Back Pain: Inflammatory vs Mechanical
by Roberto Russo, Rheumatologist & Nuclear Medicine Physician Spinal pain is one of the most common afflictions to affect modern man, with 12-33% of the adult population having low back pain at any...
View ArticleAS: if you don’t know what to look for, how are you going to treat it?
by Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Many patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis are relieved when they finally get a diagnosis. Relief, mixed with frustration. Usually, Ankylosing Spondylitis sufferers spend...
View ArticleAnkylosing Spondylitis: “Wonder Drugs” do exist!
By Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist It’s (almost) true. Yes, doctors do tend to prescribe medications, and all medications have potential side effects. However, this is one example of medication which is...
View ArticleiAnkylosingSpondylitis is here!
By Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist It was a wet long weekend, October 2010. I was searching the itunes store for apps to showcase on my ipad and lamenting the fact that there were so few useful apps for...
View ArticleWhen is your back pain INFLAMMATORY?
Dr Roberto Russo, Rheumatologist The characteristic presenting symptom in the majority of patients with Spondyloarthritis (a group of diseases with the prototype being Ankylosing Spondylitis) is...
View ArticleDemonstrating the Modified Schober Test
By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist We see a lot of patients with inflammatory back pain in our clinics. Some of these patients have Spondyloarthritis or the prototype condition, Ankylosing Spondylitis....
View ArticleSpondyloarthritis: Demonstrating Lumbar Lateral Flexion
By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The response to our Modified Schober Test demonstration was great, with over 700 views so far! Our patients with inflammatory back pain have Spondyloarthritis or the...
View ArticleWhat do you mean? My back pain is INFLAMMATORY?
By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Lots of folks have back pain. Most back pain is blamed on lifting something heavy or some sporting injury or degeneration due to the passage of time. But, there is an...
View ArticleNot All Back Pain is The Same
This guest post is by Philip Robinson. Philip is a rheumatologist working in the Ankylosing Spondylitis clinic at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. He is also completing a PhD in the...
View ArticleThe complicated concept of Axial SpA explained
By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist Up to 5% of patients with chronic back pain have an Inflammatory cause for the spinal symptoms rather than or in addition to, mechanical/degenerative reasons. The...
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