Many patients waiting long periods for #orthopaedic surgery consults have multiple risk factors for other #chronicdiseases, presenting an untapped opportunity to improve their health before surgery, new research finds: https://t.co/XVUosJrPQC @cmwillow @SimonDavidson88 @UCRH_NC

👇👇UN News feature on WHO’s first guideline on chronic primary low back pain Do’s and don’ts for tackling chronic back pain | UN News

Excited to see our systematic review of cost-of-illness published in @PAINthejournal. A top team interested to study MSK pain in children and adolescents: @vesouzasantos, @miyamoto_gisela, @stevekamper1, @cmwillow and @tieparma Link: https://t.co/7Dk8KfPQNq 🧶

I'm proud to share my first publication as first author, investigating the impact of #exercise on pain self-efficacy in adults with non-specific chronic low back pain. Let me know, is this the effect you expected? https://t.co/X7pDAnqSpN

When a large team comes together for a Systematic Review, you hope it’s a prelude to something much bigger. Stay tuned, but for now: Open Access via @MSKPhysioJnl: https://t.co/xpxY2pkPX1 @VUamsterdam @amsterdamumc @Griffith_Uni @erasmusuni @JointResearch @Sydney_Uni

Turns out the Dunning-Kruger effect is likely an artifact of the research design. Science beats scientists @sciencevs https://t.co/8823AxVbVP

Our Cochrane review on spinal cord stimulators for #backpain out today. Bottom line: -Mod certainty evidence of no benefit vs placebo in medium term -Uncertain if benefit on pain in immediate term -Adverse events (infection, re-operation) common https://t.co/lNJQeN96Zs 🧵

Using evidence in practice can be challenging. Great to see some of the fantastic support work by @CGleadhill and @NetworkRegional in print. Open access here:

We're proud to announce that the 18th international Forum on back and neck pain research will be held in Groningen, the Netherlands, Aug 30 - Sept 1, 2023! Follow us on Twitter and https://t.co/oqSxfyOJRt. Please share!

Thanks for having me @thewireradio, was great to chat!

🔥Hot off the press 🔥 📢 @NCOISAustralia's Director @LukeWolfenden and team have published an updated #systematicreview exploring strategies that help #schools implement policies and practices to prevent #chronicdisease. 🧐Read all about it 👉 https://t.co/oLBsvYMNP8

Our @nhmrc funded RCT was published today @JAMA_current. A 7yr effort from the researcher team, clinicians and trial participants. We have more work to do, but we might have identified a new way to manage CLBP. If want more info register at

Lia Kim from @JunkeeMedia interviewed me about our growing pains study and pain more broadly. She made a great video you can see here: https://t.co/ciBZa4IRr1 Note to self: back away from the webcam! @MaryOKeeffe007 @AlexMartiniuk @msk_health @cmwillow @ivyhish

This was a really fun paper to write. Driven by a great thought-leader @DrSethPT @JOSPT

On the home stretch recruiting for this study, if you know anyone experiencing low back pain, living in Australia, please share 🙏 This study will help us understand what people experiencing low back pain need from treatments to make them worthwhile https://t.co/OUqKjXEe1W

I'm proud to share this publication from my PhD exploring the concept of baseline imbalance in meta-analyses of RCTs in the field of hypertension. Have you thought about conducting a meta-analysis on the baseline outcome? Open-access at https://t.co/nB1Wih9WJ7

Thanks @donnadlu from the Guardian @GuardianAus for chatting about our growing pains study. @MaryOKeeffe007 @AlexMartiniuk @LMontgomery_PhD @cmwillow @amabilebdario @MichaelRathleff @msk_health @msk_health_usyd https://t.co/fyWZgnnrIf

One of the clearest signs of learning is rethinking your assumptions and revising your opinions. 21 things I rethought in 2021: a thread...

Any bright postdocs out there looking for a job doing research embedded in the health system? I'm looking for someone to join me at Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District in Sydney. https://t.co/oOkPDogdJL @msk_health @cmwillow @Pain_NeuRa

Five things that economists know, but sound wrong to most other people https://t.co/JfTehJZT9U via @ConversationUK