Olwen J Edwards

Experienced #AlexanderTechniqueTeacher #DoingWhatWorks to build #StrongBacksForLife
ClinicalTrials:NHS #BackPain #LongTermBenefits ArthritisResearchUK #NeckPain

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

Sarah, a primary school teacher, describes her experience of learning the #AlexanderTechnique with me via the #CalderdaleCares4Us project hosted @HealthyMindsCW.

Free activities and treatments for frontline workers who live or work in Calderdale.
Still a few AT slots available.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

Hi @clarins_uk. I am trying (without success) to contact a real person via your website. Any ideas?

[Wolf of X @WolfofX]

Some nursing homes struggle to attract visitors. One in the Netherlands chose to invite roommates instead.

In the Dutch city of Deventer, a retirement home called Humanitas introduced an idea that would eventually gain attention around the world.

Rather than accepting loneliness as a normal part of aging, they approached it as something that could actually be solved.

For over ten years, Humanitas has allowed university students to live inside the nursing home rent free.

In return, the students spend about thirty hours each month connecting with residents. Sometimes that means sharing meals, having conversations, helping with technology, joining activities, or simply keeping someone company during a quiet afternoon.

They are not nurses or employees. They are simply part of the community.

At first, the idea sounded like a smart response to expensive student housing.

But the real impact appeared in the lives of the residents. Reports from outlets such as PBS NewsHour and AARP described seniors becoming more social, more active, and less isolated once younger people became part of everyday life.

What makes the story even more meaningful is that many students chose to spend far more time there than the agreement required.

Some even stayed connected after graduating. Over time, casual interactions turned into genuine friendships.

Humanitas didn’t really create something new. It brought back something many societies once had naturally: different generations living side by side instead of separately.

Maybe the issue was never aging itself. Maybe it was the distance we created between generations.

Sometimes the most powerful ideas are simply old human connections rediscovered.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@NiallHarbison Not sure who is the happier. Anthony or Earth. 😄

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@NiallHarbison As he can't go to the beach everyday, how about getting him a kids paddle pool?

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

She kept finding women in laboratory photographs from the 1800s. Then she read the published papers—and every single woman had vanished. Someone had erased them from history.
Yale University, 1969.
Margaret Rossiter was a graduate student studying the history of science. She was one of very few women in her program.
Every Friday afternoon, students and faculty gathered for beers and informal conversation. One week, Margaret asked a simple question: "Were there ever any women scientists?"
The faculty answered firmly: No.
Someone mentioned Marie Curie. The group dismissed it—her husband Pierre really deserved the credit.
Margaret didn't argue. But she also didn't believe them.
So she started looking.
She found a reference book called "American Men of Science"—essentially a Who's Who of scientific achievement. Despite the title, she was shocked to discover it contained entries about women. Botanists trained at Wellesley. Geologists from Vermont.
There were names. There were credentials. There were careers.
The professors had been wrong.
But Margaret's discovery was just the beginning. Because as she dug deeper into archives across the country, she found something far more disturbing.
Photograph after photograph showed women standing at laboratory benches, working with equipment, listed on research teams.
But when she read the published papers, the award citations, the official histories—those same women had disappeared. Their names were missing. Their contributions erased.
It wasn't random. It was systematic.
Women who designed experiments watched male colleagues publish results without giving them credit. Women whose discoveries were assigned to supervisors. Women listed in acknowledgments instead of as authors. Women passed over for awards that went to male collaborators who contributed far less.
Margaret realized she was witnessing a pattern that stretched across centuries.
Women had always been present in science. The record had simply pushed them aside.
She needed a name for what she was documenting.
In the early 1990s, she found it in the work of Matilda Joslyn Gage—a 19th-century suffragist who had written about this exact phenomenon in 1870.
In 1993, Margaret published a paper formally naming it: The Matilda Effect.
The term captured something that had been hidden in plain sight for generations. Once you knew the term, you saw it everywhere.
Her dissertation became a lifelong mission.
For more than 30 years, Margaret researched and wrote her landmark three-volume series: Women Scientists in America. She examined letters, institutional policies, individual careers. She gathered undeniable evidence that women in science had been consistently under-credited and structurally excluded.
Her work faced resistance. Many dismissed women's history as political rather than academic. Others insisted she was exaggerating.
Margaret didn't argue emotionally. She presented data. Documented cases. Patterns repeated across decades and institutions.
Eventually, the evidence became undeniable.
Her research helped restore recognition to scientists who had been erased:
Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray work revealed DNA's structure—credit went to Watson and Crick.
Lise Meitner, who explained nuclear fission—omitted from the Nobel Prize.
Nettie Stevens, who discovered sex chromosomes—received little credit.
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered stars are made of hydrogen—initially dismissed.
And countless others whose names had nearly vanished.
Margaret changed the narrative. Science was no longer just the story of solitary male geniuses. It became a story of collaboration that included women who had been written out.
The Matilda Effect became standard terminology. Scholars used it to examine how credit is assigned, how authors are listed, who receives awards, who gets left out.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

What is the run time for your performances of Crime and Punishment | Victoria Theatre Halifax

Adapted and directed by Laurie Sansom in March 2026 @NBroadsides please.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

Is this address still active please @CSPScheme ?

Your contact line queue has reduced from 35 holding to 33 in 49 minutes. How can that be?

Your website page below is not working.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@Save_A_Man Great list and suggestions.
I would add:
How to swim
How to look after their health by family habits they copy, in particular for teeth, back, feet and good hygiene.
How to keep safe, stable.
Practical tools to adapt, assess what is needed, when and what the correct result is.

[Mysticismail @xclusive_mystic]

A teacher gave a balloon to every student, who had to inflate it, write their name on it, and throw it in the hallway.

The teacher then mixed all the balloons. The students were given 5 minutes to find their own balloon.

Despite a hectic search, no one found their balloon, At that point, the teacher told the students to take the first balloon they found and hand it to the person whose name was written on it.

Within 5 minutes, everyone had their own balloon. The teacher said to the students, "These balloons arelike happiness.

We will never find it if everyone is
looking for their own. But if we care about other people's happiness, we'll find ours too."

May your day be filled with happiness!🎉

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@PuppiesIover A surfeit of doggos.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@xxxxTheKing HEALTH then YOUTH.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

Reflections on and in daily life @ThePhotoHour.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@NiallHarbison Wonderful lady. Thank you for caring, putting in the time, diligence and acting on what you discovered. #Champion

Mum so young, small, dedicated. #Champion.

Please take care of you Niall. #Champion.

[The Piece Hall @ThePieceHall]

The Piece Hall Easter markets are here!

60 incredible stalls showcasing local independent businesses with everything from handcrafted items, fresh local produced, delicious treats and incredible food and drink.

🗓️ 18 - 21 April
🎟️ Free entry!

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@NiallHarbison Have some days off in your hotel. Tell us you're not/ may not be posting for a few days whilst you recover.
I'm guessing you need to do this every month to get some 'You' time to try and avoid burnout, recover from the emotional/ physical toll in this work.
You have great staff.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

Great to see that @VicTheatre
Tours are back!

https://t.co/mCDDdZ0fKn

[Dog Lovers @DogLovers03]

"It turns out that pets also have their own "last wishes" before they pass away, something only veterinarians who euthanize old or sick animals are aware of. A Twitter user, Jesse Dietrich, once asked a vet what the most challenging part of their job was. The vet responded without hesitation, explaining that the hardest part is witnessing how old or sick animals search for their owners before they fall asleep forever. Shockingly, 90% of owners choose not to stay in the room during their pet's final moments. They leave, unable to bear watching their beloved companion go. However, what they don’t realize is that these final moments are when their pet needs them the most.
Vets are urging pet owners to stay by their animals' sides until the very end. "It’s inevitable that they will pass before you. Remember, you were the center of their world. They may have been just a part of your life, but to them, you were everything—their family. Even though it’s heartbreaking, don’t abandon them in their final moments. Don’t let them die alone in an unfamiliar room with a stranger. It’s incredibly painful for vets to see pets frantically searching for their owners in their last minutes of life. They don’t understand why they’ve been left behind, and all they need is the comfort of their beloved human.
While veterinarians do everything they can to ease the fear and anxiety of these animals, they are still strangers to them. Don’t let your own pain make you walk away. Be brave for them. Endure that heartache, and stay by their side until the very end. They deserve your love and presence in their final moments. "💞🙏

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@mikewritesfunny 🤣😂🤣😂

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@JackTheLab3 Solid Gold.

[Olwen J Edwards @EndBackPainTday]

@AscendantNexus @wolfofx Beyond sweet.