David Poulter
@retlouping.bsky.social
Dislikes evidence based Ostriches
(An evidence based ostrich ignores evidence against whilst waiting for evidence of support.)
(An evidence based ostrich ignores evidence against whilst waiting for evidence of support.)
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David Poulter
@retlouping.bsky.social
· Nov 21
After all the studies tendons need tension load, muscles need to contract, brains and nervous system need stimulating , joints need loading and moving 👍
Update and people want to be listened to and understood.
Update and people want to be listened to and understood.
My blog:
Has a war been declared on contextual effects?
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Has a war been declared on contextual effects?
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Has a war been declared on contextual effects?
There seems to be a movement towards declaring contextual effects weak and not worth the effort. It appears that there is some misunderstanding between research on contextual effect and their actua…
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November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
My blog:
Has a war been declared on contextual effects?
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/h...
Has a war been declared on contextual effects?
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/h...
Latest blog post
Spondylolisthesis: It’s Not as Scary as You’ve Been Told
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Spondylolisthesis: It’s Not as Scary as You’ve Been Told
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November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Latest blog post
Spondylolisthesis: It’s Not as Scary as You’ve Been Told
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/s...
Spondylolisthesis: It’s Not as Scary as You’ve Been Told
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“It works for me”
Welcome to the blackbox
Welcome to the blackbox
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“It works for me”
Welcome to the blackbox
Welcome to the blackbox
Is it time to stop “Painsplaining?”
Pain neuroscience education combined with any singular form of physical therapy intervention is not more effective than the single intervention itself: a systematic review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Pain neuroscience education combined with any singular form of physical therapy intervention is not more effective than the single intervention itself: a systematic review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Is it time to stop “Painsplaining?”
Pain neuroscience education combined with any singular form of physical therapy intervention is not more effective than the single intervention itself: a systematic review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Pain neuroscience education combined with any singular form of physical therapy intervention is not more effective than the single intervention itself: a systematic review www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Why write a blog if no one reads it?
A bog by me. 😂 retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/w...
A bog by me. 😂 retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/w...
Why write a blog if no one reads it?
Over the last few days I have asked myself “why write a blog if no one reads it?” After a bit of pondering and reflection I came to the conclusion that I write for me not necessarily you (my audien…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Why write a blog if no one reads it?
A bog by me. 😂 retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/w...
A bog by me. 😂 retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/w...
My latest blog
It’s here, it’s clear, AI abuse and use, should we fear it?
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It’s here, it’s clear, AI abuse and use, should we fear it?
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/i...
It’s here, it’s clear, AI abuse and use, should we fear it?
I have become fascinated by AI and its potential in my field of PT and in general medical use. I have dabbles with Chat GPT, Google AI and the X apps Grok. I have also looked at how AI has been use…
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November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
My latest blog
It’s here, it’s clear, AI abuse and use, should we fear it?
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/i...
It’s here, it’s clear, AI abuse and use, should we fear it?
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/i...
Is anybody listening
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/i...
A short insightful blog on “listening”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/i...
A short insightful blog on “listening”
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Is anybody listening
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/i...
A short insightful blog on “listening”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/i...
A short insightful blog on “listening”
Stop publishing nonsense.
My letter to the editor about “SIJ Dysfunction” (unpublished)
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/a...
New study
www.ftrdergisi.com/uploads/pdf/...
My letter to the editor about “SIJ Dysfunction” (unpublished)
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/a...
New study
www.ftrdergisi.com/uploads/pdf/...
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Stop publishing nonsense.
My letter to the editor about “SIJ Dysfunction” (unpublished)
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/a...
New study
www.ftrdergisi.com/uploads/pdf/...
My letter to the editor about “SIJ Dysfunction” (unpublished)
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2024/09/24/a...
New study
www.ftrdergisi.com/uploads/pdf/...
Reposted by David Poulter
My latest blog, with no AI involvement 😂 (well OK there is PS from Grok 😂)
“I am but a simplifier”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/i...
“I am but a simplifier”
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I am but a simplifier
I have always liked this Oliver Wendell Homes quote 👇 I have been an educator for over 40 years, I view my role as a “simplifier” because I am a self confessed “numpty.” I always enjoy when someone…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My latest blog, with no AI involvement 😂 (well OK there is PS from Grok 😂)
“I am but a simplifier”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/i...
“I am but a simplifier”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/i...
My latest blog, with no AI involvement 😂 (well OK there is PS from Grok 😂)
“I am but a simplifier”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/i...
“I am but a simplifier”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/i...
I am but a simplifier
I have always liked this Oliver Wendell Homes quote 👇 I have been an educator for over 40 years, I view my role as a “simplifier” because I am a self confessed “numpty.” I always enjoy when someone…
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:22 PM
My latest blog, with no AI involvement 😂 (well OK there is PS from Grok 😂)
“I am but a simplifier”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/i...
“I am but a simplifier”
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/17/i...
AI Strikes again: A Comparative Analysis of the McKenzie, Maitland, and Mulligan Methods in Musculoskeletal Assessment and Treatment
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/a...
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/a...
AI Strikes again: A Comparative Analysis of the McKenzie, Maitland, and Mulligan Methods in Musculoskeletal Assessment and Treatment
Introduction Musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders, encompassing conditions such as low back pain, neck pain, and peripheral joint dysfunctions, represent a significant burden on healthcare systems world…
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November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
AI Strikes again: A Comparative Analysis of the McKenzie, Maitland, and Mulligan Methods in Musculoskeletal Assessment and Treatment
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/a...
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/a...
Only you can answer what it would take for you to add he extra “S”
What would it take?
What would it take?
November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Only you can answer what it would take for you to add he extra “S”
What would it take?
What would it take?
Evaluating Manual Therapy in Musculoskeletal Pain: Why Certain Trial Designs May Overestimate Effectiveness—A Scoping Review
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
November 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Evaluating Manual Therapy in Musculoskeletal Pain: Why Certain Trial Designs May Overestimate Effectiveness—A Scoping Review
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Paradoxes weaken the International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain www.epain.org/journal/view...
November 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Paradoxes weaken the International Association for the Study of Pain definition of pain www.epain.org/journal/view...
My latest blog written by AI (Grok) in 20 seconds.
A timely warning of AI use and abuse.
Preferred Directional Loading Strategy: A Proposed Refinement Over the Concept of Directional Preference in Musculoskeletal Pain Management
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A timely warning of AI use and abuse.
Preferred Directional Loading Strategy: A Proposed Refinement Over the Concept of Directional Preference in Musculoskeletal Pain Management
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
November 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My latest blog written by AI (Grok) in 20 seconds.
A timely warning of AI use and abuse.
Preferred Directional Loading Strategy: A Proposed Refinement Over the Concept of Directional Preference in Musculoskeletal Pain Management
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A timely warning of AI use and abuse.
Preferred Directional Loading Strategy: A Proposed Refinement Over the Concept of Directional Preference in Musculoskeletal Pain Management
retlouping331888347.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
Work in progress
Person presenting with.....
Person living with.....
Person suffering from......
Differentiating between possible causes of this persons problem.......
Not patient, not frozen shoulder, not sore hip, not NSLBP, not knee OA....
PERSON focused
One ecosystem
Person presenting with.....
Person living with.....
Person suffering from......
Differentiating between possible causes of this persons problem.......
Not patient, not frozen shoulder, not sore hip, not NSLBP, not knee OA....
PERSON focused
One ecosystem
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Work in progress
Person presenting with.....
Person living with.....
Person suffering from......
Differentiating between possible causes of this persons problem.......
Not patient, not frozen shoulder, not sore hip, not NSLBP, not knee OA....
PERSON focused
One ecosystem
Person presenting with.....
Person living with.....
Person suffering from......
Differentiating between possible causes of this persons problem.......
Not patient, not frozen shoulder, not sore hip, not NSLBP, not knee OA....
PERSON focused
One ecosystem
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
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November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
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academic.oup.com/icb/article-...
Happy SI joint Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Happy SI joint Halloween
Stop patient blaming
October 29, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Stop patient blaming
Our paper is free open access. Please read share, and enjoy , thank you 🙏
Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors?
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors?
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Our paper is free open access. Please read share, and enjoy , thank you 🙏
Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors?
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors?
www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
“Listen to learn about the person in pain, as much as the pain in the person”
October 6, 2025 at 5:29 AM
“Listen to learn about the person in pain, as much as the pain in the person”
Reposted by David Poulter
Ah Ha! The secret system experts use for creating #overdiagnosis ;-)
Invent a problem, invent a test, invent a treatment, fix your test, voila! The state of health care across apps.
“Your wangle dangle is out & twisted. A few sessions of my TM wangle dangle therapy and your pain will be gone.”
Patient in future
“ I have wangle dangle syndrome”
“Your wangle dangle is out & twisted. A few sessions of my TM wangle dangle therapy and your pain will be gone.”
Patient in future
“ I have wangle dangle syndrome”
October 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Ah Ha! The secret system experts use for creating #overdiagnosis ;-)
Our paper is free open access. Please read share, and enjoy , thank you 🙏
Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors? www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors? www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
October 4, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Our paper is free open access. Please read share, and enjoy , thank you 🙏
Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors? www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Contextual effects in musculoskeletal pain: are we overlooking essential factors? www.frontiersin.org/journals/psy...
Invent a problem, invent a test, invent a treatment, fix your test, voila! The state of health care across apps.
“Your wangle dangle is out & twisted. A few sessions of my TM wangle dangle therapy and your pain will be gone.”
Patient in future
“ I have wangle dangle syndrome”
“Your wangle dangle is out & twisted. A few sessions of my TM wangle dangle therapy and your pain will be gone.”
Patient in future
“ I have wangle dangle syndrome”
October 3, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Invent a problem, invent a test, invent a treatment, fix your test, voila! The state of health care across apps.
“Your wangle dangle is out & twisted. A few sessions of my TM wangle dangle therapy and your pain will be gone.”
Patient in future
“ I have wangle dangle syndrome”
“Your wangle dangle is out & twisted. A few sessions of my TM wangle dangle therapy and your pain will be gone.”
Patient in future
“ I have wangle dangle syndrome”