Andrew McCarter

Consultant Spinal Physiotherapist @OUHospitals.
Previous Consultant Spinal Physio @KingsCollegeNHS/ @KingsNeuro.

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

@julia_tabrah and I have developed a London Spinal Fracture Pathway. Feedback from the five London Spine networks have been incorporated and it is now ready to launch. It is designed to be adapted to your local service, alongside your key stakeholders. Please DM for PDF version.

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

Brilliant opportunity for a senior physiotherapist to join our team within Neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe in Oxford.

Advanced Practice Spinal Physiotherapist - Band 8a

https://t.co/sdB0UDY8MV

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

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[The Lancet @TheLancet]

On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”

Read the latest issue: https://t.co/x0Mv0owHDx

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

If you are a physio working in an APP role, please consider completing and sharing the below survey on how you manage scan negative cauda equina syndrome 🙏

@NatSpineNetwork @PhysioMACP @ConsultantsCSP @thecsp

[Ali West @Aliwest22]

⭐ Spinal / Pain / MSK Advanced Practice Physios ⭐

How do you manage “scan negative” cauda equina syndrome?

This survey aims to gather insight into current clinical practice. Please consider completing and sharing.

https://t.co/GTqRa1JlfV

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

Only two to go before the first of our CPPN webinar series begins. Join @AmandaHensman discussing 'What is Consultant practice and how do I develop to deliver the role?'

FREE for members
£20 for non-members

@PhysioMACP @ConsultantsCSP @NatSpineNetwork @thecsp

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

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[JAMA @JAMA_current]

From @JAMAInternalMed: #RotatorCuff abnormalities on #MRI were found in 99% of adults aged 41 to 76, including 96% of asymptomatic shoulders, indicating most findings are age-related rather than disease.

https://t.co/f33KbhzT4z

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

Exactly @mackinprof . @DrJpfisher paper outlines this really clearly also - https://t.co/42dqxxxbtK

[Stuart Phillips (he/him) @mackinprof]

@BradSchoenfeld @GrandpaSeth2 Most variables are highly redundant if you work with good effort (to elicit full MU recruitment):
https://t.co/68V5S1QZ1r
https://t.co/G8rUjH9CkO
and summarized most recently here: https://t.co/ezufb80iR9

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

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[Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 @IrelandFootball]

Troy Parrott, take your place on the pantheon of Irish greats 🇮🇪

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

Very sad news, Elaine was a trailblazer is our field, she founded and was past chair of the the National Back Pain Pathway - Clinical Network (National Spine Network) and was one of the first Consultant physios in the country.

@OUHospitals

https://t.co/RWxurkphwB

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

Colleagues and I @KingsCollegeNHS have created a booklet for patients awaiting surgery for degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM).

3464-Degenerative-Cervical-Myelopathy-PIL-v10_FINAL.pdf

@nicky_wilson2 @SuziepbMcIlroy @GordanGrahovac @myelopathyorg

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

Survey to determine Physiotherapy practice regarding prehabilitation, peri-operative, and post-operative rehabilitation, for patients undergoing lumbar discectomy, laminectomy, and single-level fusion, within the UK.

https://t.co/hXrLRbBiX8

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

Improving patients' treatment expectations...

jama_laferton_2025_it_250016_1748357079.45871.pdf

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[ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ 🚴🏻 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 @Retlouping]

Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Follow-up
Assessment of Sciatica
https://t.co/AAfaQ5FzuT
MRI performed at 1-year follow-up in patients who had been treated for sciatica and lumbar DH did not distinguish between those with a favorable outcome and those with an unfavorable outcome

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

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[CSP Consultant Physios @ConsultantsCSP]

Are you going to be there?!?!?

✴️✴️Wednesday 30th April 14:00-15:30✴️✴️

Next CPPN general meeting
❇️updates from the exec
❇️consultant practice - past, present and future - harnessing opportunity
❇️Mentoring for aspiring and new consultants

@APPN_physio @thecsp @PhysioMACP

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

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[King's Neurosurgery @KingsNeuro]

Collaborative publication effort: 7 UK sites

We have published on "Surgical outcomes of unilateral painful foot drop secondary to lumbar disc herniation: a multicenter retrospective study" @TheJNS Spine.

👉early surgical intervention improved outcomes

https://t.co/bagciFbwkB

[Michael Baum @MichaelBaum11]

Another letter of mine in the Times on screening! 🙄

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

👇@ConsultantsCSP

[Lucy Dove @dovelucy]

Oxford University are seeking healthcare professionals with experience of working with people with sciatica and symptoms of leg weakness for a new study. Visit https://t.co/XCKcRSu4Kh

[National Spine Network @NatSpineNetwork]

#NSN25 LET'S GO!! Warm welcome to everyone from @JimGreenwood8 leading into our Founder's Lecture from @PeteOSullivanPT

[Andrew McCarter @_AndrewMcCarter]

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[National Spine Network @NatSpineNetwork]

Only 5-days to go to the end of early-bird registration for #NSN25 and the final video tease from our very own @SuziepbMcIlroy & @Hunter_Physio all about our Rehab session. Don't miss out of this fab day, book on now https://t.co/rwSRXqBITm