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Nick Ng
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Managing editor, journalist 🧑🏻‍💻

Covers Edmonds, Lynnwood, Mountlake Terrace in Washington state

https://myneighborhoodnewsnetwork.com/

Editor, Massage & Fitness Magazine 🏋🏻

https://www.massagefitnessmag.com/

Bridges pain research with clinical practice
Current body of research shows the relationship between forward head posture & #neckpain is more complicated & less alarming than many ppl think. Some research finds small differences in neck posture btwn ppl w/ & w/o neck pain.

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What science says about forward head posture and neck pain - Massage & Fitness Magazine
Exercise may reduce neck pain and improve forward head posture, but there are other factors that influence why you have neck pain.
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November 30, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Reposted by Nick Ng
Small cell lung cancer is a fast-growing cancer that is strongly associated with tobacco smoking.

📝 This JAMA Patient Page describes small cell lung cancer and its symptoms, diagnosis and staging, treatment, and prognosis.

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November 30, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I used to go to Solana Beach to escape the heat when I used to live in Poway. I miss coming here and there’s hardly anyone at the cliffs.
November 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Despite the small to medium benefits of #paineducation for #chronicpain, Moseley et al. wrote in 2024 that an audit of the pain education literature showed two “important patterns” that should be taken into context.

#physiotherapy #painscience

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Despite mixed results, pain education evidence should be taken into context, researchers say - Massage & Fitness Magazine
A 2025 systematic review published in the European Journal of Physiotherapy reported that pain neuroscience education may reduce chronic neck pain compared with other therapies. Based on seven randomi...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Final-year #DPT students say they prioritized higher base pay. But they weren't as interested in financial incentives that could restrict their work schedule flexibility. They prefer employers whose values & work culture align with their own to minimize burnout.

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Final-Year Doctor of Physical Therapy Student Preferences for Employment and Postprofessional Education: An Exploratory Survey Study - PubMed
Findings from our convenience sample of final-year DPT students suggest that they prioritized higher base pay. However, they were not as interested in financial incentives linked to conditions that could restrict their work schedule flexibility. They preferred to find an employer whose values and wo …
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November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!

Lake Poway in San Diego County. Used to come here often when I lived here.
November 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Neck pain cure

#NewtopiaCyder #SanDiego
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 AM
On Oct. 16, MLT City Council agreed to a rate increase to continue participating in Snohomish County Department of Emergency Management’s interlocal agreement. If approved, it'd raise city’s annual service from $34,934 in 2025 to $46,322 in 2026. #MLTNews #MyMLTNews

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City Council hears options in emergency funding, approves property annexation | MLTnews.com
The Mountlake Terrace City Council at its Thursday meeting agreed to a rate increase to continue participating in the Snohomish County Department of
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November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The absence of consistent demographic & social info limits researchers’ ability to identify inequities, compare study populations, & interpret findings in ways that reflect real-world clinical settings. A group of #pain researchers are changing that.

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Health equity in pain science: Rebuilding how research measures human experience - Massage & Fitness Magazine
An international group of researchers has developed a standardized dataset aimed at improving how pain researchers document social and structural factors that influence pain. The initiative, known as ...
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November 25, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Considering pain not as a marker of injury but as a
human experience should not be an alternative or niche
therapy, but the very thing that unites us." ~ Dr. Patrick Wall, 9th World Congress on Pain, 1999

#painscience #chronicpain
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
On Oct. 9, MLT City Council met w/ state lobbyists to discuss an extra $300K the city is asking from the state to replace the MLT Library’s roof & HVAC system, & $1.15M to replace the roof & HVAC system at the Mickey Corso Clubhouse in Ballinger Park.

#MLTNews #MyMLTNews #localjournalism
November 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
This
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”

Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Reposted by Nick Ng
2022 vs. 2025. 🤡
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Totally agree. And you?

#novocalmusic
November 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I miss San Diego Mexican food. And you know you’re in for a treat when all the customers are Mexicans, a futbol game is on TV, and two families of three generations are having lunch. #ElPais #Escondido
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
On Oct. 9, MLT City Council reviewed the city's $4.2M budget gap thru 2030 w/ reserves dipping below its minimum requirement by 2027. The updated financial forecasts show reserves have been reduced by about $3.2M following year-end close.

#MLTNews #MyMLTNews

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November 22, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Omg the framing on the left is perfect
November 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
On pain, treatment, & #physicaltherapy from Louis Gifford in 2001: "The overwhelming message coming from respected researchers, clinicians & writers on the way forward w/ pain is for patient empowerment via education & active rehabilitation...rather than over-reliance on passive therapies."
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
On Oct. 2, the MLT City Council also proclaimed October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. MLT Police Department Domestic Violence Prevention Coordinator Danielle Singson accepted the proclamation & talked about the purple light bulbs. #MLTNews #MyMLTNews

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City Council approves new transportation impact fee, EV charging stations and fund structure | MLTnews.com
Key takeaways City Council votes 7-0 to approve the city’s updated transportation impact fee of $6,051. The council authorizes the city manager to sign an
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November 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
On Oct. 2, MLT City Council voted 7-0 to approve city’s updated transportation impact fee of $6,051. TIF is a one-time charge paid by new developments to help fund projects that add capacity & support growth in city’s transportation system. #MLTNews #MyMLTNews

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November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Found this in my old bedroom of the four astronauts who died in 1986 in the Challenger space shuttle explosion. I think every student at Challenger junior high in 1990 had a copy of this.

The 40th anniversary is coming up.
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Happy to be back! Somehow 55-60F feels balmy.
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Reposted by Nick Ng
Many people don't realise how climate change is already - not in the future - affecting our lives. And it's doing so in ways that, once our eyes are opened, we can notice!

For example, food. h/t @climatecentral.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
First long vacation in a year. Just 2 wks in San Diego and LA. #PaineAirfield #Everett
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
On Sept. 25, during the MLT City Council meeting:

Council proclaimed Sept. 30 as Every Child Matters Day or Orange Shirt Day. MLT High School Indigenous Student Union representatives Riley Guthrie & Elizabeth Herrmann were among those who accepted the proclamation.

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November 18, 2025 at 12:25 AM