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Exercise Works in the prevention & treatment of disease. By Honorary Visiting Professor/Associate Professor Ann Gates MRPharmS #MovementForMovement @The_VANGUARD_EU

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exerciseworks @exerciseworks.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
#DigitalProfessionalism #Healthycare #Physio
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exerciseworks @exerciseworks.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
My professional account was recently compromised — an unsettling experience, but one that highlighted important lessons for all clinicians working in digital spaces. 1/3
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Chartered Society of Physiotherapy @thecsp.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
'At a time when so many people are waiting for care, not enabling new physiotherapists who want to join the NHS to do so is a missed opportunity we can fix quickly. 'Physiotherapists are trained, motivated and ready to help.' 1/2
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Self-Care Forum @selfcareforum.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
It’s #FridayFactSheet time. For #SelfCareWeek (17–23 Nov) we’re launching our new Moving More resource. #MindBody is the theme + we’re highlighting how physical activity boosts mood, supports health and helps us stay independent. bit.ly/2tiBs9K @exerciseworks.bsky.social @helendon-rn.bsky.social
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STITCHES - the Best Papers in General Surgery @stitches.today · 08/11/2025
Optimizing Pelvic Organ Prolapse Management by Padoa A, Braga A (...) Serati M et 3 al. in J Clin Med #Surgery #SurgSky #GeneralSurgery #MedSky 🪡 read our summary here 📖 read the article: www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/14/20/7313
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Physiopedia @physio-pedia.com · 27/09/2025
Fear of falling affects 40-73% of older adults who've fallen 😰 Creates vicious cycle: fear → activity avoidance → weakness → more falls. Evidence shows Tai Chi, Otago exercises & CBT break the cycle! Free learning: physio-pedia.com/Fear_of_Falling 💪
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Søren T. Skou @stskou.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
🚨 New in Nature Medicine: Co-developed intervention with patients & clinicians significantly improved quality of life at 12 months in multimorbidity. ✅ Safe ✅ Effective ✅ Patient-centered 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌐https://www.mobilize-project.dk/?lang=en #Multimorbidity #ExerciseTherapy
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Chartered Society of Physiotherapy @thecsp.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
'Prevention, prevention, prevention is key. Physiotherapy is recommended as an integral part of women’s health, especially with pelvic floor dysfunction.' Sonia Kumar MP highlighted incontinence as 'woefully unsupported' in the House of Commons and the key role of physiotherapy.
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MP highlights physio role in parliamentary incontinence debate
Sonia Kumar, MP for Dudley and physiotherapist, has chaired a backbench business committee debate to highlight pelvic health issues.
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Self-Care Forum @selfcareforum.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Spring and summer is a time when we re-assess our health and wellbeing activities (or lack of them) and to help you with this here is our POWER of #selfcare factsheet to give you some ideas. bit.ly/2tiBs9K @exerciseworks.bsky.social @rhianlast.bsky.social @adewilliams.bsky.social
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exerciseworks @exerciseworks.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Derbyshire at its best! Walking for health, in nature. #LathkillDale
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
We're losing wildlife. Frogs, butterflies, bumblebees, hedgehogs, moths, bats, insects, birds are all declining. But if more of us take positive actions for biodiversity in our gardens, communities, landscapes and towns, we can help nature bounce back. Who's in?
Frog on the surface of a pond, with its face reflected on the water
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Brendon Stubbs @brendonstubbs.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
New paper - The Evidence Is Clear, Exercise Is Not Better Than Antidepressants or Therapy: It Is Crucial to Communicate Science Honestly Our new overview of the power of exercise 4 depression, trying to balance misinformation journals.humankinetics.com/view/journal... @exerciseworks.bsky.social
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Balloon and lantern releases create litter and #plasticpollution in landscapes and seas that can harm the environment, wildlife and livestock. Celebrate special occasions and loved ones by planting trees, wildflowers, or bee and butterfly gardens instead! Pic via Keep Britain Tidy
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
We’ve made it to Bluesky! Please give us a follow and share - we post positive solutions offering hope for tackling the nature and climate emergencies🌱
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exerciseworks @exerciseworks.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Joe Wicks to help elderly patients get ‘fit for surgery’ with new videos www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele... @The_VANGUARD_EU @GeorgeMetsios @fimo18 @RogerKerry1 @UoNPhysio @astephj1 @WHO_EU @RCSEd @RCSnews @RCPhysicians
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Joe Wicks to help elderly patients get ‘fit for surgery’ with new videos
The fitness star has created two new exercise videos.
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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... congrats to Parkinson’s UK on launching its Tech Guide to Parky gadgets -here’s my review
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A "Which?" Guide to Parkinson's Tech
As a former* technology journalist with Parkinson’s I get told about lots of gadgets designed to help people dealing with the neurological disease - and I have tried quite a few of them.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
BREAKING Revised Royal College of Physicians of London position on Physician Associates. TL;DR: we shifted them considerably towards a safer position. It’s too little too late but a LOT better than nothing. www.rcp.ac.uk/news-and-med...
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RCP publishes updated position on physician associates working in secondary care in the medical specialties
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Mark Ungrin @mark-ungrin.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
This paper is interesting for a few reasons. It shows that mask mandates in healthcare protect patients from infections, and removing mask mandates in healthcare harms patients. A facility without a mask mandate is making a *deliberate choice* known to harm patients. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
In unadjusted analyses, the mean weekly ratio between hospital-onset and community-onset infections increased from 2.9% prior to Omicron dominance to 7.6% (95% CI, 6.0%-9.1%) during Omicron dominance. After universal masking and testing ended, it increased to 15.5% (95% CI, 13.6%-17.4%), then fell to 8.0% (95% CI, 5.0%-11.0%) following resumption of masking among health care workers. Under the adjusted Poisson model (Figure), cessation of universal masking and testing was associated with a 25% increase in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections compared with the preceding Omicron-dominant period (rate ratio [RR], 1.25; 95% CI, 1.02-1.53), and resumption of masking among staff was associated with a 33% decrease in hospital-onset respiratory viral infections (RR, 0.67; 95% CI, 0.52-0.85).
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Also having read @petedyson.bsky.social’s excellent book applying behavioural science to transport - as part of these new apps let’s be really clear what information people want & how this helps them make good travel decisions. Get “it’s not just about journey times” on a poster in DfT please
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Little Green Space @lgspace.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Great stuff by top actor Brian Cox writing in @theguardian.com - why Scotland should become the world’s first #RewildingNation, with nature recovery across 30% of land and sea. Follow the link in his letter to sign the Rewilding Nation Charter. Please share! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Support rewilding to save Scotland’s natural resources | Letter
Letter: The actor Brian Cox on how we can all play a part in urging the government to make Scotland a rewilding nation to transform its future
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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
The graphic reality of what the current economic system (capitalism) is doing to our living planet, day in, day out: putting unimaginably diverse ecosystems en masse through a grinder to produce profits, mostly for a few. Caring about nature, but ignoring this, makes zero sense.
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Dr Tepi McLaughlin @healthtepi.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
❓ What are your thoughts on this? Pls consider completing our rapid survey! 🚲 🚶‍♂️ ⚽️ 🌳 🏘️ 🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/sps/rapid-... Investigator team: Joey Murphy Jo Salmon, Grant Ennis, Andrea Ramirez Varela & Jim Sallis
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Brian Elliott @brianelliottmd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
2024 is the 170th anniversary of the most famous public health story, John Snow and his map of cholera cases in Soho. You’ve likely heard how he heroically traced an epidemic to a single water source: the broad street pump. But that’s not how the story really ended… #histmed #medicalhistory #medsky
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Susie Dent @susiedentwords.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
This is both sad and infuriating. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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'Refused service again with my guide dog, I'm done speaking out'
Sean Dilley is inundated with abuse on social media whenever he posts about discrimination issues.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Cycling is 10 times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities and 100 times more fun.
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Cycling is ten times more important than electric cars for reaching net-zero cities
Active travel can help tackle the climate crisis earlier than electric vehicles – even if you swap the car for a bike for just one trip a day.
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Fяançois Gяimonpяez @grimonprezf.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
📖 Just published ! Health at a Glance : Europe 2024 You will find the latest health stats for 38 European countries 🌍, with a special focus on health workforce shortages and the health of Europe’s ageing population. You can download it : www.oecd.org/en/publicati... #HealthUnion #OECD #WHO
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Dr. Fiona Mattatall @fionamattatall.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Excellent research by @inquisitivegyn.bsky.social highlighting another aspect of gender inequity in medicine www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Learning CPR on manikins without breasts puts women’s lives at risk, study finds
Analysis of training models on global market found all had flat torsos with just one having a breast overlay
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
New Lancet paper 'The cost of not investing in the first 1000 days'. Cites our Cochrane review on preschool-based feeding programmes in socio-economically deprived settings. FEED STARVING CHILDREN in a timely way. Later (when they're older) may be too late. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 🧪
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The cost of not investing in the next 1000 days: implications for policy and practice
Building on the evidence from the first paper in this Series highlighting the fundamental importance of healthy and nurturing environments for children's growth and development in the next 1000 days (...
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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Around a quarter of people with COPD report living in a home which is cold or damp. This roughly doubles the risk of having frequent exacerbations. bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/9/1/... #WorldCOPDday #LungSky #MedSky
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Smoking and socioeconomic factors linked to acute exacerbations of COPD: analysis from an Asthma + Lung UK survey
Background Understanding the factors driving acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is key to reducing their impact on human health and well-being.Methods 5997 people with...
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Trisha Elliott @trishaelliott.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I’ve just shared this with colleagues. It feels as though there is so much we could do to improve people’s health, and it doesn’t all cost a huge amount of money. Thank you for sharing it, @kellieocallaghan.bsky.social! #MedSky #PublicHealth #SocialPrescribing
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Chloë Williamson @chloewilliamson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Today’s early dog walk. Good for body and mind. 🌊🐕😌
The photo shows a beach in Fife at sunrise on a cold morning.
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Peaklass @peaklass.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
We have snow! I know it can be inconvenient and chilly, even if you're wearing a woolly jumper, but every year I love the sense of childish excitement it still brings to even the oldest hearts, and the bright beauty over the hills. If you have snow today, stay safe and stick close to your flock.
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exerciseworks @exerciseworks.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
@peakdistrict.bsky.social
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exerciseworks @exerciseworks.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I’m in Eyam @PeakDistrict for a guided history walk and I’m in awe of the “snow warden” scheme that’s operated in the local communities: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transport-ro... What a great service for communities who want to walk safely during winter weather!
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Chloë Williamson @chloewilliamson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Hello blue sky friends! Looking forward to sharing and learning about physical activity for health (and probably dogs) over here. 👋🏼
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Never forget, when you’re being asked to prove that safe bike-lanes or pedestrian crossings across unsafe conditions are ‘needed,’ it's hard to justify a bridge by the number of people swimming across a raging river.
Vancouver bike-lane filled with people on bikes
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Pete Moore @paintoolkit.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Local authority dashboard via Health Foundation Explore data for your local authority and neighbourhood www.health.org.uk/evidence-hub...
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Local authority dashboard
Explore data for your local authority and neighbourhood
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Jennie Dusheck @solenodon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Wheat farm to native forest in 40 years.
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
IPPR called for this to be a national priority and I’m very pleased to see the government get behind School Streets and provide new guidance to help get more set up across the country. This is a real boost for children’s safety, independence, health and wellbeing
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Government guidelines to make school runs happier, healthier and greener
New guidance will help to design activity into our neighbourhoods and reduce congestion on the roads during school run times.
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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) @adphuk.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Today’s announcement will support public health teams’ ongoing efforts to work with partners to make active transport an accessible, affordable option for everyone. It is, as @chrisboardman.bsky.social says, a win-win for everyone. www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Government guidelines to make school runs happier, healthier and greener
New guidance will help to design activity into our neighbourhoods and reduce congestion on the roads during school run times.
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Broadly Epi @broadlyepi.com · 16/11/2024
🛟 🧪 The Hidden Drivers of Europe’s Non-Communicable Diseases: Commercial Interests. The World Health Organization released a report on the impacts of Commercial Interests on Public Health in Europe. Read our summary here: buff.ly/3AwG3fK #EpiSky #MedSky #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth
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Commercial Determinants of Noncommunicable Diseases in the WHO European Region: A Summary
ALT: The flag of the World Health Organization flying with a background of a blue sky.
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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Lung disease and social justice - COPD as a manifestation of structural violence. #WorldCOPDday @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-assemblies.bsky.social www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/...
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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Lung disease and social justice - COPD as a manifestation of structural violence. #WorldCOPDday www.atsjournals.org/doi/10.1164/... @atscommunity.bsky.social @ats-assemblies.bsky.social
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exerciseworks @exerciseworks.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Walking around Eyam- loving the light, nature and weather but bitter cold! ❄️
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart govts do the math on investing in better mobility. Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it. #CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.bsky.social
Images of Dutch cycling infrastructure
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 18/11/2024
We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how: docs.bsky.app/docs/advance... #AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics
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Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Keir Starmer, as you head to #COP29, it’s time for the UK to lead with bold action on nature and climate. 🌎 We need urgent financial commitments, support for vulnerable nations, and accountability for polluters. Show the world true climate leadership.
The Puffin, mid-flight with wings spread wide and angled for ascent, glances back towards the camera, its vivid red and yellow bill framed by striking black and white plumage. Its bright orange webbed feet trail behind, set against a blurred green background. The bird’s backward glance feels like a poignant, final plea for nature, embodying the urgency and hope for decisive action to protect our planet.
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exerciseworks @exerciseworks.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hi everyone- many thanks for the follows and connections in a safe and healthy space! Our posts will be a bit different here, as we want to connect physical activity with wider issues such as climate, nature and a global community! Hope we can connect and grow great things. ^Ann Gates
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