Orthotist with specialisms in paediatrics and neuromuscular conditions. Special interest in knee bracing and wider rehabilitation and treatments.
Joined September 2018
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6 Nov 2025
Check out my latest article: Manual modelling of femoral shaft stresses linkedin.com/posts/matt-pear…
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16 Jul 2025
Any recommendations for a trail shoe with a chunky stiff forefoot rocker? @Flawless_Physio
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Matt Pearson retweeted
16 Jul 2025
Are there worse medical misnomers than giving a healthy, active kid a “disease” for having heel pain while growing?
Sever’s isn’t a disease.
Stop pathologising childhood. 👇
nuh.nhs.uk/severs-disease/
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Matt Pearson retweeted
4 Jun 2025
Hot tip for new clinicians:
When managing insertional Achilles tendinopathy, the goal is to elevate the heel ABOVE the toe inside the shoe.
👟 Rocker-bottom shoes? ⬇️ midfoot/forefoot load
👎 But they often lack heel-to-toe drop
⚠️ Don’t confuse stack height with heel elevation
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29 May 2025
CP Sport and The FA Para are working in collaboration to run a Female CP Football Festival.
Date: Saturday 12th July 25
Time: 9:30am - 3:30pm
Venue: Loughborough University, LE11 3QF
To sign up, or for more information, please click on the below form.
forms.office.com/e/ns6UL3Km4…
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7 May 2025
Speaking from experience, this is an excellent course for anyone who works with runners. Physiotherapists, orthotists, podiatrists ✅
6 May 2025
Our last course on the south coast filled really quickly and had a big waiting list so we've added new dates in Southampton this May. Visit tickettailor.com/events/runn… to find out more and book your place.
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9 Mar 2025
Can I run if I have arthritis? Sure.. if you can.
Will running make my arthritis worse? No, not usually.
As usual... the science is much more complicated than you think.
youtu.be/7cCSzXVTdfs?si=IRAp…
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8 Mar 2025
Likely ACL & MCL 😬
8 Mar 2025
Fabien Galthie confirms that it’s a ‘serious’ knee injury for Antoine Dupont.
Also says that France will be citing Tadhg Beirne for the clean out that caused it.
It’s a bad one, off his feet and at the lower limbs.
#GuinnessM6N
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Matt Pearson retweeted
14 Feb 2025
1️⃣Two major plantar fasciopathy clinical guidelines are getting attention currently.
Here’s what they say! 🧵👇
🔗 BJSM 2021: Morrissey et al. doi:10.1136/bjsports-2019-101970
🔗 JOSPT 2023: Koc et al. doi:10.2519/jospt.2023.0303
#Physio #PlantarFasciitis #Rehab #HeelPain
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Matt Pearson retweeted
14 Feb 2025
Love these cases.
This 50 something is running, swimming and cycling.
Running the Brooklyn Half in May.
Gotta love it
With permission.
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Matt Pearson retweeted
14 Feb 2025
Exciting opportunity!! Funded PhD in women's acls in elite football, collaboration between @imperialcollege and @FootballAssoc
jobs.ac.uk/job/DLO515/phd-st…
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Matt Pearson retweeted
13 Feb 2025
We should have some caution. We lack good prospective work. It’s easier to defend that it’s not problematic rather than protective.
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Matt Pearson retweeted
9 Feb 2025
A modern approach to Gait Analysis...
#gaitanalysis #runninginjury #runningperformance #runninggoals #evidencebased #evidenceinformed #ebp #runchatlive #sportstherapy #physiotherapy #podiatry #chiropractic #osteopathy
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Matt Pearson retweeted
31 Jul 2021
Patients suffering OA are too often coddled (like many other age related problems); advised to take it easy, with fear avoidance behaviours imposed upon them. This isn’t the way. Some will need TKR, but many can delay or avoid completely with comprehensive rehab. 14/
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6 Feb 2025
The Lower Leg 😍
Compartments:
🩵 Anterior
💚 Lateral
💜 Posterior (superficial & deep)
Pathologies can be bony (MTSS), muscle/tendon (PTTD), vascular (compartment syndrome), or neural (SPN neuritis). Beautifully complex anatomy 🤩🦵🏼
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Matt Pearson retweeted
5 Feb 2025
"The Right Advice"
What do people need to return to running participation following knee surgery.
👏👏👏 Great work @JamesA_15 leading this study.
Thanks @BJSM_BMJ for a great peer review process and for helping us share this work
bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2…
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Matt Pearson retweeted
30 Jan 2025
Our patients aren't colleagues.
We don't need to display our exceptional knowledge and demonstrate just how 'right' we are. 🤓🧾
The best clinicians I've worked with talk in very simple and understandable terms with patients.
Their words may be imperfect to the academic (or the clinician who prefers being right more than effective), but they are far more useful 5/5
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Matt Pearson retweeted
30 Jan 2025
Instead of jumping into 'explaining pain', start with what actually matters to them.
Try this:
🗣️ "Your back pain is real, and I know it’s frustrating. The good news? Your scans don’t show anything serious, which means we can focus on getting you stronger and moving better, and back to what you love"
Still ✅ right - but now actually useful.🤝. .
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Matt Pearson retweeted
4 Jan 2025
We've developed a tool, using Artificial Intelligence to automatically interpret hip X-rays in children with Cerebral Palsy - it's as good as experts. 🩻
boneandjoint.org.uk/article/…
#AI #CerebralPalsy #HipXray #InnovationInCare @BoneJointJ @BSCOS_UK @NIHRresearch @DrCLindner
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