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Dr Vadivelu Saravanan is a clinical rheumatologist in Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, UK. He has a wide range of interests from Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR); Giant cell arteritis (GCA), Rheumatoid lung disease, Sjogren’s syndrome, Hypermobility, Fibromyalgia and Informatics. He is a former medical advisor to PMR-GCA-UK & North East of England support groups. He is now working with Ehlers Danlos Support UK campaigning for hypermobile EDS care. He has a newfound interest in longevity medicine and musculoskeletal ageing since he reached 50 himself.
My colleague says, “I simply refer to physiotherapy. I don’t have time to discuss exercises, we need that time to discuss medications, side-effects, etc.” I sympathise. How do we promote activity and muscle strength among our patients?
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