The term ‘frozen shoulder’ captures the imagination, and carries the implicit suggestion that if frozen it can then thaw. Our paper “Natural history of frozen shoulder: fact or fiction?” published this year in the journal ...
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Frozen shoulder: fact or fiction?
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Managing low back pain in secondary care: Should we screen to target those ‘at risk’ or treat them all?
This study [1] arose out of a clinical aspiration to do things better. Daily practice in secondary care spinal clinics at a large metropolitan hospital saw distressed and disabled patients with low back pain (LBP) ...
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Clinical prediction rules: Use the babies and throw the bathwater?
There are easily a thousand clinical prediction rules (CPRs) related to managing musculoskeletal pain. Okay, maybe a thousand is an exaggeration. My point is there are many. All designed with the aim of helping clinicians ...
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Wired for touch: the neurons and circuits of the somatosensory system
Our tactile world is infinitely rich: a cold breeze, a sharp poke, raindrops, or a mother’s gentle caress all impose mechanical forces on our skin, and yet we encounter no difficulty in telling them apart ...
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Reductionism vs The Big Picture – can we have our kayak and heat it too?
I am down on sleep and have penned a rather personal post, because right now, on the back of some outstanding conversations with some truly impressive newly ‘graduating’ Anaesthetic and Pain Medicine fellows*, it seems ...