Updated: 20 August, 2023 A guide to surgical vs non-surgical decision making following ACL injury. It may surprise some, but not all Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries require reconstructive surgery. Many people can return to high-level activities and cope well without an ACL. The decision of which option to go for can be difficult. In […]
Knee Arthroscopy Vs Exercise for Osteoarthritis (OA) The message is slowly filtering through the medical community and the general population that knee arthroscopy is no better than exercise for osteoarthritis (OA). More and more in my clinical practice I am coming across patients who are not surprised when I bring this up in our clinical […]
Running again with knee osteoarthritis at 79 years old I have previously contributed to the topic of running with osteoarthritis in many posts on other platforms – here, here and here. In short, it is a myth that you cannot run with knee osteoarthritis. Some facts: Joints need exercise and loading Participation in exercise and […]
Osteoarthritis (OA) Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common lifestyle disease in people over the age of 65. More common than high blood pressure and diabetes. For this reason, researchers have been working tirelessly to better understand OA. And some recent discoveries have turned some commonly held beliefs about OA on their head and have big […]
A couple of weeks ago, I sat down and watched TV. I don’t watch TV often. I don’t cry often. But an SBS Insight episode discussing surgery I couldn’t miss, and it brought a tear to my eye. The general narrative was that in Australia, there is too much surgery occuring. A lot of this […]
