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Chris Kramer PT, DPT

@kramec2000

Physical therapist with a passion for the profession.

 Minneapolis, MN
Joined January 2011
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Running-Physio
@tomgoom14 Mar 2025
Running is not bad for the back and may even strengthen the intervertebral discs! (see Belavy et al. 2017)
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Time to put the “wear and tear” and “bone on bone” narrative in the rear view mirror of history. We need to change the narrative
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ɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ 🚴🏻 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇬🇧 (@Retlouping) profile pictureɹǝʇlnoԀ pıʌɐᗡ 🚴🏻 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇬🇧@Retlouping20 Aug 2024
Once the participants in this study had been “diagnosed” with “bone-on-bone” changes, many disregarded exercise based interventions which they believed would damage their joint, in favor of alternative & experimental treatments, which they believed would regenerate lost cartilage
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The Lancet
@TheLancet20 Jun 2024
Adults with a history of low back pain went nearly twice as long without a recurrence of their back pain if they walked regularly, study finds. 🔗 hubs.li/Q02CzRzR0
Research in context panel. Copyright: 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0

ALT Research in context panel. Copyright: 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. CC BY 4.0

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💪 Bridging the gap between strengthspan and lifespan 📘 bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2…
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🚨 #BJSMBlog 🦵 Concern for knee joint damage should not influence the choice of treatment strategy in young patients with meniscal tear ⚡️ Is early surgery or a strategy of exercise and education with optional delayed surgery superior? READ MORE ➡️ bit.ly/493INgC
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Physio Meets Science@PhysioMeScience4 May 2024
Physical activity should be the primary intervention for individuals living with chronic pain A position paper from the European Pain Federation (EFIC) 'On the Move' Task Force 👇👇👇 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3870…
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“In lower limb tendons (in humans), PRP doesn’t work. … I’m sorry, I can’t help that.” Professor Hans Tol. Clinician, top researcher and research leader 🇳🇱, no financial conflict of interest. ⁦@footballmed⁩ #isok22 ⁦@AdamWeirSports⁩
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Nice free resource here for all interested in pain giffordsachesandpains.com/do…
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Foam rolling and stretching do not provide superior acute flexibility and stiffness improvements compared to any other warm-up intervention: A systematic review with meta-analysis 👇👇👇 sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The DRG is the mini brain of the peripheral sensory nervous system, and yes it can influence nociception and thus pain states. 👇 Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) and Chronic Pain ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/article…
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Derek Griffin@DerekGriffin8620 Nov 2023
Approx. 1 in 3 MRI ordered for the spine are deemed inappropriate. This is a significant problem considering the prevalence of low back pain & spinal pain in in the general population. link.springer.com/article/10…
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Jo Nijs@JoNijsBE29 Aug 2023
Dear Twitter Friends, in our 3rd episode of the comprehensive pain management @BrazJPhysTher editorial series, @LiesbetDebaets , @paulwhodges & I discuss why, who, & how clinicians can phenotype pain as nociceptive, neuropathic, or nociplastic. 🔓 authors.elsevier.com/c/1hf1j…
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Timothy Caulfield
@CaulfieldTim7 Aug 2023
Posture hype drives me nuts. Glad it is getting a good debunk! Is good posture overrated? [Spoiler: yep] theguardian.com/science/2023… by @liammannix @PeteOSullivanPT: "'There is just no good evidence' that posture is in any way a problem." Needed: move, exercise, eat well, sleep
Is good posture overrated? Back to first principles on back pain

Is good posture overrated? Back to first principles on back pain

For ages, bad posture has been assumed to cause back pain. Now some physiotherapists are rethinking what we should be doing with our spines

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A brief thread on natural resolution of lumbar disc herniations, prolapses and extrusions.
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The Sp⚽️rts Physio
@AdamMeakins19 Jul 2023
Lifting weights is NOT bad for your joints! And we’ve known this since the 1980s… “degenerative joint changes in weight lifters is not greater than that found in the general population!” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7407…
Degenerative joint disease in weight-lifters. Fact or fiction? - PubMed

Degenerative joint disease in weight-lifters. Fact or fiction? - PubMed

A clinical and radiological study of upper and lower limb joints was carried out on 25 experienced weight-lifters to identify the extent of degenerative joint disease (Osteoarthrosis) produced by...

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MSKPhysioJournal
@MSKPhysioJnl17 Jul 2023
Subgrouping individuals with migraine associated neck pain for targeted management: sciencedirect.com/science/ar… Part of our special issue on head and neck pain: sciencedirect.com/journal/mu…
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Jared Powell@JaredPowell1216 Jul 2023
Our latest paper is now published online ahead of print @PTJournal . It's open access ad infinitum. Instead of a long winded thread, see next for a neat infographic summarising the paper. Or, because it's open access, you can read it long form :) academic.oup.com/ptj/advance…
“Restoring That Faith in My Shoulder”: A Qualitative Investigation of How and Why Exercise Therapy...

“Restoring That Faith in My Shoulder”: A Qualitative Investigation of How and Why Exercise Therapy...

AbstractObjective. Rotator cuff–related shoulder pain (RCRSP) is the most common form of shoulder pain. Exercise therapy is a first-line recommended treatm

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Jared Powell@JaredPowell1216 Jul 2023
Thank you to my wonderful co-authors @nathaliaccosta1 @JeremyLewisPT @Dr_Ben_S @HingWayne
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Peter O'Sullivan@PeteOSullivanPT27 Jun 2023
LANCET INFOGRAPHIC: Cognitive functional therapy versus usual care for chronic, disabling low back pain thelancet.com/infographics-d…
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Aleksi Reito@AleksiReito12 Jun 2023
🔥🔥🔥 Again a great, bioplausible mechanism for a certain orthopaedic procedure is shown to be wrong. Atraumatic shoulder instability ➡️ capsular tightening is useless Bioplausible but unproven surgeries still remain common #EvidenceBasedOrthopaedics bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2…
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