By Dr Irwin Lim on February 16, 2012

By Dr Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist A few weekends ago, I decided to try my hand at creating an interactive ibook after Apple announced iBooks 2 & ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on February 13, 2012

It's an unfortunate truth that the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis & ankylosing spondylitis is terribly delayed, usually for many years. Part of ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on January 8, 2012

The response to our Modified Schober Test demonstration was great, with over 700 views so far! Our patients with inflammatory back pain have ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on December 7, 2011

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 ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on October 16, 2011

The characteristic presenting symptom in the majority of patients with Spondyloarthritis (a group of diseases with the prototype being Ankylosing ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on September 29, 2011

Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory rheumatic condition that is one of a number of diseases that are characterised by inflammation of the ...

By Dr Robert Russo on July 22, 2011

In my last post I introduced the enthesis, explaining that it is the site where the tendon (or other soft tissues) joins onto bone (hard tissue) to ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 11, 2011

By Irwin Lim, Rheumatologist The vast majority, around 90%, of people with ankylosing spondylitis carry the gene called Human Leucocyte Antigen-B27 ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on July 1, 2011

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 ...

By Dr Irwin Lim on June 7, 2011

I find it quite difficult to explain the sacroiliac joint to patients. A picture or a desktop model of the spine can be helpful. This animation is ...