DrMichelleBull💙

Update on our latest publication
@physiosforme.bsky.social @claguenjc36.bsky.social @sunsopeningband.bsky.social

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

Good plan - thank you for the advice 🙏🏻

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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

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

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

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

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

YouTube video by Norges ME-forening - Rogaland Fylkeslag Michelle Bull - Living with ME/CFS and Long Covid - Managing symptoms (Norwegian subtitles)

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Well done @michelleb4.bsky.social you represented @physiosforme.bsky.social so well. Some great #ME talks, well done all at the ME/CFS conference, digging deeper - Norway.

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There is no place for the outdated nonsense in recent BMJ article

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

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/...

Great response from @naomidharvey.bsky.social

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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
...1/3

What a great letter. Thank you

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

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

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

🚨 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...

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

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

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

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...

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

I’d like to crowdsource a poem, if you all are willing:

If you have #LongCovid, please name your worst 3-5 symptoms.

I’m gonna track responses and make a word cloud. The more the better so please share!

Why Do More Women Get ME/CFS? Study Suggests it May be the Mitochondria... - Health Rising Major chronic fatigue syndrome metabolomic finds problems with energy production and lipid metabolism in ME/CFS.

The increased alanine and BCAA levels in females, in particular, suggested, for the first time I can remember, a metabolic reason why more women may have ME/CFS. It turns out that women, more so than men, rely on a process called anaplerosis to replenish their www.healthrising.org/blog/2024/12...

Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and... : Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal litation. Methods: We conducted an international consultation on priorities for long COVID and rehabilitation with people living with long COVID, clinicians, researchers, and other key interest-hol...

We promised that the #LCPForum was research generating …

… so here it is 💙📰

Priorities for Research, Education, Clinical Practice, and Policy From the Long COVID Physio International Forum

#LongCOVID

journals.lww.com/cptj/fulltex...

I'm keen to find out more but can't seem to DM you!