Consultant Spinal Physiotherapist @OUHospitals. Previous Consultant Spinal Physio @KingsCollegeNHS/ @KingsNeuro.
Oxfordshire/ London
Joined January 2014
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My latest article: The Movement-Habit Paradox: How Protective Behaviours Perpetuate Pain and Disability linkedin.com/pulse/movement-… via @LinkedIn
Brilliant opportunity for a senior physiotherapist to join our team within Neurosurgery at the John Radcliffe in Oxford.
Advanced Practice Spinal Physiotherapist - Band 8a
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Please get in touch if you have any questions.
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On the cover of The Lancet:
Editorial — “Robert F Kennedy Jr: 1 year of failure”
Read the latest issue: spkl.io/6011Aa3Et
ALT Cover of The Lancet, 28 February 2026 issue. The quote: \u201CThe destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm.\u201D
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
⭐ 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.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
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
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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.
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Exactly @mackinprof . @DrJpfisher paper outlines this really clearly also - researchgate.net/profile/Jam…
Most variables are highly redundant if you work with good effort (to elicit full MU recruitment):
bjsm.bmj.com/content/57/18/1…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
and summarized most recently here: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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
ukssb.com/post/in-memory-of-…
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
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.
pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/…
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Follow-up
Assessment of Sciatica
nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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
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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
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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
doi.org/10.3171/2024.12.SPIN…
Oxford University are seeking healthcare professionals with experience of working with people with sciatica and symptoms of leg weakness for a new study. Visit app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…