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Christopher Chong
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PhD @ work (Synthetic nanomaterials for cartilage tissue engineering). @LIMSLTU La Trobe University, AUS.

Pedestrian🚶🏻ø 🎋
@ACMD
November 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
James Watson, co-discoverer of DNA's double helix, dead at 97

www.reuters.com/business/hea...
www.reuters.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Reposted by Christopher Chong
DW. Two vital aspects of rehabilitation are the professional-patient relationship and teaching self-management; a recent study investigated both, highlighting practical challenges. We must train therapists/nurses/doctors how to develop therapeutic relationships. doi.org/10.1177/0269... #neurorehab
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July 21, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Reposted by Christopher Chong
DW. A trial of a method to increase the use and effectiveness of group physiotherapy education, support, and exercise for people with osteoarthritis of the knee failed to alter outcomes. Implementing rehabilitation approaches remains a challenge. doi.org/10.1001/jama...
Implementation of Group Physical Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis
This cluster randomized clinical trial compares the effectiveness of foundational vs enhanced implementation support for enrolling and retaining patients in a group physical therapy program for knee o...
doi.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Launceston, Tasmania.
October 31, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Cataract Gorge, Launceston, Tasmania

inc. 'Sounding Silence' - Richard Tipping.
October 31, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Guan Di Temple (关帝庙/關帝廟 Guan Di Miao) - temple room compiled from temples established by Chinese settler migrants across north-eastern Tasmanian mining towns.

@ QV MAG, Launceston, Tasmania.
October 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Sam Jinks - Divine Messenger of Light 'Iris'

From Mortal Reflections
@ QV MAG, Launceston, Tasmania
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM
A.N. Whitehead - 'Universities and their Function' (1929)
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Pillinger et al. 2025 - The effects of antidepressants on cardiometabolic and other physiological parameters

"Our main findings are that antidepressants can induce cardiometabolic and other physiological alterations and that these vary between antidepressants."

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October 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Reposted by Christopher Chong
Ray Brown & The Whispers — Ain’t It Strange [Australia, garage rock] (66) — such a cool, hypnotic garage rocker with a guitar riff that gives me close to the satisfaction I get from Keith’s “Satisfaction” riff. See the story
https://redd.it/sziqo2
https://youtu.be/E6dNBU8Hkc8
Ray Brown & The Whispers — Ain’t It Strange [Australia, garage rock] (66) — such a cool, hypnotic garage rocker with a guitar riff that gives me close to the satisfaction I get from Keith’s “Satisfaction” riff. See the story at link in comments.
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 9:19 PM
APLAR 2028 - Melbourne

"The Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology (APLAR) will host their 30th annual Congress in Melbourne in 2028, the foremost regional meeting for the specialty."

www.melbournecb.com.au/newsroom/med...
Melbourne secures premier Rheumatology Congress for 2028
Melbourne wins bid to host APLAR 2028, Asia Pacific’s top rheumatology event, welcoming 2,000+ delegates and boosting economy by $14M
www.melbournecb.com.au
October 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
MIJF2025 Opening Night / Night Crawl
October 18, 2025 at 10:37 PM
UniMelb MDHS Dean's Global Indigenous Health Lecture - Dr Martina Kamaka @ U.Hawai'i
October 18, 2025 at 12:31 AM
"The researchers suggested that the Mediterranean diet’s beneficial effects on psoriasis could be explained through several different pathways relating to chronic inflammation.

www.medicalrepublic.com.au/improving-ps...
October 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
"The Drug Wheel is a classification model that groups different types of drugs based on the effect they have on the body. It has seven categories."

adf.org.au/insights/dru...
Drug Wheel - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Explore the Drug Wheel's classification model, grouping drugs by effects on the body, aiding healthcare professionals in treatment and harm reduction strategies.
adf.org.au
October 14, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Reposted by Christopher Chong
Gout is an inflammatory arthritis caused by monosodium urate crystal deposition, most commonly affecting the first metatarsophalangeal joint

Read: wikism.org/Gout

#SportsMedicine #Orthopedics #PhysicalTherapy #AthleticTraining #Rehab #PhysioTherapy #Meded #ATC #FOAMed #rheumatology #gout
October 10, 2025 at 1:00 AM
World Arthritis Day - 12th October

Keep it movin'
October 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Bordertown, South Australia
October 12, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Prof. Richie Hill plenary @icors2025

Highlighting the growing incidence of obesity worldwide between 1990 and 2022, with troubling rise in population dense South and East Asia.

Anticipated increases in knee OA 🦵🏽 coincide with these regions.
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Day 3 @icors2025

@borsoc.bsky.social workshop: 'Detect, Treat, Prevent' - The concept of Pre-OA 🦵🏽

Proposing a pre-OA state characterised by joint risk factors + structural/biochemical changes without established radiographic changes, + implications for early intervention to elude younger OA onset
October 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Day 2 Women's Breakfast:
Invest in your professional relationships

@icors2025
October 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM