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Low back pain: a movement disease?

Jordan van der Westhuizen·October 16, 2024

There are no ‘fun-runs’ or coloured ribbons for low back pain, nor are there fundraisers or charities, yet approximately 80% of people will experience a debilitating episode of low back pain (LBP) during their lifetime. Read More...

Clinical Articles

·3 mins read·

Managing foot pain – causes and investigations

Dr Dan Marshall·October 14, 2024

Foot pain is a prevalent issue affecting people of all ages and lifestyles. Given the complexity of the foot's structure, which comprises 26 bones, 33 joints, and over 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments, with up to five times the load of the patient’s body weight going through the foot and ankle, it's not surprising that many people experience foot pain at some point in their lives. Read More...

Clinical Articles

·4 mins read·

Self-care is the best care for people with disabling back pain

Prof Peter O’Sullivan·October 14, 2024

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. There is strong evidence that in the absence of serious pathology (such as nerve compression, malignancy, fracture, infection affecting 1-5% of people), low back pain is associated with a combination of biopsychosocial factors than can result in sensitisation of spinal structures. Read More...

Clinical Articles

·3 mins read·

Shoulder replacement – an update and future directions

Dr Li-On Lam·October 14, 2024

The first joint replacement of any kind was a shoulder replacement. This was performed by a French surgeon in 1893 for the treatment of tuberculosis. Like most things in medicine, much progress has been made. Read More...

Clinical Articles

·3 mins read·

Toddlers sleeping but not playing

Medical Forum·October 10, 2024

New research shows an alarming trend towards sedentary lifestyles among those who should be moving the most for healthy development – toddlers. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·2 mins read·

GP reminder for meningococcal vax

Medical Forum·October 10, 2024

WA GPs are being reminded that there are two types of meningococcal vaccine available -- one for serogroups A, C, W and Y and the other for serogroup B -- on the back of a recent case in a child. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·1 min read·

Challenged GPs ‘most satisfied’

Medical Forum·October 10, 2024

Australia’s ‘most satisfied’ GPs are those working in conditions that many health care providers have traditionally seen as challenging, a RACGP report has found. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·2 mins read·

Five-year itch soothes kids

Medical Forum·October 10, 2024

A Perth-led study has halved skin infections in Aboriginal children living in remote communities. Read More...

Medical Forum Weekly

·2 mins read·

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