PhD graduate (Synthetic nanomaterials for cartilage tissue engineering), La Trobe University, AUS. Physiotherapist. Public Health. Pedestrian🚶🏻ø 🎋
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18 Nov 2022
Aroha Dr. Truely Harding for this Māori whakataukī. Ka pai.
Two incredible days of mahi collaboration @ Te Anga Kaikōiwi me Taumata Kaikōiwi Aotearoa - developing future innovation community to influence best possible outcomes for osteoarthritis in NZ and globally. @OA_AoNZ
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“[Advanced syphilis] causes body changes, growth of additional bone, especially the leg bones, and some destruction of other bones”
abc.net.au/news/2026-06-15/s…
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👀 Must read in this month's issue on new early imaging biomarkers of osteoarthritis
Read for free by Gareth Jones et al. - oarsijournal.com/article/S10…
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Gas station, Ljubljana, 1968.
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Forced Perspective Contemporary Photography exhibition @latrobe Borchardt Library, Bundoora.
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"By contrast, growing articular cartilage is not something post-natal humans have evolved to do. So, I predict cartilage regrowth technology that fully recapitulates developmental cartilage formation will not arrive within the next 25 years."
Jun 12
What will happen in orthopaedic surgery over the next 25 years? In his latest column, Dr. Joseph Bernstein enlightens us with his predictions:
#1: We will solve the problem of sluggish formation of bone but not of cartilage
#2: Osteoarthritis will be reimagined as a bone disease
#3: Machine learning will teach us about surgical indications
#4: Orthopaedics ascendant—and not just in our own minds
What do you think? Join commentators Michael Suk, Joshua Jacobs, and Joseph Schwab in sharing your own predictions with us, too!
Read "Not the Last Word: One of These Predictions, ± 1, Will Come True" (and then set a reminder to read it again in 2050): ow.ly/oMnK50Z9y3a
#orthoTwitter #medTwitter #meded #futureofmedicine #NottheLastWord #CORR #column
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Poster presentations for ISBF's ECR Online Conference 🌐on the Gather Town Platform.
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🎶Blunted Stylus - Q KUMBERS (DJ Ransom Remix)
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BREAKING: The @AlboMP Government has announced a $100 million MRFF Mission for arthritis & musculoskeletal conditions - the biggest standalone Federal investment in arthritis research in Australia's history. $16B/yr on the health system. Change is here.
arthritisaustralia.com.au/re…
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🔥 Just out!
The first of OAC's Osteoarthritis "Fundamental series" covers #diagnosis and #assessment
A clinician’s diagnosis is a vital step to facilitate access to and engagement
with treatment.
Read more from Lauren King and Abhishek Abhishek here: oarsijournal.com/article/S10…
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Jun 5
Today is #CrazySocks4Docs Day. AMA Victoria Vice President, Dr @gdtoogood, founded this day to bring attention to the impact of stigma on healthcare workers who need assistance for their mental health.
This is Geoff’s story, in his words:
“It all started when I wore odd socks to work one day in 2016. I was sniggered at behind my back… going ‘crazy’ again, was the conversation. No one reached out; there was just the back chat. It was pretty poor thinking to suggest that my mental health had become worse, purely based on sock choice. A simple chat or question would have cleared that up.
The actual reason I was wearing odd socks was because I had bought a puppy and it had eaten all my socks; the bright colours were to cheer me up. But sadly, in health, there’s a lack of genuine chat and more background chatter.”
Get involved by donning a pair of your brightest socks today or donate via crazysocks4docs.com.au/
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Patients accessing knee replacements at younger ages highlights the growing effect of co-morbidities, and social challenges, like obesity.
📈Knee arthroplasty in OECD countries has hit a tipping point
New study by Backes, Pabinger, Lothaller & Geissler tracks 25 countries over 17 years and found that patients under 65 now make up >50% of all procedures - up from ~37% in 2005.
Read for free: oarsijournal.com/article/S10…
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This study investigated the cellular and molecular mechanisms by which diabetes mellitus exacerbates osteoarthritis, through multiomics analysis of synovium and cartilage from patients with both conditions.
#Diabetes #Osteoarthritis #BJR #OpenAccess
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ALT Single-cell atlas of human knee articular cartilage in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DMOA). The t-distributed stochastic neighbour embedding (t-SNE) plot of the 11 identified main subpopulations in cartilage.
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Christopher Chong retweeted
#SelfManagement is key in #musculoskeletal care, but implementation remains challenging. 🧩 This paper buff.ly/2w9dRln highlights research gaps, barriers, and facilitators to support better uptake in #PrimaryCare.
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#New this month our #Basic #Science Editor's Choice for #June.
PAR2 in bone accelerates late-stage OA, showing bone turnover’s key role in joint damage and the age- and cell-specific complexity of PAR2. #Osteoarthritis #BoneHealth
Read more 🔗: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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May 31
FDA has approved that guselkumab (Tremfya) for the inhibition of progression of structural joint damage in adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) buff.ly/Za89N74
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May 31
RepurpSS-II: Hydroxychloroquine plus Leflunomide in Sjögren's
A small pilot, phase 2b trial has shown that the combination of leflunomide and hydroxychloroquine (LEF HCQ) was effective and safe in treating patients with active Sjögren's disease.
buff.ly/JudsgkG
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May 31
Rest doesn't protect the arthritic knee... activity nourishes it and has been proven to result in significant pain relief. And... high-intensity running shows the greatest pain relief. Not intuitive at all...
Don't rest your arthritic knee; you're not protecting anything, and you're throwing your general health under the bus.
If you don't tolerate any load... well-- then it might be time to talk to your surgeon.
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