Podcasts about arthritis research uk

In this episode, David is joined by Dr. Tom Maden-Wilkinson. Tom is an established researcher in Neuromuscular Physiology. He completed his PhD at Manchester Metropolitan University examining the age related changes in skeletal muscle as part of the EU-funded myoage project. Upon completion in 2013, Tom moved to Loughborough University as a teaching fellow in Exercise Physiology, contributing to teaching across the undergraduate and postgraduate sports and exercise science programmes. During his time at Loughborough, Tom conducted research as part of the NCSEM and the Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis as funded by Arthritis Research UK. He  joined the Academy for Sport and Physical Activity at Sheffield Hallam University in January 2017 as a Lecturer in Sports and Exercise Science, with his teaching focus in Exercise Physiology. In addition, Tom is an associate researcher of the Centre for Sports Engineering Research. Full show-notes available at: www.synapseperformance.ie/podcasts/episode119

In this edition Paul Pennington looks at kidney health, autism, teeth, diverticulosis, arthritis and 'the silent killer' carbon monoxide poisoning. Grateful thanks to the British Kidney Patients Association, the National Autistic Society, James Goolnik, Guts UK. Arthritis Research UK and the Health and Safety Executive.       

Medical research charities in the UK have been successfully integrating patient insight into their activities for over 10 years. In this session presented at the 2nd annual Patients as Partners Europe in January 2018, Claire Nolan, Research Involvement Manager, Parkinson's UK, and Chris MacDonald, Research Involvement Manager, Arthritis Research UK, explore a shift in attitiude towards pharmaceutical and medical research charity collaboration. They share how charities have developed their processes to strike a balance of delivering effective research outcomes whilst ensuring principled and meaningful patient involvement and how these experiences, resources, and processes can be used practically to support industry to put the needs and voice of patients at the centre of medicines development. The 3rd annual Patients as Partners Europe will be presented January 28-29, 2019 in London, UK. Find more information here.

Fibromyalgia management’s revised recommendations, walking as self-management, and one person’s journey living with FM. This edition has been supported by the Women’s Fund for Scotland. Fibromyalgia (FM) affects around 2% of the UK population, with 80-90% of those being women, and being a widely misunderstood condition its exact causes are unknown. Widespread pain is the major symptom; but people with FM may also experience fatigue, difficulty sleeping, memory problems ('fibro-fog'), muscle stiffness, and many others. In 2016, EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism) published its Revised Recommendations for the Management of Fibromyalgia. In this edition Paul Evans speaks to Dr Gareth Jones, reader in epidemiology at the University of Aberdeen who was part of the study group. Paul also speaks to Dr Kathryn Martin and Fiona Rennie about their work with Walk With Ease, a programme that encourages walking as a self-management technique for arthritis and musculoskeletal conditions like FM. He even has a go himself! We also hear from Diane about her experiences being diagnosed with FM and her journey using swimming, yoga, and mindfulness as self-management techniques. Contributors: Diane, person living with fibromyalgia Dr Gareth Jones, Reader of Epidemiology, Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen Dr Kathryn R. Martin, Lecturer in Epidemiology, Epidemiology Group, University of Aberdeen, 'Walk With Ease' Programme Fiona Rennie, 'Walk With Ease' leader. More information: Fibromyalgia Action UK - www.fmauk.org 'Walk With Ease' programme on Arthritis Research UK website - https://www.arthritisresearchuk.org/news/arthritis-today/2018/march/can-community-walking-programmes-help-people-with-arthritis-to-walk-with-ease.aspx NHS Fibromyalgia - https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Fibromyalgia/. 

Professor Alan Silman is an epidemiologist and a rheumatologist and is the co-author of 'Epidemiological Studies: A Practical Guide', which is the recommended textbook for the module 'Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods'. Alan Silman is currently Professor of Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Oxford. He was Director of the UK's Arthritis Research Epidemiology Unit in Manchester from 1988-2006, and then Medical Director of Arthritis Research UK, before moving to Oxford to take up his current position. He has published over 500 articles in the broad field of arthritis and musculoskeletal disease epidemiology. This talk was held as part of the Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods module, which is part of the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care.

Professor Alan Silman is an epidemiologist and a rheumatologist and is the co-author of 'Epidemiological Studies: A Practical Guide', which is the recommended textbook for the module 'Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods'. Alan Silman is currently Professor of Musculoskeletal Health at the University of Oxford. He was Director of the UK's Arthritis Research Epidemiology Unit in Manchester from 1988-2006, and then Medical Director of Arthritis Research UK, before moving to Oxford to take up his current position. He has published over 500 articles in the broad field of arthritis and musculoskeletal disease epidemiology. This talk was held as part of the Introduction to Study Design and Research Methods module, which is part of the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care.

AP al fresco! The benefits of gardening for our physical and mental health, and why, when it comes to green space, size isn’t everything… This programme was funded by a grant from The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust. Getting some gentle exercise tops the NHS’ list of ten self-help tips for managing pain, with distraction and communication also playing important roles. In this episode of Airing Pain we see how gardening can help with all three, and the benefit for our minds as well as our bodies. We talk to Craig Lister and Chris Speirs from The Conservation Volunteers about their community garden project Green Gym, which brings together volunteers in shared green spaces in cities across the UK. One such space is Waterlow Park in London, where Paul chats to volunteers Maddy and Rosie about how the weekly sessions have helped them overcome difficulties including depression, anxiety and chronic pain. A few miles away from Waterlow Park is the Rheumatology department at Whipps Cross Hospital, where clinical nurse specialist Margaretta Rooney created a garden designed specifically with the needs of patients with arthritis in mind. Raised beds allow people to sit down as they weed, reducing stress on the joints, and a patio means there’s no need for mowing or other heavy equipment. For fifteen years, volunteers Brian and Josephine have been meeting up each week to help tend to the garden. Brian explains how, thanks to Margaretta, even with arthritis in his hands he still has green fingers and enjoys the social aspect of being out in the fresh air with his friend. Josephine describes the vital role the garden played in managing her chronic pain and depression, and the feeling of giving back to the department and hospital community. Contributors: - Chris Speirs, Health Development Manager The Conservation Volunteers - Craig Lister, Managing Director of the TCV Green Gym - Maria Schlatter, Project Officer at TCV Green Gym - Josephine, Whipps Cross Hospital garden volunteer - Brian, Whipps Cross Hospital garden volunteer - Margaretta Rooney, clinical nurse specialist in rheumatology at Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust - Rosie, Green Gym volunteer - Maddy, Green Gym volunteer More information: - For advice on gardening with disability and specially adapted equipment, see Thrive: http://thrive.org.uk/thrives-carry-on-gardening-website.aspx - The gardening and arthritis booklet leaflet mentioned by Margaretta can be ordered or downloaded from the Arthritis Research UK website: http://www.arthritisresearchuk.org - To get involved with a TCV green gym near you, visit The Conservation Volunteers: https://www.tcv.org.uk/greengym - To contact Margaretta about helping with the Whipps Cross garden, email production@painconcern.org.uk and we’ll put you in touch! First broadcast 01/08/2017 #airingpain #painconcern #gardening #greengym #TCV #chronicpain

Getting moving with tai chi, staying in work and why arthritis pain is not all about the joints. This edition is funded by the Agnes Hunter Trust. Over ten million people in the UK live with arthritis and it is the most common cause of pain. Professor David Walsh of Arthritis Research UK explains what causes the different types of arthritis, why the nervous system is the main culprit in arthritis pain and he updates us on the most promising lines of current research into drug treatments. But there is much more to living well with arthritis than taking medication as Producer Paul Evans finds out at an Arthritis Care Wellbeing Day in Renton, Scotland. He joins a specially adapted tai chi lesson and finds out from Sharon MacPherson about what to eat and drink and what to avoid when managing the condition: ‘Sassy Water’ is in, alcohol is out. The workplace can be a challenge for anyone managing pain with 50 per cent of those with rheumatoid arthritis leaving work within a year. Hazel Muir emphasises the importance of knowing your rights and being able to explain about your pain to employers and colleagues. Contributors: * David Walsh, Professor of Rheumatology, University of Nottingham and Director, Arthritis Research UK Pain Centre * Sharon MacPherson, Project Officer – Joint Activity, Arthritis Care * Hazel Muir, Employability Officer, Arthritis Care First broadcast 28.06.16 #arthritis #diet #exercise #work

Professor Mark Batt graduated from Cambridge University Medical School in 1984 and trained in Family Medicine. He obtained a Diploma in Sports Medicine from the University of London in 1991 and completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at the University of California, Davis in 1993. Since 1995, he has been in Nottingham, United Kingdom, as a consultant/senior lecturer in Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Nottingham University Hospitals where he was appointed Special Professor in 2004. He serves or served as a consultant for The England and Wales Cricket Board, The Rugby Football League, British Gymnastics, The English Institute of Sport, The Wimbledon Tennis Championships, ATP and the WTA. He is immediate past-president of the Faculty of Sport & Exercise Medicine and past Chairman of the Specialist Advisory Committee in SEM. He chaired the work-group which produced the successful case for SEM as a specialty of medicine (2005). He is director of the Arthritis Research UK (ARUK) Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis: a consortium of Nottingham, Oxford, Southampton, Bath, Loughborough, UCL and Leeds Universities investigating the relationship between acute and overuse injury and subsequent Osteoarthritis. In this podcast, Dr. Liam West (@Liam_West) poses questions that see Prof Batt take listeners through the objectives and aims of the ARUK centre and the research it is currently working on. Prof Batt also gives his views on how to ensure that research remains clinically relevant before finishing the podcast discussion the future avenues for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Further Reading ARUK Centre for Sport, Exercise and Osteoarthritis - http://www.sportsarthritisresearchuk.org/seoa/index.aspx ARUK Research Projects - http://www.sportsarthritisresearchuk.org/seoa/research-projects/index.aspx ARUK Work Packages - http://www.sportsarthritisresearchuk.org/seoa/work-packages/workpackages.aspx ARUK Centre Publications - http://www.sportsarthritisresearchuk.org/seoa/publications/index.aspx Isokinetic Football Medicine Conference, 11-12th April 2015, QEII Conference Centre, London http://www.footballmedicinestrategies.com/en/ Exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review incorporating trial sequential analysis and network meta-analysis http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/21/1579.abstract  Optimal types of exercise for lower limb osteoarthritis http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2014/02/18/bjsports-2013-093384.full  No benefit of surgery over physiotherapy for meniscal tears in adults with knee osteoarthritis http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/9/797 Osteoarthritis as an outcome of paediatric sport: an epidemiological perspective http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2011/02/17/bjsm.2010.081984 Osteoarthritis in football: FIFA/F-MARC approach http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/45/8/673.extract