Kay Nias

Final year physio BSc @UoW_Physio |
PhD Medical History |

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@physioglo @QMUniversity @GCUPhysio @Physio_RGU @NHSHighland @MMUPhysio @NHS_Education @CSPScotland1 Hope more come up like this in coming months 🩷

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Thank you�� @UoW_Physio

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@physioralph @ExploreWellcome @WellcomeLibrary thank you so much!!! I must be mad!! Hope you are well! 😁

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Final year of physiotherapy degree got me feeling like...

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@katiebutler06 I do! Not sure if that's a Nono!! 😂

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@erinacean @ExploreWellcome @thecsp absolutely!!

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During WWI, due to economy, it was not uncommon for soldier-patients to make physiotherapy equipment for the hospital treating them. Physiotherapy at Bath Hospital c.1918 @ExploreWellcome @thecsp #historyofphysio

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@mpcsmith 😂

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Anatomy lessons for soldiers blinded in the First World War and retraining at St Dunstan's rehabilitation centre to become physiotherapists, c.1919. #medhist #historyofphysiotherapy @ExploreWellcome @thecsp

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Wonderful photo of one of the first rehabilitation spaces in the UK @KingsCollegeNHS c.1900. As pic shows early physio was intricately linked to the rehabilitation of disabled children. Today @thecsp campaign to save these spaces @ExploreWellcome

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@RobYeldham @thecsp Exactly! Physiotherapy has very ancient and diverse roots, it was professionalised in the UK by these pioneering ladies in response to sex scandals around the practice of massage. They were all nurses who 'did' massage before they started the STM.

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The founding members of the @thecsp wore these uniforms in 1898... although there has been lots of changes to physio uniforms over the years... it's still a topic of debate! #histofphysio #medhist

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@CleoHanaway articles gen send me to sleep

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@rainbowinsid Excellent! I would definitely look into Swedish gymnastics and @ExploreWellcome sources!

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One of my favourite photos from the #historyofphysio. The Edgar Allen Institute, Sheffield, one of the earliest (but little known) rehabilitation gyms established in 1911, full of Zander equipment for exercise rehab. @ExploreWellcome @thecsp

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@DrStuP @wellcometrust I have a book contract on the topic! Watch this space!

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Funny to now be embarking on some new research into the digital transformation of physiotherapy after studying its history for so long... here's a short but sweet blog I once wrote for wonderful @wellcometrust
https://t.co/r5PMTZAtxI

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@EMAHPInfo @wellcometrust thank you so much! I would love to take you up on that offer in the not so distant future!

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great opportunity to learn from others at the @SHFT_AHP MSK study day today!.. and bash a few band 8's with reflex hammers #physio #csp

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Great effort @Andoverparkrun this morning! Love it