Chris Pollock

Physio. Music lover. Triathlete.

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

Exercise with chronic pain: Experts say to 'go for it, but gently' - ABC Everyday https://t.co/xRJErGf2UO

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

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[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@thomas_jesson When are you hoping to have next edition published Tom?

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

I hear that the PT twitter verse (I can’t see cos I blocked the protagonist) has it’s panties in a bunch over the famous professor of spinal biomechanics (NOT a medical doctor or clinician) and advice to pro NHL athletes to avoid tying their skates. A shortish 🧵

[Cameron Tudor @camtudor]

Core stability remains myth that needs debunking.
Clinicians still support a flawed philosophy (I used to be one of them) that spawned an entire industry promoting the concept of a rigid spine.

Here are 5 ideas that may change your practice. 🧵👇

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[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@JoCyrusJackson @ChrisLeeuwDPT @AdamMeakins Great work. Her training load is much more likely associated with her symptoms than her 'errors', all of which are bilateral from the assessment. Given she has unilateral pain the list of 'errors' is likely coincidental and unrelated

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@JaredPowell12 Endure is one of the best books I have read. Enjoy!

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@BillingMartin ...Or you are assuming when people cancel or stop coming it is because they are better.

[The Sp⚽️rts Physio @AdamMeakins]

Not all clinicians reassurance is useful or helpful to patients! https://t.co/V2Krqh9mHp

[Alex Hutchinson @sweatscience]

What's the difference between, say, knee "pain" and a knee "injury"? A recent paper in @BJSM_BMJ makes the case that how we talk about that distinction can affect how we return to training.

https://t.co/U27gSTNAvx

[Claire Paling Physio @PalingClaire]

We're now 4 threads down, 4 to go! Liver, bone & kidney function coming up but today we're looking at..

BASICS OF BLOODS FOR DETECTING AUTOIMMUNE CONDITIONS.

[Claire Paling Physio @PalingClaire]

In threads 1-3 we learned what we are measuring, how BTs interact in family groups & the basics of the full blood count.

Th1: https://t.co/tX3ox3wob6…
Th2: https://t.co/tX3ox3wob6…
Th3: https://t.co/3OGfBhCtyu

Keep scrolling to learn with me about inflammatory markers.... 👇

[James Noake @DrJN_SportsMed]

Hip & groin pain in sporty adolescents IS NOT NORMAL!
(a thread)

Kids aren't 'little adults' - they have different physiology, immature skeleton, growth plates...

They're susceptible to unique conditions

Yet they are robust - if they're not enjoying sport, pay attention...

[Cameron Tudor @camtudor]

Case study 11: When it looks like a 🦆, swims like a 🦆, but isn’t a 🦆.

45 yo. 6/12 Hx right lat knee pain. Onset while 🚴‍♀️. No change with physio. GP ➡️ ortho surgeon. MRI: 'inflamed' bursa b/w ITB and lat condyle. Dx: ITBFS. Steroid no help. Referred for 2nd opinion..🧵 1/13

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@Retlouping Thanks for sharing

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@DrJN_SportsMed Posterolateral thigh pain

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

Had 60 y/o female present this morning with acute buttock and proximal thigh pain during 70kg deadlift. Hx of osteopaenia. No neurological signs. Some giving way of leg on down stairs. I am concerned about possible #. What imaging would be best to detect #?

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@SportDocBedford @DrJN_SportsMed That was my initial impression too. No bruising and no tenderness at the hamstring origin. Knee flexion strength was poor but similar side to side. No issues with SLR or seated piriformis test. Still keeping it in the back of my mind though.

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@DrJN_SportsMed Thanks James. I will send her off when she returns early this week.

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@DrJN_SportsMed That was on my list of differentials too. No pain with flexion. Leg pain reproduced with left lateral flexion and extension, which made me think more likely to be articular rather than discogenic. MRI would differentiate both wouldn't it?

[Chris Pollock @Pollicus14]

@DrJN_SportsMed @ashjamesphysio @thomas_jesson @lorenzo_masci