How knee double trouble mystifies the medicos - AFL.com.au afl.com.au/news/2018-08-0…

New eppy is up 💪🏈 🏳️This week we talk to former AFL umpire Courtney Lai about the secret world of umpiring (THEY HANG OUT TOGETHER!!) 🦵And knees! Specifically, what his research into ACL injuries has uncovered #afl #getaroundit player.whooshkaa.com/episode/?id=26…

#auspol 3 Dec 2007 to present: 7 PMs in 10y8m21d (Howard-Rudd-Gillard-Rudd-Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison). 7 Apr 1939-19 Dec 1949: 7 PMs in 10y8m12d (Lyons-Page-Menzies-Fadden-Curtin-Chifley-Menzies)...but two of those PMs died in office and they had to deal with WW2

My La Trobe University PhD co-supervisor Julian Feller discusses ACL injuries in the AFL The knee Feller: plenty of mystery remains for footy's ACL expert theage.com.au/sport/afl/the-… via The Age

One of the stories of the AFL season Julian Feller 7AFL #roamingbrian

Spotlight on AFL's biggest injury worry tinyurl.com/ybwc72yq #latrobe via La Trobe University Thanks to Kate Webster & Julian Feller Full @AJSM_SportsMed study at doi.org/10.1177%2F0363…

Low Rates of Return to Preinjury Sport After Bilateral Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction - Kate E. Webster, Julian A. Feller, Alexander J. Kimp, Timothy S. Whitehead, 2018 journals.sagepub.com/eprint/B72mKtC…

Disappointing for Sam Docherty. Dreaded #ACL graft rupture. Alas, this is very common among #AFL players. Risk slightly lower for players >21yo at 1st ACL injury, but nearly 1/3 sustain another ACL injury to either knee. Who says they're overpaid? #risky doi.org/10.1177%2F0363…

Our latest AJSM paper: Expectations for Return to Preinjury Sport Before and After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction - Kate E. Webster, Julian A. Feller, 2019 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

doi.org/10.1056/NEJMc1… Fascinating insight into the pre-hospital medical care of the boys trapped in the cave in Thailand last year. I cannot think of a more miraculous rescue in my lifetime. #thaicaverescue #hooyah #anaesthetics NEJM @drharry64

New @AJSM_SportsMed study with Julian Feller and Kate Webster: AFL players post #ACL reconstruction struggled to return to play consistently, but those who did performed similarly to pre-injury and AFL average levels La Trobe Researchers OSV Research Unit bit.ly/2YA1jsi

Earlier this year, I helped care for Mum during her last weeks. Thankfully, she died at home. Even as a doctor with great community palliative care support, it was a hard time. Home based palliative care resources are vital to aid and comfort dying patients and their families.

Trying to move my non-medical sport-related tweets to this new account Courtney Lai. Please add that account if that's what you're interested in! For a start, here's a discussion on the #ICCWorldCup2019 final - and the final over umpiring controversy

Hard to believe #BODMAS is trending but here is a great explanation. 16 is the correct answer and here's why

Australia endures 'epidemic' of preventable ACL injuries theage.com.au/national/austr… via The Age

Australia is leading the world in ACL reconstructions with children as young as five having to undergo knee surgery. #TenNews Candice Wyatt

Should we stop asking the question of whether arthroscopic knee surgery is worth is? authors.elsevier.com/a/1W~G72gV7ZGB… Julian Feller OSV Research Unit

Now Online | Factors Associated With Psychological Readiness to Return to Sport After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Surgery: ow.ly/S0GZ30jZDP6

The rate of anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction in Australia is high: a national registry is needed MJA mja.com.au/journal/2018/2…

Just a casual chat on 7AFL between the only two AFL players with 300 matches, 3 premierships, a Brownlow and a Norm Smith each #champions