The Sp⚽️rts Physio
@AdamMeakins
Physio for 25 years! Likes getting people stronger and occasional stronger language! Dislikes hypocrites and silly BS. Views my own! #CantGoWrongGettingStrong
Your body is not a temple that needs worshipping and protecting! It’s a tool that needs honing and using for everything it’s capable of!
Have you ever had random multiple recurrent episodes of pain, numbness, pins and needles, or weakness in your hands and feet? Then it could be Hereditary Neuropathy with Pressure Palsies or HNPP! Heres some more info about it!
So it’s still here and nothing has changed… I watched a PT use sink plungers for patellofemoral pain during summer clinical 2009. It was also used to ‘distract the IT band.’ Had PT do it to me. Felt oddly good but clearly didn’t do anything. 2 units Manual Therapy “Chunk”😄
Nothing says I’m an evidence based therapist more than using the sacred art of orthopaedic plunging!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Never underestimate the effect your mood and mental state has on your general and physical well being! newscientist.com/article/248976…
Put all the hate and politics to one side and think of the innocent who are suffering and stop this NOW!😢 theguardian.com/world/2025/jul…
Nothing says I’m an evidence based therapist more than using the sacred art of orthopaedic plunging!🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Anyone @AdamMeakins other shoulder physios. Do you know anyone roun Connecticut area (physiotherapists) who works with post-op shoulders? Let me know if you know 🙏🏻
Exercise is KING 👑 Manual therapy SUCKS 😮 Get your Sports Physio merch here… thesportsphysio.teemill.com/collection/all…

No amount of manual therapy, dry needling, or fancy gadgets that pulse or vibrate will help your painful issues as much as improving your metabolic, cardiovascular, and neuromuscular health! And one of the most effective ways to do this is resistance training! If your physio is…
Yet again another trial shows high intensity strengthening exercise AND low intensity home based exercise helps reduce sub acromial shoulder pain… However, only one is gonna turn you into a yoked out beast with boulders for shoulders! 😏 #ChooseStrength …musculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
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Do you need surgery for a full ACL rupture? A thread… 🧵
🤦♂️NHS🤦♂️ I love the principle of providing free healthcare for everyone regardless of financial or social circumstances! And I am immensely proud to have done this by working for the NHS for nearly 25 years! But I can tell you first hand that the NHS is now on its knees and is…
One of the many problems of the modern health care system. What are some of the others?
Remember when Twitter used to be a decent place to come for a chat, a discussion, even a disagreement… or just to catch up and read something interesting or intelligent! It’s just porn bots, anti-vaxxers and conspiracy nut jobs now!
Why is ACL reconstruction seen as the preferred treatment to enable return to sport? Our SR and meta-analysis published today found... 👉 no difference in return to sport rates or level of sport after ACL reconstruction vs. rehab alone 👉 full text: link.springer.com/10.1007/s40279…
HOT OFF THE PRESS: IS LIFTING TECHNIQUE Related to Pain and Functional Limitation in people with lifting related back pain? I get asked this Q so often. @ivan_physio_au and team asked this question in this excellent OPEN ACCESS study... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…
Is glenohumeral hydrodilation useful for adhesive capsulitis? Adhesive capsulitis is one of the most common disorders affecting the glenohumeral joint. It is caused by the thickening and adhesion of the joint capsule, which causes pain and restricts passive and active movement.…