Novartis. Novartis had no editorial input. With thanks to Ben Marlow from Ben&Jack Studio for recording and editing https://benandjackstudio.com
We are finishing up this AxSpA series with a bang! I finally managed to get Dr James Noake behind the microphone to talk about AxSpA in Sport and Exercise Medicine. We discuss the patients that attend his clinic, some of his tips, the challenges that this cohort present and the role of SEM Consultants in assessment/management Find James on twitter HERE Please provide feedback on this podcast HERE Thank you to Novartis for sponsoring this Series of 5 podcasts For more resources CLICK HERE
Psoriasis as we know is a big risk for developing Psoriatic Arthritis. Clinically reasoning who we send to Rheumatology is a little bit of a challenge however. Do you refer a person with Psoriasis and tendon pain? Or do you need more of an inflammatory picture first? We don't want to delay diagnosis but we also don't want to over investigate or over medicalise. I discussed one way in a blog about nails. In this video I discuss a paper that looks at Psoriasis, MSK Pain and Ultrasound. We take some useful ideas from it to help with clinical reasoning. Unfortunately the paper is not open access but you can find it here. Please consider heading to rheumatology.physio/shop to find more resources and supporting me to continue this hairbrained project! As usual, feedback is greatly appreciated and for any further reading for me please send it my way! PLEASE REMEMBER – THIS BLOG IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR CLINICAL REASONING, IF YOU ARE UNSURE GET ADVICE
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The people who have conditions are the voices we need in healthcare to understand not only the effects of the disease but also the processes involved in navigating healthcare systems. Bethany Dawson has had Axial Spondyloarthritis for a number of years and has experienced the good and the bad of these systems. Dale Webb is the CEO of the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society who work tirelessly to bridge the divide between patients and healthcare. The information and experience in this podcast are vital if we as MSK Therapists are to understand our place in this landscape. I learned so much from this conversation and you will too. Find NASS HERE Please provide feedback on this podcast HERE Thank you to Novartis for sponsoring this Series of 5 podcasts For more resources CLICK HERE
I didnt think saying "not everyone with joint pain needs an xray" was going to be my controversial opinion when I think Tea is the worst drink ever invented but here we are... The NICE guidance says "Our guideline on osteoarthritis recommends that adults aged 45 or over should be diagnosed with osteoarthritis clinically without investigations if they have activity-related joint pain and either no morning joint-related stiffness or morning stiffness that lasts no longer than 30 minutes"
Axial Spondyloarthritis affects "people of childbearing age" which means we need to know the affect it has on pregnancy, birth and symptoms. Unfortunately until recently this information has been quite sparce. Enter Dr Sinead Maguire who is changing this in a hugely positive manner. In this podcast we cover a lot of ground, the what, why and how does AxSpA affect women during and after pregnancy. Then we go on to talk about effects on the baby as well. A must for anyone seeing women with AxSpA! Thank you to Novartis for sponsoring this Series of 5 podcasts For more resources CLICK HERE Please provide feedback on this podcast HERE Mentioned Systematic Review HERE Dr Maguire Recent Article HERE
Welcome back Rheumatology fans, I booked in another sneaky podcast record and its a really great look at Hypermobility with the awesome Mike Makher. We discuss what hypermobility is, what physios can do and when we should refer out. Don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel or head to my website Rheumatology.physio for podcast links, blogs and more Rheumatology info Comment on your experiences or any topics you want me to cover
In this, the second of a series of five podcasts concentrating on Axial Spondyloarthritis for healthcare clinicians, Jack March - The Rheumatology Physio speaks to Dr. Louise Warburton a GP with Special Interest in Rheumatology all about AxSpA in Primary Care. They go into specific detail about the challenges of Primary Care, which investigations to order and what the results of these investigations mean and referral pathways. Vital information for anyone working in Primary Care and referring roles. Thank you to Novartis for sponsoring this series of podcasts. Please fill in this feedback survey regarding the podcast to help inform and improve the delivery of CPD materials. https://pcrmm.org.uk/ https://Spadetool.co.uk/
Welcome back Rheumatology fans, trying something new this week as I created my first "Top Tips" video. This weeks video comes from a recent batch of courses I presented, the question was asked a couple of times. How do you differentiate a gout flare from an osteoarthritis flare? After all the symptom profiles and patient demographics are rather similar. The "Top Tips" series is born, you can watch the video below (10 mins) or I have popped the slides below as well which contain the information. Let me know what you think of this format please! The Rheum 101 hybrid event in Person and Virtual tickets are available and being snapped up FAST. Grab yours HERE if you want to hear from some amazing speakers all about Rheumatology (including Chris!). It will be unmissable!!
Welcome back Rheumatology fans, we are all about imaging and Psoriatic Arthritis this week following a heads up from the wonderful Chris Martey on twitter about a paper tha discusses this in fantastic detail. I have pulled out what I believe to be the salient points for this blog. The Rheum 101 hybrid event in Person and Virtual tickets are available and being snapped up FAST. Grab yours HERE if you want to hear from some amazing speakers all about Rheumatology (including Chris!). It will be unmissable!! FULL PAPER (open access)
In this, the first of a series of five podcasts concentrating on Axial Spondyloarthritis for healthcare clinicians, Jack March - The Rheumatology Physio speaks to 3 members of AStretch about Physiotherapy provision for AxSpA. They cover a broad range of topics from the benefits of in-person and virtual appointments, transferrable skills that MSK Therapists already have, and personalising treatments. Susi, Heather, and Hannah are hugely experienced clinicians working with people with AxSpA and the information they provide is top class and of immediate use in the clinical environment. Thank you to Novartis for sponsoring this series of podcasts.
Would you like these blogs directly to your email inbox? I now have a weekly newsletter! SUBSCRIBE HERE Happy New Year Rheumatology Fans, we are starting 2022 with a BANG as there is a great consensus document that has been published about none radiographic AxSpA. It only came to my attention in the last 24 hours so I havent had time to fully get to grips with it yet but a couple of things drew my attention which I wanted to get started with in this blog for you. In other news we have courses up both in-person and virtual, check them out HERE there are limited tickets so grab them before they disappear and you miss out. Also the updated, upgraded, and all-around better recorded course is live too so check that out for a ton of learning. Please consider heading to the shop to find more resources and supporting me to continue this hair-brained project! Or you can Buy A Coffee You can also listen to all of my blogs as podcasts subscribe to your preferred channel HERE You can also find my podcast on Apple & Spotify & Google As usual, feedback is greatly appreciated and for any further reading for me please send it my way! PLEASE REMEMBER – THIS BLOG IS NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR CLINICAL REASONING, IF YOU ARE UNSURE GET ADVICE
Welcome back and after a bit of a break I was back on Chewing It Over! I opened it up as an Ask Me Anything and a few questions came in for me to discuss. We first talked about assessing for Enthesitis, then moved on to psoriasis and nails before finishing up on Hypermobility. It was good fun and I will certainly look at running some more in the new year. If you have any questions for me then do get in touch, I always try to answer them or use them as a basis for a blog.
Welcome back to the blog! Psoriatic Arthritis (Big Sigh). This is not easy, today I had a paper brought to my attention by Martin Thomas on Twitter which is open access LINK and is an interesting read for certain. It speaks to a lot of the challenges we face when trying to pick out Psoriatic Arthritis conditions in the sea of MSK presentations. I have tried to create some learning pointers in this blog. Please consider heading to the shop to find more resources and supporting me to continue this hairbrained project! Or you can Buy A Coffee You can also listen to all of my blogs as podcasts subscribe to your preferred channel HERE You can also find my podcast on Apple & Spotify & Google As usual feedback is greatly appreciated and any further reading for me please send it my way!
Welcome back to the blog! Catchy title alert, clickbait? Maybe. This is a topic I have been wanting to talk about for a while and I have a really good little article in the blog to demonstrate why. I have put my thoughts in and I hope they get your brain ticking over. I have also put the audio on my podcast feed :)
RheumMates is back and oh wow do we cover some ground in this podcast. Faye is a Physio and has Ankylosing Spondylitis. We cover topics like acceptance of the diagnosis, how her management has varied over time and what happened during her pregnancies. So much to learn in this podcast and I hope it is of use to therapists and women with Axial Spondylitis alike! Don't forget to subscribe, rate and review if you can and find loads more information on my website Like what you heard? Why not support the show by Buying A Coffee
Thank you to Psoriasis Association for inviting me to speak alongside Karina Jackson to their members about exercise. It was very enjoyable with an excellent Q&A section. Dont forget to subscribe to the channel and if you fancy leaving a review that would be epic!
Welcome back to the blog! Osteoarthritis has been a bit of a passion project of mine over the last few months, learning and absorbing, finally attempting to disseminate what I believe to be the most up to date understandings around how the condition develops. I ran a webinar with BASRaT entitled "Osteoarthritis - Beyond Wear and Tear" and I have taken some of the questions from it and answered them. For an in-depth read about Osteoarthritis you can get my "Osteoarthritis - Clinician Edition" as an EBook or Printed Please consider heading to the shop to find more resources and supporting me to continue this hairbrained project! Or you can Buy A Coffee
Welcome back to the blog! It was livestream week this week and you can catch up here. This month I discussed Rheumatology in primary care, some of the challenges here and what we should do about it. If you are interested in the study that sparked the thoughts you can find it HERE Please consider heading to the shop to find more resources and supporting me to continue this hairbrained project! Or you can Buy A Coffee
Welcome back, its been a while! Can we be specific in Rheumatology as MSK Therapists, how and when should we be? Don't forget to hit subscribe check out the website and find loads of links to my stuff here
Welcome back to the blog, RheumMates is back! This week I spoke to Zoe Clark an Osteopath and all around lovely person who specialises in AxSpA, works for NASS and has unique insight as you will hear during our chat. We try to challenge our biases regarding manual therapies, discuss approaches and roles of Physios and Osteopaths and generally just have a chat about Rheumatology.
Today we're Chewing Over None MSK manifestations of Rheumatology conditions and making sure these are appropriately in assessments with guest host Jack March. Your lunchtime daily show 12:30-13:00 usually with Jack Chew chatting about whatever is topical but today's show is the monthly takeover with Jack March from Rheumatology.Physio. Usually healthcare and education, occasionally current affairs, always honest.
Welcome back to the blog! We are catching up with the Poll that ran a few weeks ago now and I am responding to the clamour of cheers for a blog on Sjogrens Syndrome. Here it is, I hope you find it useful!
Welcome back to the blog! I decided to run a poll on what to publish this week and the results are in! Reactive Arthritis just edged out Sjogrens Syndrome so we will get to that next time. Reactive Arhtritis has gained a little bit of attention recently in Rheumatology circles although I suspect this has passed many of us by so I hope this blog provides some more detail. It is relatively rare, 30-40/10000 but i have seen it a few times in MSK clinics and Orthopaedics over the years. Read Here SHOP
Following on from my PhysioMatters podcast with Professor Tonia Vincent, I discussed the content with Jack Chew on livestream. So many unknowns and questions... I would love to hear feedback on this one!
Today we're Chewing Over AxSpA in Women with guest host Jack March. I had to leave some questions unanswered at TherapyLive so I am going to go through some of them now! Your lunchtime daily show 12:30-13:00 usually with Jack Chew chatting about whatever is topical but today's show is the monthly takeover with Rheumatology.Physio. Usually healthcare and education, occasionally current affairs, always honest.
Welcome back to the blog! A change of pace from recognition this month as we look at actually treating/managing/rehabbing! Exercise is a vital component of Rheumatoid Arthritis management and unfortunately people with RA fear it and don't reach their targets for activity. The recurrent features are back with legend of the blog and music with Kasabian at the bottom of the page. Please consider heading to the shop to find more resources and supporting me to continue this hairbrained project! Or you can Buy A Coffee
And we are back! RheumMates is fast becoming my passion project speaking to these amazingly cool clinicians in Rheumatology. This month I am joined by Mike Dare and we had the absolute pleasure of interviewing Dr Ai Lyn Tan. Dr Tan is a Consultant Rheumatologist, Associate Professor, researches arthritis, mris, muscles, ultrasounds and runs EVRY DAY. She is truly awesome. Make sure you follow her on Twitter for the latest and greatest research. We discuss a myriad of topics relating to Exercise and Inflammation, many of these questions come straight from my courses and clinicians are always keen to know the answers. Ai Lyn provides these in absolute bucket loads. To learn more about Rheumatology in MSK practice see my upcoming courses HERE Please consider heading to the shop to find more resources and supporting me to continue this hairbrained project! Or buy us a coffee
Today we're Chewing Over Covid-19 and Rheumatology conditions with guest host Jack March. Why are we interested in Covid-19 and rheumatology? What direction is the literature moving in and how can we make sure we are assessing and referring appropriately? Your lunchtime daily show 12:30-13:00 usually with Jack Chew chatting about whatever is topical but today's show is the monthly takeover with Jack March from Rheumatology.Physio. Usually healthcare and education, occasionally current affairs, always honest.
We are back, another week, another blog. I have been thinking this week about Rheumatology and its place in the hearts and minds of MSK Therapists. While I was thinking about this I found the start of a blog I planned on writing about 2 years ago and it triggered me to write this. I am going for a shameless request this week to increase visibility. Why not suggest it to a colleague, tag them on social media or bring it up in a training session? Its much more fun when we learn together!
Jack March is here for what will be the first of the Rheumatology TakeOvers a regular segment commenting on Rheumatology topics as they relate to the MSK world. Today he discusses delay to diagnosis and asks, what will YOU do about it? Tune in on The PhysioMatters Facebook page on the last Tuesday of the month at 1230 for more livestreams. Please consider heading to the shop to find more resources and supporting me to continue this hairbrained project! You can also listen to all of my blogs as podcasts subscribe to your preferred channel HERE As usual feedback is greatly appreciated and any further reading for me please send it my way!
I can't tell you how excited I am about this podcast! Professor Dasgupta is AMAZING, he has led the line on writing PMR guidelines, developing fast track clinics, teaching Rheumatology and just generally being an awesome guy. We delve deep into PMR from a primary care perspective, he gives excellent detail on recognition, management, investigation, differential diagnoisis, diagnostic uncertainty and wow, this might take a couple of listens! Find the Professor on twitter here he runs webinars that are invaluable and packed full of information, details are on his feed, I will see you at them! Please subscribe to the channel and if you are on iTunes, leave a review (5 stars ought to do it)! See you next time!
Thank you to @TaiwanOzPhysio for bringing a paper to my attention which is used as the basis for this blog post (see reference at the end). Clearly recognising rheumatology conditions is of interest to me… This paper is interesting because it literally attempted to test this skill in Physiotherapists, we will talk a little bit about it in this post. Please do consider checking out my shop for further learning resources to help you with your clinical knowledge and help support me to continue providing blogs, videos and more! As usual feedback is greatly appreciated and any further reading for me please send it my way! Text Here
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I have for a long time avoided this subject and I have decided to finally try and include this in my repertoire as the number of questions continues to increase. This is certainly an evolving area of knowledge for me and as a result this is not complete, nor do I expect it to be free from errors. Keep an eye out for further blogs and resources on the subject as I am able to learn more.
Spondyloarthritis is an umbrella term covering a number of clinical diagnoses that can be broadly described as “enthesitic” in nature. This is an oversimplification but I find it helpful to understand where the site of inflammatory effect is and why certain extra articular features manifest.
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Jack and Mike spoke with David Goyette this week, a Podiatric Surgeon about feet. We cover absolutely tons of ground and its a clinical golden nugget a minute as we cover gout, SpA and RA issues of the foot! Please consider supporting the show by buying something from my shop - there are all sorts of CPD materials there.
Prep for an uncoming webinar I am attending on Axial Spondyloarthritis run by ARMA!
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