PhysioUpdate 28th March 2023

Nine full-time physiotherapists could deliver vital therapy sessions to people with MS in Ireland

A leading charity’s bid to deliver online physiotherapy services to people with multiple sclerosis (MS) in Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic proved to be much more successful than had been expected.

That was the message delivered earlier today (24 March) by Susan Coote, an associate professor in physiotherapy at the University of Limerick’s department of clinical therapies who is also MS Ireland’s exercise and physiotherapy coordinator.

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Leading physios help write landmark study urging caution in treating low back pain with analgesics

An international group of physiotherapists has made a major contribution to a review of the evidence on treating low back pain with analgesics.

PhysioUpdate believes that eight physiotherapists – based in the UK, Australia and Canada – were in the 18-strong team that conducted a comprehensive analysis of the topic, the results of which are published today (23 March) in The BMJ.

The researchers uncovered a paucity of high-quality trials that have compared analgesics with each other and advise clinicians and patients to ‘take a cautious approach to manage acute non-specific low back pain with analgesic medicines’ until this has been remedied.

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