Did you hear a familiar voice on ABC Australia NSW Afternoons last Thursday?

Betty Ramsay, health coach and physio, spoke about how you can get more #physicalactivity into your day.

Betty's segment starts ~22:06
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Fabulous advice Betty! Our Active Women over 50 project is currently recruiting women in NSW. activewomenover50.org.au

Infographic: Systematic review found that following hip fracture surgery in older adults, a structured exercise program improved physical function, mobility and independence with ADLs compared to regular physical activity or no exercise.

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Lara Edbrooke

Are you a woman aged 50+? Do you want support to be more active?

We are looking for volunteers to participate in a program aiming to increase physical activity in women aged 50+.

Learn more: activewomenover50.org.au

Thinking about or trying to address staff #wellbeing and #burnout in your organisation? Want to share ideas, challenges or meet like minded colleagues? Join me at Practical Pathways to Workplace Wellbeing #MDOK a few tickets are still available lnkd.in/gzwuhefe

Lots of people getting in touch about Four Corners coverage of spinal cord stimulators and back pain. Good to see this industry again under the microscope!

Key missing point: we do have good treatments for back pain. Not enough people have heard of them. buff.ly/3vKaNr9

The most common complaint among people with chronic pain is low back pain.
Researchers (University of Sydney, UNSW + Macquarie University) explain what treatments do – and don’t – work. theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f…

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The 1st time a company representative ‘showcased’ the ‘effectiveness’ of spinal stimulators I could not believe what I was hearing. That was in 2017 and in a ‘multidisciplinary’ pain management course. Upset but not shocked when I watched #pain_factory
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Watch the 4Corners episode here - Worse off after surgery: Exposing Australia’s profitable pain industry youtu.be/UyaKyS2wTQk?si… ABC News Adrian Traeger

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Excellent piece that highlights the paradigm shift we are seeing in care for people with back pain. Unfortunately, health systems have not caught up with the evidence, all points raised here pertain to Denmark (and most other countries) as well theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f…

Hard to imagine a more qualified team to write about this topic. Essential reading:

Surgery won’t fix my chronic back pain, so what will? theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f… via
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
#4corners

Updated link
Surgery won’t fix my chronic back pain, so what will? theconversation.com/surgery-wont-f… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Please add your support to this vitally important initiative

A recent Four Corners episode questioned the use of surgically implanted devices called spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain.

Here’s what the evidence says according to researchers from UNSW + University of Sydney.

theconversation.com/evidence-doesn…

A bold move from PHA, but likely necessary in the face of available evidence that says they don't work, and can cause serious harm

Evidence doesn’t support spinal cord stimulators for chronic back pain – and they could cause harm 🙅

New The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand article just published by Dr Skeptic Adrian Traeger Caitlin Jones

#backpain #4corners #spinalcordstimulators

View the episode here 👇
youtube.com/watch?v=UyaKyS…

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