By Dr Irwin Lim on September 28, 2016

Just a quick thought regarding the use of MRI for inflammatory spinal pain. MRIs are often thought of as the "gold standard" to aid diagnosis in ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 17, 2016

I'm currently in Ghent, Belgium attending the 10th International Congress on Spondyloarthritides. It's a charming place to listen to world experts ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 10, 2016

Chronic back pain is a huge burden, in Australia and globally. In Australia, it is estimated that 3.7 million Australians report chronic back ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 28, 2016

We’ve been lucky in Australia to have had access to biologic medication with a range of TNF-inhibitor medications since 2004 through a scheme where ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 25, 2016

It’s clear that undergraduate & postgraduate training in musculoskeletal disease is a little neglected for GPs. It’s a shame that ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 17, 2016

Aussie researchers have worked out how much weight people carrying extra kilograms with knee osteoarthritis need to shed to improve the situation. ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on August 10, 2016

While I do have patients who come in with a list of questions to ask, far more are less prepared. Being diagnosed with rheumatoid is clearly ...

By Dr Andrew Jordan on August 3, 2016

There's a lot of interest in PRP injections for various joint and tendon problems. It's fair to say that this is still not standard medical or ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 21, 2016

In the post, “We need the prefiled Methotrexate subcutaneous injection pen in Australia!”, I wrote the following: "In Europe and North America, ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 17, 2016

We’ve made a lot of mistakes with branding and marketing over the years. Our name change from The Bone & Joint Clinic to BJC Health was in ...