Covid 19 Update

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COVID-19: Update

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The Government has now announced a new national lockdown, as of 6th January 2021. As registered healthcare providers, we are being advised by the Government and Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) to remain open for face to face appointments, in line with the CSP 7-factor guidance document https://www.csp.org.uk/news/coronavirus/clinical-guidance/remote-or-face-face-consultations/face-to-face-or-not. As part of our COVID-safe protocols, we… Read more »

Should we be looking for the PST ‘black swan’?

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Just thinking about this recent JOSPT article on the posterior shoulder that I wrote with Professor John Borstad: Hall and Borstad (2018)  Firstly, a huge thank you to Professor Borstad for being so generous with his vast knowledge base on the subject; it was a real pleasure to work with John on this paper. This post… Read more »

Evidence Based Soft Tissue Skills course at IFOMPT 2016

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We’re delighted to announce that the third edition of Kevin’s highly acclaimed Evidence Based Soft Tissue Skills course has been selected as one of the official post-conference courses at IFOMPT 2016. The IFOMPT Conference is a prestigious international conference held every 4 years to celebrate innovation and research within neuromusculoskeletal physiotherapy. IFOMPT is an international… Read more »

Early sports specialisation in children

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Is early sports specialisation in children a good thing? Why do we do it … and what are the risks? Participation in sports is very important for young people and the beneficial effects for physical and mental wellbeing have been thoroughly documented, but the extent to which young people specialise in a single sport and… Read more »

Research Internships at the University of Brighton

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This is an amazing opportunity for health professionals to develop a career in clinical research … These internships provide an opportunity to develop research proposals with a view to submitting for the prestigious NIHR awards, bridging the gap between clinical practice and the well-worked proposal required for successful NIHR application. Find out how we got… Read more »

“Soft Tissue Treatment: State of the Evidence” now in print

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Kevin’s latest article, ‘Soft Tissue Treatment: State of the Evidence’ can be found in the most recent edition of In Touch, which has just been released. As well as a review of the literature relating to myofasical pain generation and the evidence relating to soft tissue dysfunction, it also describes the evidence pertaining to common treatment… Read more »

Clinical Academic Training Pathway Award

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Kevin has been awarded a prestigious Clinical Academic Training Pathway (CATP) Internship Award from to help work towards achieving funding for a five year research project to investigate the causes of shoulder pain and discover whether soft tissue treatments could reduce the need for surgery, and to further his research development.