Bex Townley
@BexTownley
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Exerciseđ€Itâs not just what you do but the way that you do it & talk about it #MakeMovementYourMission since 230320 #7Days #CTM care to move
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Joined November 2013
Exercise and Sports Science Australia updated position statement on exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community - Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
jsams.org
Falls affect a significant number of older Australians and present a major challenge to health care providers and health systems with over 380 older Australians hospitalised for a fall each day.
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Good to see the work by @RoyalOsteoSoc alongside @BexTownley @LaterLifeTrain to have videos for bone health at #Physio24
https://t.co/k7YT0GDusZ
theros.org.uk
Watch these new films on weight-bearing impact exercise, part of the ROS brand-new exercise for bone health series.
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An unintended outcome of 20 weeks progressive training for this person, 74yrs not based in UK. Our work has been via videos and daily messaging
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The legacy of the https://t.co/0FplyNqukT continues to have impact. We are in đłđ± with Dutch physiotherapists who are about to disseminate Otago Leader training across Netherlands @VeiligheidNL @BexTownley
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Thank you @anzfps and @DrFarles for inviting me to present I really enjoyed it. @LaterLifeTrain @BexTownley here's the recording, thanks @BexTownley for the video included #healthyageing #livethegoodlife
Thank you @DrElissaBurton for your excellent presentation last week on "Are we doing enough to promote independence". For those that missed it the recording is now available on our website.
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How many PARS/ERSs are there in the UK and what are their aims? @BenJaneFitness and I answer these question in our new paper
academic.oup.com
AbstractBackground. Exercise Referral Schemes (ERS) are designed so health professionals can refer certain patients to a supervised programme of physical a
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On Saturday we celebrate 4 YEARS of #MMYM. @BexTownley set out to do 30 days of x3 daily movement snacks to keep people moving during lockdown - 4 years on and the movement mission continues bcs these people đsaid âpls donât stopâ
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Barriers to resistance exercise amongst people with LTCs, #frailty, recent đœ in health include not knowing or understanding the 'term', self perceived inability to do it BUT willingness if guided by an expert https://t.co/bxFOlFkHmV
@AGILECSP @thecsp @Hurstchris2102
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New @IJBNPA: A new systematic review and content analysis of 36 different models identified 19 components of #PhysicalActivity Referral Schemes, or complex, multicomponent interventions. @HansonCoral #referralscheme #physicalactivity đ©đȘ https://t.co/Fq8BkZJ87p
ijbnpa.biomedcentral.com
Background Physical activity referral schemes (PARS) are complex multicomponent interventions that represent a promising healthcare-based concept for physical activity (PA) promotion. This systematic...
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I am very proud of this one! The implementation of behaviour change practices in Physical Activity Referral Schemes: a narrative review https://t.co/mwShS3yx7R
@DrNikkiBrown @katieshearn1 @rosswadey @jbreckon
tandfonline.com
Physical activity referral schemes have been used extensively as one pathway to support behaviour change in people with long term conditions. Best practice guidance, across countries, recommend tha...
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Our first âAgeing is Changingâ learning event Dublin. Physiotherapists, exercise professionals ++ in attendance. A day of conversations about Exercise Science AND Behaviour Change Science required to support change over time. @BexTownley @BobLaventure1 next stop SheffieldâŠ
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Hope itâs going well and @BexTownley is firing you up đȘđ
First day of the Otago Exercise Program for UC staff and external candidates #staffdevelopment #patientcare #exercise #falls @jossie74 @ktcbaxter @MichelleUIC @Cathy42548342 @Mersey_Care @LaterLifeTrain
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Words worth replacing leading evidence based exercise to older people at risk of falls). Reconsider the words we use e.g Gentle exercise Do a little shuffle forwards in the chair Carefully I want you to You need to Have you done your home exercises Any problems with that?
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See, feel and think FaME for effective falls management and particularly enabling people to get up off the floor, dust themselves off and get on with life⊠like we do when we are younger⊠#NFIT @FLEXI_Study @sw_ahsn
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How FaME enables people to get up, stay up and live their best lives #NFIT @FLEXI_Study @VickiG_physio @activedevon @liz__orton @GeriSoc @cimspa @_ukactive @thecsp @FinneganSusanne @GM_ICP @GMOPN1 #fallsprevention @Suedewhirst1
So proud of what this amazing team are achieving in Plymouth :) @LaterLifeTrain @FLEXI_Study
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