Rhodri Parfitt

Active physiotherapist. FCP.

[Stefan Tigges @StefanTigges]

Our free MSK imaging comic is now available on Radiopaedia! It's a "quick start" guide for medical students and junior residents who need an overview of MSK imaging. The comic consists of 489 panels& has links to 100s of cases & is available here: https://t.co/Tv0y4qLX54

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

Brilliant thread

[The MSK Physio @Physio1MSK]

I’ve put 2 lectures about Wrist & Hand assessment on YouTube, amounting to over 2 hours of CPD for MSK professionals. Part 1 on bony pathologies is here https://t.co/OV79gyRRIW and part 2 on soft tissue pathologies is here https://t.co/dBu1C1vgAO
Enjoy!

[Nick Livadas @nicklivadas]

New Frozen Shoulder Research📚
💉Corticosteroid injections in the ‘Frozen’ stage!?
Full text 🔗https://t.co/Pk3QSOVRr1

[John Drummond @GatesPhysio]

Saw some information on safety-netting recently but couldn't find it- saving this thread for future reference!

#Safetynetting

@neiljlangridge @LaurafinucaneB @mercephysio1 @sue_greenhalgh @AndrewVCuff

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[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

How can we best spend £22 billion to get the biggest climate bang for our buck and really kickstart our 'green revolution'?

I know, let's invest it in one of the 'climate solutions' with lowest potential and highest costs

[Assaad Razzouk @AssaadRazzouk]

Super informative, funny and savage takedown of the "carbon capture and storage" con, a non-solution to the #ClimateEmergency which just funnels more money into Big Oil's pockets - by @thejuicemedia, the good people who make these Honest Government Ads

#climate #greenwashing

[James Noake @DrJN_SportsMed]

Consent ✅

R sided sciatic leg pain

At first glance at MRI, we might assume it's the L4/5 degenerative disc bulge that's responsible - but on axial slices, it isnt....

Rather there is a pseudoarticulation right L5 with the S1 sacral alar, which is kinking the L5 nerve root

Transitional lumbosacral vertebrae are common but usually asymptomatic. An irritable / inflamed pseudo-articulation (Bertolotti's syndrome) can be responsible for gluteal pain.

[Cameron Tudor @camtudor]

In patients with knee OA, steroid 💉 can be appropriate in the right patient at the right time for the right reasons.

Clinical judgement and shared decision making instead of absolutes.

The debate article below highlights the nuance.

https://t.co/GpBgnqHTdU

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Two-year prison sentences for throwing condensed soup at a plate of glass. No punishment whatsoever for dodging a £3.7m tax bill, selling dud PPE to the NHS, dumping billions of litres of sewage in rivers or knowingly fitting flammable cladding to Grenfell Tower.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

If the media class think we’re going to forget their complicity over decades with one front-page, then I’ve got news for you:

HELL NO.

[Arfon Williams @ArfonWilliams4]

More funds required for nature-friendly farming in Wales https://t.co/90Vi6IDp7Z

[Non-Medical Prescribing Physio @NMPphysio]

🚨Thrilled to announce our research investigating prescribing physiotherapists has been published in Physiotherapy📄

💊Views and experiences of non-medical prescribing: a national survey of prescribing physiotherapists👇

#OpenAccess full text article ⬇️ https://t.co/mcY2ZtLydY

[Dr Phil Hammond 💙 @drphilhammond]

The NHS may be broken, according to @UKLabour @wesstreeting, but here’s how to fix it.

Prevention, Prevention, Prevention, Prevention….

1. Prevent poverty. It’s the single biggest determinant of ill health, and health and social care demand, both now and in the future. Blair and Brown made good progress in reducing it. So it can be done.

2. Prevent illness, with a relentless focus on living well, self-care, mental health support and tackling the commercial determinants of illness. Dental disease is the commonest cause of childhood operations, and yet it’s almost 100% preventable.

3. Prevent existing risks and diseases getting worse, with evidence-based screening and a substantial shift in resources to primary, community and social care

4. Preventing waste and medical harm, by ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, from the right people at the right time. This is the toughest nut to crack, as it requires adequate numbers of well trained and well rested staff working in safe, clean environments with the right equipment. We currently spent three times as much litigating harms from maternity care than we do on maternity care. This is a permanent disaster and would be a very good place to start. Instead of repeating our mistakes, we need to learn from them.

For more detail see @PrivateEyeNews and come to the shows @edfringe @theSpaceUK Aug 2-17

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https://t.co/q982NBcjF6

[Will Hayward @WillHayCardiff]

No one seems to be talking about how well the Green Party did in Wales this election.

They got 1% of the vote in 2019. This time they were just under 4.7%.

While Welsh turnout fell 10%, the total people voting Green went from 16K to 62K.

They're v likely getting seats in 2026.

[Liz Bayley @lizbayleyphysio]

Lateral ankle pain FULL case study 🦶🏼

Initial Ax & Mx = 1 hr ⏰
(Please ignore spelling mistakes in the autogenerated captions)!
#Sural #Tinels #Eversion

Thanks to this patient who gave documented consent to use these videos for educational purposes 🙏🏻

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[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.

[Rhodri Parfitt @RhodriParfitt]

If you care about fairness, social justice, and of course the environment, vote green tomorrow 💚

https://t.co/7LuQl3M5b2

[Rhodri Parfitt @RhodriParfitt]

"Climate change is the issue of our generation.. but the Green Party is also the party of social justice" [sic]

Interview with Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr's excellent candidate below.

Vote Green 💚

https://t.co/0bfJPSgp3u

[Zack Polanski @ZackPolanski]

Point of Labour?

They're not opposing the Tories. It's the exact same playbook.

Vote Green.