Orthotist with specialisms in paediatrics and neuromuscular conditions. Special interest in knee bracing and wider rehabilitation and treatments.
Dorset, England
Joined September 2018
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Matt Pearson retweeted
Are there worse medical misnomers than giving a healthy, active kid a “disease” for having heel pain while growing?
Sever’s isn’t a disease.
Stop pathologising childhood. 👇
nuh.nhs.uk/severs-disease/
Matt Pearson retweeted
Hot tip for new clinicians:
When managing insertional Achilles tendinopathy, the goal is to elevate the heel ABOVE the toe inside the shoe.
👟 Rocker-bottom shoes? ⬇️ midfoot/forefoot load
👎 But they often lack heel-to-toe drop
⚠️ Don’t confuse stack height with heel elevation
Matt Pearson retweeted
CP Sport and The FA Para are working in collaboration to run a Female CP Football Festival.
Date: Saturday 12th July 25
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Venue: Loughborough University, LE11 3QF
To sign up, or for more information, please click on the below form.
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Can I run if I have arthritis? Sure.. if you can.
Will running make my arthritis worse? No, not usually.
As usual... the science is much more complicated than you think.
youtu.be/7cCSzXVTdfs?si=IRAp…
Matt Pearson retweeted
1️⃣Two major plantar fasciopathy clinical guidelines are getting attention currently.
Here’s what they say! 🧵👇
🔗 BJSM 2021: Morrissey et al. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2019-101970
🔗 JOSPT 2023: Koc et al. doi:10.2519/jospt.2023.0303
#Physio #PlantarFasciitis #Rehab #HeelPain
Matt Pearson retweeted
Love these cases.
This 50 something is running, swimming and cycling.
Running the Brooklyn Half in May.
Gotta love it
With permission.
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Exciting opportunity!! Funded PhD in women's acls in elite football, collaboration between @imperialcollege and @FootballAssoc
jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO515/phd-st…
Matt Pearson retweeted
We should have some caution. We lack good prospective work. It’s easier to defend that it’s not problematic rather than protective.
Matt Pearson retweeted
A modern approach to Gait Analysis...
#gaitanalysis #runninginjury #runningperformance #runninggoals #evidencebased #evidenceinformed #ebp #runchatlive #sportstherapy #physiotherapy #podiatry #chiropractic #osteopathy
Matt Pearson retweeted
Patients suffering OA are too often coddled (like many other age related problems); advised to take it easy, with fear avoidance behaviours imposed upon them. This isn’t the way. Some will need TKR, but many can delay or avoid completely with comprehensive rehab. 14/
Matt Pearson retweeted
The Lower Leg 😍
Compartments:
🩵 Anterior
💚 Lateral
💜 Posterior (superficial & deep)
Pathologies can be bony (MTSS), muscle/tendon (PTTD), vascular (compartment syndrome), or neural (SPN neuritis). Beautifully complex anatomy 🤩🦵🏼
Matt Pearson retweeted
"The Right Advice"
What do people need to return to running participation following knee surgery.
👏👏👏 Great work @JamesA_15 leading this study.
Thanks @BJSM_BMJ for a great peer review process and for helping us share this work
bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2…
Matt Pearson retweeted
Our patients aren't colleagues.
We don't need to display our exceptional knowledge and demonstrate just how 'right' we are. 🤓🧾
The best clinicians I've worked with talk in very simple and understandable terms with patients.
Their words may be imperfect to the academic (or the clinician who prefers being right more than effective), but they are far more useful 5/5
Matt Pearson retweeted
Instead of jumping into 'explaining pain', start with what actually matters to them.
Try this:
🗣️ "Your back pain is real, and I know it’s frustrating. The good news? Your scans don’t show anything serious, which means we can focus on getting you stronger and moving better, and back to what you love"
Still ✅ right - but now actually useful.🤝. .
4/5
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Consent ✅
“Arthritis?? I was dreading you were going to tell me that. My mum has got it and she can’t do anything these days. That’s me done too I suppose”
Not an uncommon chat in MSK and orthopaedic clinic
But actually it’s amazing what some (motivated) people can do even with severe deforming OA
This 80 yo old lady has a better squat than me and walks her dog everyday
She does the exercises her osteopath gave her (who also refused to do any manipulative work and said there was little point her coming back for recurrent appts - I love this osteo already🤣)
As an aside, interesting to see that the lateral compartment looks different on Rosenberg xray view vs standard AP, even in end stage OA
Matt Pearson retweeted
I’ve teamed up with foot & ankle specialist @lizbayleyphysio to create 4 strengthening programmes for Plantar Heel Pain. 3 are based on Osborne et al. (2023) and 1 is our own ‘LiTHE’ programme. There’s lots to consider with these exercises which we’ll explore in this thread 🧵
Matt Pearson retweeted
Some Anatomical references in the medial knee. MRI.
#mskrad
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A patients journey of navigating care for her knee - the impact of inappropriate care, miscommunication and what we can learn to do better.
READ AND SHARE THIS 👇👇
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Delighted to share our latest publication on Orthotic management, this time exploring the role of hard-shell 3D-printed insoles in an MSK treatment pathway 👣 Thanks to the research team at @NHSGGC and @UCLan
Read it here, open access for 50 days at: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…