A healthy young surfer with axillary shoulder pain
A young recreational sports player presents with a three-week history of vague right shoulder pain.
Tag: Pain
Stereotactic radiotherapy ‘now an option’ for painful spinal metastases
Australian trial suggests the approach is superior to standard care, researchers say.
Pinpointing the rare cause of a painful, swollen knee
Is it a septic spectre or something else?
GP enters Parliament pledging to legalise cannabis ‘in all forms’
'People are automatically made a criminal because they’ve tried to treat themselves', Dr Brian Walker says.
A curious cause of recurrent lower back pain
An elderly man with a simple complaint of back pain turns out to be full of surprises.
Patients who cease opioids end up in less pain: study
But a Sydney GP argues the same outcome can be achieved in primary care.
Call for GPs to prescribe naloxone with ‘all opioids’
The agent should be 'normalised' and move beyond the realm of illicit drugs, experts say
‘We’re excited’: RFA for pain relief in bone metastases
Prospective study in 200 patients finds effect is durable for up to a year.
Busted: 3 myths about medicinal cannabis for pain
As a pain specialist, I often have patients asking me whether they should try medicinal cannabis. There’s a common perception it can be an effective…
‘Do not’ write medical cannabis scripts for chronic pain
Evidence for the therapy is 'critically lacking', say updated Choosing Wisely guidelines from ANZCA's pain faculty.
