NHS Practice Development Physio, Private Practitioner and Mindfulness Teacher. I love being involved in positive change. All views are my own.
Joined April 2013
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Karen Glass retweeted
10 Aug 2025
The NHS workforce is in crisis.
Fear, relentless pressure and uncertainty have trapped staff in survival mode.
With the arrival of the 10 Year Health Plan, now is the time for bold action. In this long read, Sharon Nash explores why: kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and…
ALT Quote card that reads: "If we are to reverse the current trajectory of poor wellbeing and widespread burnout in the NHS, we must act, boldly, and without delay."
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Karen Glass retweeted
🧠 Exercise and brain health: new insights on cognitive benefits 🏃♀️
NEW #BJSMBlog summarising a recently study and highlighting the unexpected winners - children, AHDH and gentle movement ✅
Read ➡️ bit.ly/4lZACYN
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Karen Glass retweeted
🚨 Cognitive functional therapy reduces pain and disability in chronic low back pain patients, and its effects are not attributable to placebo ✅
NEW #BJSMBlog summarises this recent study 📄
Blog 👉 bit.ly/3TssfIT
Paper 👉 bit.ly/4kiRSXr
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Karen Glass retweeted
13 Jul 2025
Fascinating new research from @MervTravers and colleagues suggests that how we describe an injury can have a direct impact on a patient’s pain:
🔗 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Karen Glass retweeted
3 Jul 2025
Have you downloaded your copy of my free 32-page e-book?
No personal information or email is required.
chronicpainchampions.com/fre…
#ChronicPain
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Karen Glass retweeted
26 Jun 2025
Glad to get this over the line. ‘A comparison of the characteristics of physically active and inactive individuals with Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome: An online survey’.
Many thanks to @TendonGlasgow @LornaPaul and Grant Syme. OA doi.org/10.1016/j.msksp.2025… in @MSKPhysioJnl
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25 Jun 2025
RT @JackKornfield: This summer season, may you be safe, strong, healthy, happy, and protected. 🌞
#metta #spiritrock #lovingkindness #lovin…
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Karen Glass retweeted
5 May 2025
"Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions" - Dalai Lama
Try the free science-backed program to build happiness from your daily actions 10daysofhappiness.org
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11 Jun 2025
RT @JackKornfield: In these times where many are standing up for what they believe in, may we all be safe, loved, and protected. ✨
#metta…
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Karen Glass retweeted
19 May 2025
3 small actions: Be kind, laugh & make stuff
Image: instagram.com/lynn_giunta
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22 May 2025
RT @JackKornfield: Offering you metta today, all Metta May, and each and every day! 🌿✨
#mettamay #spiritrock #metta #lovingkindness #jackk…
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Karen Glass retweeted
Listen to our Consultant MSK Physiotherapist @margotphysio share her journey to CFT competency. margotphysiotherapy.wordpres…
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Karen Glass retweeted
20 May 2025
Common Link between depression and chronic pain …
19 May 2025
The neuroinflammation model of depression reveals how inflammation can affect the brain, leading to fatigue, low energy, and difficulty thinking. Here's what that could mean for our understanding of depression and future treatments. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/…
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Karen Glass retweeted
19 May 2025
Speaking from Glasgow, I’ve seen first-hand the CFT team’s incredible dedication. They give their own time often without financial reward. Their ‘why’ is clear: to support clinicians and keep care truly patient-centred.
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Karen Glass retweeted
6 May 2025
We’ve moved all tools and guidance from the ihub to our main Healthcare Improvement Scotland website. This makes it easier to find what you need. Link in comments.
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Karen Glass retweeted
25 Apr 2025
📢📢New paper: JUST PUBLISHED
Treating musculoskeletal conditions with a bit of exercise and manual therapy: are you kidding me? It’s time for us to evolve again
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Karen Glass retweeted
Well done @glasgow_physio. 👏👏
Was honoured earlier this month to receive a Silver Changemaker award at HoP acknowledging all the incredible work that NASS and fellow changemakers are doing for those living with #AxialSpA #AxSpA #rheumatology @NASSexercise @NHSGGC @NHSGGCMSKPhysio @PJFerguson18
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Karen Glass retweeted
Was lovely to meet @PJFerguson18 as well who was very gracious with her time to hear about the great work that NASS are supporting in her constituency and what we are trying to achieve 🥰
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Karen Glass retweeted
14 Mar 2025
5 principles for happier sleep:
🛌 Take good sleep seriously
✅ Prioritise sleep in your choices
⏰ Find your own ‘sleep window’
👍 Trust sleep as a natural process
📴 Avoid undermining your sleep
#WorldSleepDay
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Karen Glass retweeted
BeeFree - support for people with long term pain and mental health -youtu.be/l-Vbd8auKL8?si=Ncif…
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