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Repairs for full thickness rotator cuff tears no clinical difference between surgical & non-operative management. Patients beware of aggressive procedures with downside risk. Consider your options! ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29169957 & ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28053265
Challenging a lot of our assumptions “In those chronic conditions many of these responses that were initially adaptive, or helpful, have now become maladaptive.” “How stiff your back feels does not relate at all to how stiff it actually is when we measure it using a very specialised device,” Dr Stanton said. Link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-30/back-stiffness-may-just-all-be-in-your-head,-researchers-say/8856266?pfmredir=sm
Australia’s leading cancer organisations recommend exercise as an essential component of cancer care that should be incorporated into the treatment plan of every person with cancer COSA Oncology Statement – bit.ly/2whIvom
No brainer. Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/01/well/live/adopt-5-healthy-habits-live-12-to-14-years-longer.html
Great article about my friend Pr Stuart McGill’s research on safe back exercises to build resilence
Chronic pain needn’t disable you or drive you to taking medications, requiring injections or surgery. Chronic pain is NOT similar to acute pain. “After an Injury tissues heal, but the nervous system learns to guard & protect which outlasts the injury or pain onset”. Addressing over-protective patterns is job 1 of reducing the sensitivity of … Read moreChronic pain needn’t disable you or drive you to taking medications, requiring injections or surgery. Chronic pain
“Almost every country over-reimbursing procedures that don’t work for knee OA and under-funding exercise-based programs. Germany looks to have banned/de-funded knee scope for OA” Dr John Orchard Associate Editor BJSM Healthy_Aging The_Inactivity_Crisis Management_of_Tendonopathy_and_Overuse_Injuries Overutilization_of_Surgery Knee https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29043949/ Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29043949/
Huge news!! Starting in November Spinal Fusions will no longer be funded in Australia. Excessive_Imaging_for_Musculoskeletal_Problems Healthy_Aging The_Inactivity_Crisis Overutilization_of_Surgery Low_Back_Problems_and_Sciatica http://health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/DCA37AF837D2C3D0CA25827700826A27/$File/Spinal-surgery.pdf Link: http://health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/DCA37AF837D2C3D0CA25827700826A27/$File/Spinal-surgery.pdf
