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‘Biomimetic 3D-printed scaffolds for spinal injury repair’

Last week I wrote about an exciting new technology that is using 3-D printers to make implants or ‘scaffolding’ that is being used in research for a method to repair spinal cord injuries. Since then I have seen the paper published in the ‘Nature Medicine’ Journal titled ‘Biomimetic 3D-printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury [...]

2019-02-08T17:09:56+00:00 February 8th, 2019|

Using Virtual Reality to Control Pain

There has been a lot of studies and articles in the press about the use of Virtual Reality (VR) therapies as a clinical tool to manage both acute and chronic pain and I think this is very interesting. The theory is that patients suffering from uncontrollable pain can immerse themselves into an interactive virtual [...]

2019-02-06T19:07:02+00:00 February 6th, 2019|

“3-D printing used to heal spinal injuries”

In the ‘Good Health’ Section of the Daily Maily, 22/01/19, there was an article about an incredibly exciting new technology that could potentially change the lives of patient’s with spinal cord injuries. Spinal cord injuries can result in patients being paralysed, doubly incontinent and in some cases are fatal. Scientists at the University of California [...]

2019-02-06T18:52:30+00:00 January 23rd, 2019|

Sacro-iliac joint fusion – Daily Mail Health 30/07/18

[fusion_separator style_type="none" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" sep_color="" top_margin="" bottom_margin="" border_size="12" icon="" icon_circle="" icon_circle_color="" width="" alignment="center" /] Would YOU try it? Metal pegs in your pelvis that really can end back pain In July there was an article in the Daily mail about sacro-iliac joint pain and the experience of a lady who had suffered for more [...]

2019-01-09T15:23:10+00:00 November 13th, 2018|

Can you trick your brain into thinking you are pain-free?

Dr Michael Mosely is a great TV doctor who describes himself as being "a big fan of trying to find alternatives to medication". You may have recently watched him on the BBC2 Horizon programme on the 4th October 2018. This episode was titled "The Placebo Experiment: can my brain cure my body?". It was a [...]

2018-11-07T20:33:47+00:00 October 7th, 2018|

The 24th Brussels International Spine Symposium

[fusion_separator style_type="none" hide_on_mobile="small-visibility,medium-visibility,large-visibility" class="" id="" sep_color="" top_margin="" bottom_margin="" border_size="12" icon="" icon_circle="" icon_circle_color="" width="" alignment="center" /] In November 2017 I went to Belgium for the 24th Brussels International Spine Symposium – the title of the meeting was: “Spondylolisthesis revisited – Spondylolysis, lytic and degenerative spondylolisthesis. The controversies in ethiopathogenesis, management and costs.” In summary it was [...]

2018-12-04T12:06:55+00:00 November 30th, 2017|