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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · 28d

Went to Manchester for the #hsjpatientsafety awards - so proud to have won the education and training category with our amazing Frailty Academy #frailty

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · Sep 14

Good plan - thank you for the advice 🙏🏻

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · Sep 14

Taking some time to find my way round @bsky.app Anyone got any top tips for me as I am still trying to work out how to get the best from being here! Thank you

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Physios For ME @physiosforme.bsky.social · Sep 1

Pleased to have assisted @thecsp.bsky.social to write this piece for their magazine, which goes out to all chartered physiotherapists in the UK.

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Physios For ME @physiosforme.bsky.social · Aug 8

It is #SevereMEDay

Physios in any specialism may meet people (adults or children) with severe ME during a hospital admission.

We can play a key role in education of other health professionals, to advocate for safe management and care

@thecsp.bsky.social

www.physiosforme.com/severe-me

Severe ME | Physiosforme

www.physiosforme.com

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · Jul 10

Proud to be part of the RoyalSurrey frailty team heading for @rcphysicians.bsky.social awards this evening- finalists in two categories for the #EPCA2025 awards

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · Jun 29

A fab weekend spent with like minded colleagues who I well and truly count as friends!

Physios For ME @physiosforme.bsky.social · Jun 29

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
www.physiosforme.com/post/we-cele...

We celebrate our six year anniversary

It is now six years since the formation of Physios for ME, when four physiotherapists with a shared goal – to improve physiotherapy care for people with ME – got together online, gave ourselves a name...

www.physiosforme.com

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Dr Nicola Clague-Baker @claguenjc36.bsky.social · Jun 29

youtu.be/vv0pUwoF9J0?si…
Well done @michelleb4.bsky.social you represented @physiosforme.bsky.social so well. Some grea#MEME talks, well done all at the ME/CFS conference, digging deeper - Norway.

Michelle Bull - Living with ME/CFS and Long Covid - Managing symptoms (Norwegian subtitles)

YouTube video by Norges ME-forening - Rogaland Fylkeslag

https://youtu.be/vv0pUwoF9J0?si…

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · May 25

Proud to stand alongside colleagues in supporting the need for evidence based science to improve care for people living with #ME and or #LongCovid

There is no place for the outdated nonsense in recent BMJ article

Boo-trino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you to some amazing colleagues who took time and precious energy to craft this rapid response to the recent @bmj_latest piece. When people try to hijack #LongCOVID, #MECFS and other complex illness as psychosomatic it is important we strike back: www.bmj.com/content/389/... 1/

Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope in the form of evidence-based interventions, not opinions.

www.bmj.com

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Binita Kane @binitakane.bsky.social · May 21

Our evidence-based rebuttal to *that* BMJ opinion piece published last week.
This has been authored by a coalition of 19 doctors, scientists and patient advocates from around the world, with now 80+ signatures of support from the scientific community.

www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope in the form of evidence-based interventions, not opinions.

www.bmj.com

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · May 17

Great response from @naomidharvey.bsky.social

www.bmj.com/content/383/...

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · May 15

Feel very privileged to have spent time with @putrinolab.bsky.social & others in the last week discussing actual evidence based robust science relating to ME and Long Covid. There is no room for this sort of nonsense @bmj_latest

Boo-trino Lab @putrinolab.bsky.social · May 15

Quite disheartening to return from 10 days working with some of the most important and relevant #MECFS and #LongCOVID researchers in the world and to read this drivel being allowed through from @bmj_latest. Let's be unambiguous about this: BMJ has

www.bmj.com/content/389/...

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Patients with severe ME/CFS need hope and expert multidisciplinary care

Reframing beliefs about illness, along with specialist rehabilitation, can help recovery in people with severe ME/CFS, write Alastair Miller, Fiona Symington, Paul Garner, and Maria Pedersen Myalgic...

www.bmj.com

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Carmen Scheibenbogen @scheibenbogen.bsky.social · May 11

Tomorrow the 3rd International ME/CFS Research Conference of Charité will take place in Berlin. You can still register for free.

Thank you Cort Johnson for the announcement.

www.healthrising.org/blog/2025/05...

The 2025 Berlin International ME/CFS Research Conference is Almost Here! - Health Rising

For the third year in a row, Dr. Carmen Scheibenbogen and the Charité Fatigue Center (CFC) at Charité —Universitätsmedizin (a good German tongue twister :)) in Berlin are bringing us an ME/CFS and lon...

www.healthrising.org

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · May 11

Plus the cycling was truly fantastic & I'm already planning my next trip. Would highly recommend Stavanger all round as a beautiful place to visit😎🚵🚴 3/3

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · May 11

Was made to feel so welcome by the hosts - inspirational patient advocates. Feel very privileged to have been able to spend 3 days talking about ME with people who want to make change. Planning a more detailed update on
@physiosforme.bsky.social
v soon 2/3

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · May 11

Just back from a wonderful week in Norway
for the @meforeningen.bsky.social Digging Deeper conference & took the opportunity to ride my bike somewhere a bit different.
Fantastic to meet @putrinolab.bsky.social
@bmhughes.bsky.social in person along with others who I can't find to tag
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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · May 9

What a great letter. Thank you

Tessa Munt MP 🔶 @tessamunt.bsky.social · May 8

So delighted that all 72 LibDem MPs signed this letter to @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social asking the govt to back the ME/CFS Delivery Plan with the resources it deserves. May this be a huge encouragement to the ME community and the start of meaningful change. #WorldMEDay

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · May 7

@bmhughes.bsky.social it was a pleasure to share the platform with you @meforeningen.bsky.social conference

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · Mar 2

@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social
I'm an ally for people with ME - they deserve better from us as health professionals #FundThePlan

Physios For ME @physiosforme.bsky.social · Mar 2

Dear
@rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social

We are Physios for ME and we urge you to #FundThePlan

Our video is just too long for BlueSky so you can see it here or read what we have to say in the thread below

www.facebook.com/watch/?v=166...

@thereforme.bsky.social

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Physios For ME @physiosforme.bsky.social · Feb 23

A new international survey has been released exploring the experiences of athletes with ME / Long Covid (with PEM)

Please share widely - all info on our website here

www.physiosforme.com/athletessurvey

ME in Athletes Survey | Physiosforme

www.physiosforme.com

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · Jan 21

🚨 We're recruiting 🚨
If you're looking for a role in NHS ops as part of a great team, take a look! As the national focus shifts to community based services, you’ll be at the forefront, leading the delivery of outstanding care for older adults #frailty

www.royalsurrey.nhs.uk/current-vaca...

https://royalsurrey.nhs.uk/current-vacanc…

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Jugdeep Dhesi @jkdhesi.bsky.social · Dec 23

40% of ED attendances are over 65yrs. Average wait for admission in>75yrs =12 hours. 10% attendances from care homes. Waiting is especially bad for older -risk of delirium, deconditioning, acute kidney injury/LOS. But much could be done to avoid these probs @gerisoc.bsky.social @rcem.bsky.social

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Jugdeep Dhesi @jkdhesi.bsky.social · Jan 5

Great opportunity to talk on BBC Breakfast today about the amazing work of our frailty teams across the four nations. Thank you to everyone working in these services today in the snow!! @gerisoc.bsky.social

Adam Gordon MBE @adamgordon1978.bsky.social · Jan 5

Fantastic to see @jkdhesi.bsky.social, President of @gerisoc.bsky.social speaking on @bbcbreakfast.bsky.social about the difference we can make through acute frailty units to deliver better care to older people who present with emergencies.

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Jugdeep Dhesi @jkdhesi.bsky.social · Jan 3

We know considered, timely (soon!) social care reform is essential to deliver quality healthcare for older (&younger) people &to reduce daily crisis management in NHS. A consistent message from patients, carers, @gerisoc.bsky.social & our partner organisations. Let’s build on what we already know

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DrMichelleBull💙 @michelleb4.bsky.social · Jan 4

Sunday morning #CPD (on a Saturday - have had some days off & no idea what day of the week it is really!) A great article from
@otskiff.bsky.social & Ciara Brean journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...
Lots of learning about cognitive dysfunction in #LongCovid & #MECFS
@physiosforme.bsky.social

More than “Brain Fog”: Cognitive Dysfunction and the Role... : Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal

e activity is considered when working with people with long COVID, particularly when identifying triggers of post exertional symptom exacerbation. There are many potential mechanisms that could be dri...

journals.lww.com

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