Getting the Right Support

Associate Professor Philip Robinson trained in medicine and completed specialty training in general and acute care medicine and rheumatology in New Zealand. He then completed a PhD in genetics at the University of Queensland Diamantina Institute and a post-doctoral fellowship at the Queensland Brain Institute at the University of...

Stem cells have long been heralded as the possible answer to a number of medical conditions, including osteoarthritis. Although there is currently no disease modifying therapy that has a credible evidence base for osteoarthritis, research examining the effectiveness of stem cells could point the way forward. Osteoarthritis is by...

The hands are a common site for arthritis. When the joints in the hand and wrist become arthritic, it can make our every day activities very difficult. Luckily, there are treatments available to help. Read on to learn more about the range of health professionals that might form part...

An Occupational Therapist (OT) is an allied health clinician who focuses on what a person wants to do, needs to do or has to do. ‘Occupations’ are any activities that a person does for example: Sleeping, showering, toileting, driving, working, cooking, gardening, managing finances, looking after dependents, cleaning and...

People who live with chronic or persistent pain may be referred to a Persistent Pain Management Service. Often people may be referred by their GP after trying various other treatments or therapies without success. Persistent Pain Management Services are multidisciplinary. This means they include several different health professionals who...

By Arthritis Queensland’s Health Promotion Team (September, 2020). There are over 120 different types of arthritis, all of which are treated in different ways. This means that there are also a lot of different drugs available to help people living with arthritis manage their condition. Depending on what type...

This month’s Ask Kat was inspired by an Infoline caller describing her troubles in managing her rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pain and finding it difficult talking to her doctor about asking for medications to help with her pain. First – doctor – patient communication Doctor-patient communication is a fundamental component of...

What is a Clinical Trial? Clinical trials are research studies where people can volunteer themselves to test new treatments, interventions, or diagnostic tests for medical conditions (including arthritis). Clinical trials are one of the final steps in the overall research process, however they can take a long time to...