The people behind ForthClinic Notes
Every guide here is written, tested and signed by a person. Four regulars, no ghostwriters.
Curtis Vale Lead writer
Ten years writing medical explainers, wary of inflated risk. he stratifies first, then decides how loud to be.
- Range of motion in a frozen shoulder: set the standard first
- Starting with resistance bands: cost, time and results
- Should noisy knees worry you: is it worth doing at all
- Shoe soles and joint load: cost, time and results
- How often to do rehab work: cost, time and results
- Drug and food conflicts: six beginner deviations
- Chronic illness and sleep: is it worth doing at all
- Screening for complications: where most people stall
Verity Lang Contributing editor
Worked in a screening centre reading reports for worried people. she separates what needs action from what needs nothing.
- Early signs of low bone density: the light version and the full one
- Balance work that prevents falls: a checklist you can tick
- Choosing a chair and lumbar support: six beginner deviations
- What swimming does for joints: knowing when to stop
- When to book the follow-up: three months in this order
- Handling a gout flare: three months in this order
- Setting exercise intensity: six beginner deviations
- How family can help: where most people stall
Silas Turner Staff writer
Nursing background with long experience in chronic care follow-up. he prefers checklists you can use the same day.
- Daily posture for the neck, from judgement to action
- What calcium needs to absorb: three months in this order
- Loosening morning stiffness: the light version and the full one
- The limits of loaded training: the light version and the full one
- Does keeping warm help: six beginner deviations
- Long-term uric acid control: six beginner deviations
- Travelling with a chronic condition: knowing when to stop
- Can you stop when numbers improve: the light version and the full one
Alaric Penn Regular contributor
Six years in hospital health management, used to turning markers into plain language. he writes only what has evidence behind it.
- Movements to avoid with a disc issue: where most people stall
- Supplementing vitamin D: set the standard first
- Stretching order after exercise: knowing when to stop
- Bone mass through menopause: three months in this order
- Rest or move when it hurts: the light version and the full one
- What to bring to a follow-up: is it worth doing at all
- Why pressure climbs in winter: knowing when to stop
- Building a condition file: six beginner deviations