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Paul Monaro

Mar 21, 20204 min read

Cervical Spine - Where is the pain coming from?

Neck pain is extremely common – affecting up to 70% of people at some stage of their lives, and up to 40% of people in any one year. It...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 21, 20202 min read

Cervical Spine - Acute wry neck

I regularly treat patients with acute wry neck – sometimes termed acute torticollis. Here is what I have learned about this condition...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 21, 20202 min read

Cervical Spine - How I treat neck pain

Neck pain is extremely common. It is possibly more prevalent than low back pain. The difference is that people are more likely to ignore...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 19, 20202 min read

Cervical Myelopathy

Cervical cord compression, or cervical stenosis, can develop due to degenerative changes in the discs and uncovertebral or zygapophyseal...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 19, 20202 min read

Tennis Elbow - the case against cortisone injection

For over ten years, it has been acknowledged that tendon pain and disease is a non-inflammatory condition(4,5). ‘Tendinopathies’,...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 18, 20203 min read

Tennis Elbow - Latest Research 2015

(This newsletter is a summary of Coombes et al 2015). Lateral elbow tendinopathy (LET), also known as tennis elbow or lateral...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 18, 20205 min read

Groin Pain - Diagnosis & differential diagnosis

Acute or chronic athletic groin pain is extremely common, particularly in the football codes. It affects males significantly more...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 17, 20206 min read

Hamstring Injury - Avulsion of the hamstring origin

An injury that I see with surprising frequency is a complete rupture of the hamstring origin at the ischial tuberosity. While said to be...

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Paul Monaro

Mar 16, 20202 min read

Hamstring Injuries - Risk Factors

Hamstring injuries account for the most number of games missed in Australian football. Despite efforts to reduce the incidence of these...

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