MSK, curious, science wins Trying to be better and test my limits. Opinions my own

East Yorkshire, UK
Joined January 2013
Cal deficit training with same intensity is just rank
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Dear god!
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In one year, The Mummy: Book of the Dead opens. In cinemas October 15.
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Jason Statham stars in the first trailer for #TheBeekeeper2 - in theaters January 15, 2027.
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Estate’s agents How about a QR code on the property sign when for let or sale? Link straight to the property @ullyottsSales @rightmove @PurplebricksUK @WilliamHBrown @Savills
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It’s a week of wonderful webinars! Come and listen to the brilliant @ShoulderGeek1 tomorrow night (15.10.26) at 7pm BST 👌 hd-pn.com/traumaticshoulderd…
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Link's transformation from youth to adult in ‘THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: OCARINA OF TIME’ remake.
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So, on we go on here with people Just talking past each other Ignoring facts and direct questions Pushing agendas Fun times
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Learning part deux! Enjoyed recording this with @BWhybrowPhysio earlier this year. My sieve for a brain challenged his editing skills so there's a lil jumping but hopefully it's helpful! Would love to know your thoughts about education in clinical practice open.spotify.com/episode/6i7…
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There isn’t a “wrong” posture Please stop suggested there is
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🙏 HELP POST🙏 A BIG FAVOUR TO ASK AGAIN! Hi everyone, As many of you will know, I have been dealing with, for 7+ years, numerous complaints made against me to the HCPC by various individuals who are determined to cause me as much trouble, stress and difficulty as possible. All these petty, vexatious and vindictive complaints come from physios and healthcare professionals who either don't like me, disagree with me, have personal grievances against me, or just resent what I do and how I do it. Now some of these complaints are FINALLY due to be heard at an HCPC Fitness to Practise hearing starting on 30th November 2026, after TWO previous abandoned hearings in 2023 and 2024 due to the HCPC's staggering levels of incompetence and mismanagement. And this is where I need to ask for your help and support once again. Many of you have already been incredibly supportive and have previously provided me with some very kind, generous and embarrassingly flattering character and professional testimonials. In fact, some of you have done this TWICE already for the other failed hearings. However, despite the delays being largely of the HCPCs own making, they are now requiring me to obtain fresh testimonials all over again. Apparently, the HCPC consider the previous testimonials as "out of date" and so cannot be relied upon at this new upcoming hearing. So, it’s with a slightly embarrassed and very frustrated expression on my face, I'm asking, once again, for your kind help. If you have previously written a testimonial for me and still have a copy, you can simply update the date, sign it again and email it back to me at [email protected] Alternatively, if you would like to write me a new testimonial, it would need to be: • On headed paper, or on a letter containing your work address if you don't have headed paper. • Dated and preferably hand-signed, because apparently making this process as unnecessarily awkward as possible is important to the HCPC. • Addressed to "To whom it may concern" The letter only needs to cover three things: 1. That you are aware I have an HCPC Fitness to Practise final hearing starting on 30th November 2026, concerning allegations made against me. 2. How you know me, personally and/or professionally. 3. Your honest views on my character, professionalism and practice as a physiotherapist. It doesn't need to be long, complicated or overly formal. Just an honest account of your experiences and opinions of me. You can then email this to me at [email protected] And if possible, could I please have these by 1st November 2026 at the latest, so there's enough time to get everything submitted to the HCPC I know I'm asking a lot, particularly from those of you who have already gone out of your way to help me once or even twice before. Believe me, I am absolutely sick and tired of this whole saga, and I'm sure many of you are sick and tired of hearing about it too. But after seven years of dealing with these complaints, the delays, the stress, the expense and the seemingly endless bureaucratic bullshit… I am determined to see this through and defend both myself and the professional reputation I've spent over 25 years building. So if you can spare a little of your time to help me again, I would be forever grateful. And to those of you who have already supported me throughout this ridiculous ordeal... THANK YOU. I genuinely cannot express how much it means to me. Hopefully, this will be the last time I have to ask for your support with this absolute circus of a process Much love and thanks to you all. Adam
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Amazon released this “highlight reel” of the Rocky franchise in honor of the 50th anniversary of the first film. Inject this directly into my soul.
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World Mental Health day today. Still too many people struggling, still too many people who won't tell a friend, family member or reach out to one of the great charities who are all on this app. Too many people taking their own life when reaching out and talking in many cases leads to better days. Trust me, I've been there, literally at the end of a rope, stopped, went to see my late Mum, cried a river and started a conversation. Men between 40 and 65 are the group that notoriously don't talk. Too much bravado, too much pride, still too many saying "pull your socks up and get in with it". Often you just can't. So right now, if you're struggling, drop your pal a message. "I'm struggling pal, got 5 mins for a chat?". You'll be surprised what happens and may point to that message as a starting point. There's millions of us who struggle regularly, with anxiety, depression, real stuff that destroys from the inside. Not feeling down for a day, anxiety that cripples, energy levels that crash and a suffocating malaise you feel you'll never get out of. You will, and you can, and you must. For yourself, your pals, your Brother, Sister, Mum and Dad, but overwhelmingly for yourself. 1 in 3 struggle with mental health issues at some time in my life. I've had people who mocked mine only to say "I'm struggling" years down the line. Poor mental health can visit anyone, just like poor physical health can. Drop a pal or a sibling or even a stranger like me a message, that one deed alone means you're half way there and you can start to talk. Anxiety and depression love being locked on your head with nowhere to go, and anyone who knows will nod on agreement. Stand up, reach out and see where it takes you. You owe yourself that. #mentalhealth
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So my questioning the Oreo spinal pathology trend has upset a LOT of people! Apparently, I need to relax, chill out, cheer up because they’re “just harmless analogies.” But here’s the point they’ve all missed… Just because an analogy is simple, popular and easy to understand, it doesn’t mean it’s accurate, helpful or harmless! Good education should build confidence in our bodies, not reinforce fear and fragility. And if questioning potentially misleading healthcare messages makes me a miserable, grumpy bastard, so fucking be it! Oh, and one last thing… OREOS ARE BISCUITS, NOT FUCKING COOKIES! 🇬🇧🍪 #RuleBritannia
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A lot of msk pain is an ordinary part of being human. In the absence of concerning features or meaningful functional limitation, it does not necessarily require investigation, treatment, repeated healthcare contact or complete resolution before normal life continues.
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Just when I thought we’d moved on from the shitty jam doughnut analogies, along come the fucking Oreos! 🍪🤦‍♂️ Your spine is NOT a fragile stack of biscuits waiting to crumble, crack or squirt cream everywhere! It’s an incredibly strong, robust and adaptable structure designed to tolerate load, bending and twisting. So PLEASE stop using shitty analogies that make people fear their own bodies? Good education should build confidence, not create fear! Eat the fucking biscuits. Stop using them to explain spinal pathology! 🤦‍♂️
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Osteoarthritis isn’t simply a case of your joints “wearing out”. Research from our Centre for Osteoarthritis Pathogenesis has shown that osteoarthritis is a complex, active disease involving the whole joint. Find out more: bit.ly/4jn85xV
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Utterly bonkers decision
😲💢 Medvedev disqualifié face à Novak Djokovic à Pékin pour avoir envoyé une balle dans le visage d'un spectateur !
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We are still in a place referrers think it’s a suitable use of resources to send into msk teams “stretches for Achilles” And more worryingly that’s what a patient needs Extraordinary
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Until the physio profession and msk world acknowledge that there is a line between complimentary/wellbeing “treatment” and actual healthcare delivery we won’t move on, You can tell me about jobs and industry all you like but it still doesn’t make these things healthcare
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