KarenLesliePhysio
@karenphysiocouk
Neurological physiotherapist with http://physio.co.uk / Co-founder @PhysiosForME / Research Assistant and PHD student at Liverpool University
🚨Shameful self-promotion alert 🚨 In my other life I'm a writer, and I’m working on a thriller series. I’ve just published the first eBook and I'm trying to spread the word, so if you could share widely I'd be forever grateful 😊
It's finally here… “If they treat you like a monster, how long until you become one?” The Killing Saga begins with The Killing Complex, a fast-paced survival thriller, now available for free or minimal charge books2read.com/thekillingcomp… #indieauthors #WritingCommunity
Just finished Department Q on Netflix, and enjoyed it quite a bit. Except... The portrayal of spinal cord injury... What physios were doing... The inaccuracies were tough to ignore - much to my husband's annoyance every time I shouted at the screen
BBC Breakfast segment on the UK government's new #MECFS Delivery Plan (12 mins) Features Sarah Boothby and Dr Binita Kane, who warn the plan doesn't go far enough and won’t lead to immediate change for patients. youtu.be/GZbSrdtiA9k?si…
Uh oh... My PhD Gantt chart now needs to take into account cuddles with our two newest family members, Lilly and Sunflower 🥰😍🥰
As opposed to the financial conflict of interest for those working for insurance companies, or peddling "cures" hidden behind paywalls? Seriously mate, you are going so far beyond the reasonable line now I'm genuinely concerned for your cognitive function
This article highlights financial conflicts of interest for ME Charities (also applies to crowd-funded individuals) when they dismiss recovery and propagate "wait for a drug" narrative #MECFS #Fibromyalgia. Promotion of permanence and dismissal of mind-body approaches risks…
Potential biomarker found for ME (Need to have a sit down in a quiet room to really understand this though 🫣) link.springer.com/article/10.118…
Just saw this in the physio frontline journal! All advocacy is important however small! Thanks @thecsp @PhysiosForME
Are you a physiotherapist (Band 5 or above) with 1+ year of neuro experience, currently or recently working with post-stroke spasticity? We’d love your input! Please complete our anonymous online survey. More info provided in link tinyurl.com/mr3zpbws
A new study suggests that exercise doesn’t clear microclots in people with Long COVID—it just fragments them into smaller ones. These smaller clots are linked to increased inflammation and impaired oxygen transport, which may help explain post-exertional malaise (PEM) and…
SIX years in the company of three inspirational, intelligent and interesting women 🥰🤗
It's our six year anniversary! To celebrate, the four of us spent a lovely weekend together, plotting and planning what our seventh year will look like. You can read a whole recap of our year in our latest blog post here physiosforme.com/post/we-celebr…
Me catching some of the excellent 28 Days Later on TV: "I'd better stop or this'll give me bad dreams." Also me: "I'll go to bed and read more of this Stephen King novel 😎"
Work with people who have post exertional symptoms in conditions like MS, post stroke fatigue, brain injury is a completely different approach to working with pwME who have PEM. This is the absolute base of understanding 😕