Please consider referring your patients with Frozen Shoulder to Dr Jordan Davis, who is conducting a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) on treatments for this condition. The STIFF Trial is aiming to compare the efficacy of STeroid versus PRP Injections For Frozen Shoulder (STIFF). It is a double blind randomized controlled trial. It will be free …
Hi all, There are some documents and briefings on the health reforms are available now and I apologise for the late notice. If time it would be useful to join the 9th May Hui as it saves a lot of time on reading. Invitation: Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā! He tono ā-ipuragi tēnei ki tēnā, …
Can our members assist with research by referring patients! Link to flyer for patients is attached Now recruiting! A comprehensive case-control investigation of fibromyalgia is underway in Auckland. The FIDGIT Study is examining the relationships between fibromyalgia and associated symptoms, digestive function and the microbiome of the gastrointestinal tract. Additionally, we are collecting data on …
All members and other Health Professionals can enrol for the Australasian Echo meetings for May/June/July. They are well worth the effort. Applications Now Open for EDS ECHO Clinicians Australasia. The Ehlers-Danlos Society is delighted to be launching an EDS ECHO Clinicians Australasia program that will commence in May 2022. This is a free program for healthcare professionals, across all …
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Hello all, Yesterday, copies of this information arrived from briefings by Dr Ashley Broomfield and MOH officials to the Council of Medical Colleges 26th January 2022. The NZ College of Musculoskeletal Medicine is a member. You may be interested to read these and have them available to answer questions from staff and patients and inform …
Membership of SIS provides a very useful support and educational tool for Musculoskeletal Physicians interested in treating spinal pain and using or recommending spinal interventions. An exciting opportunity is now available for those who have become fellows in the last 5 years. Please let everyone know and encourage those with an interest in research to …
Read more Spine Intervention Society- Nikolai Bogduk Young Investigator Grant
Fellows of NZAMM/ AFMM Jenny Keightley and Iain Bell were involved 2016-2019 in the expert advisory group for the Mobility Action Programme, an initiative to deliver early intervention and community based programmes for people with orthopaedic and musculoskeletal pain conditions using best-practice approaches. The goal was to focus on outcomes for Māori, Pasifika and those …
Are you interested in the history of NZAMM and AFMM and have documents/ photos and memories to contribute, please revisit the history of our organisation at the history page https://www.nzamm.org.nz/nzamm/history/ There have been photos and documents contributed. Can you recommend to the Executive a way to archive and conserve our history? Let us know by emailing: …
It is with great sadness that NZAMM announce the death of Barrie Tait on Tuesday, September 7, 2021. He passed away peacefully, in the presence of his wife Phillipa, and sons Humphrey and Oliver. Barrie had spent the last several months in a rest care facility in Auckland, following a series of orthopaedic disasters that …
The NZAMM is very encouraged by the high vaccination uptake in New Zealand. We are aligned with the views of the Council of Medical Colleges, which represent 16 medical colleges with over 9000 medical practitioners, that vaccination is safe and is a critical part of Aotearoa New Zealand’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The media …
