Health funding initiatives
As governments cut health funding new initiatives are sometimes introduced. This one in England threatens to cut patients access to vital joint replacements. Lets hope nothing like this ever happens in Australia
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Netball Australia Injury Prevention
Its great to see Netball Australia taking the initiative in preventing knee injuries. This great website should help prevent many injuries.
http://knee.netball.com.au/
If you are unlucky enough to injure your knee MHK has an Acute knee injury clinic designed to expedite your care and return to playing.Stem Cells
The use of Stem cells is an exciting new world for medicine but we need to be cognoscente of the evidence when prescribing these expensive new techniques. Stem Cells have been promoted in the media but the research doesn’t support how it is promoted. The Australian College of Sports and Exercise Physicians recently released a position statement regarding this.
The team at MHK are happy to discuss the evidence for treating osteoarthritis of your hip or knee.Pre-season
With pre-season underway for many winter sports, remember to take some time to warm up properly and include injury prevention in your program.
If you have suffered a knee injury requiring surgery Melbourne Hip and Knee run an “acute knee injury clinic”. See our website for more details.GP Education
Melbourne Hip and Knee run a comprehensive education program during the year, so if any GPs, Sports medicine Doctors or Physiotherapists want to come along please email us at info@melbournehipandknee.com.au