National Pain Week 2021, running from July 26 to August 1, aims to shine a light on the condition and help those suffering. This is a sponsored post.
CHRONIC pain is the country’s fastest growing medical condition with about 3.2 million sufferers in 2007, which is expected to rise to 5 million by 2050, according to Chronic Pain Australia.
Chronic pain is considered to be pain lasting longer than three months, and although it can be a symptom of a known illness or injury, it can also exist without a clear reason at all.
Today one in five people in Australia live with chronic pain, including one in three people over the age of 65.
Physiotherapist Kristen Steele with Dr Damian Smith.
Optimising outcomes for patients has always been the focus for orthopaedic surgeon Dr Damian Smith. This is a sponsored post.
OPTIMISING outcomes for patients has always been the focus for orthopaedic surgeon Dr Damian Smith.
“I wanted to look at managing patients surgically and, when appropriate, non-surgically with a view to expanding that vision into surgical rehabilitation,” says Dr Smith, whose orthopaedic practice, in.motion, is based in Belconnen and Woden.
“That evolved into bringing on board a physiotherapist.”
Dr Smith, who grew up in Canberra, is a highly trained orthopaedic surgeon with a medical degree from the University of Sydney.
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Peter Johnson, chief executive officer of Phat Scooters, rides his product with his family. (Patrick Breen/The Republic)
TEMPE, AZ When the pandemic first began in March 2020, business boomed at Phat Scooters.
With so many people isolating at home and searching for ways to entertain themselves in quarantine, the Tempe-based company could barely keep up with demand for their electric scooters.
Peter Johnson, chief executive officer of Phat Scooters, said that the three-year-old company had a great financial year and was looking to give back in a meaningful way. The company was set to launch its new delivery scooter at the National Restaurant Association show in Chicago before it was shut down because of the pandemic. The units were just sitting in a warehouse until Phat Scooters realized they could be put to better use.