A first-hand experience of platelet-rich plasma treatment
Read moreCommunity Information Videos Fatigue part 3 Task Scheduling
Presented by Steph Cantrill Polio Australia Community Programs Manager
Continuing our series on managing fatigue, we look at planning and scheduling tasks to incorporate pacing. Remember - everyone's capacity is different. It's about finding your own balance so that you're alternating activity and rest and not pushing up to (or beyond!) your limit.
Read moreAn open letter to the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, in the wake of the US decision to cease support for the WHO.
Gillian Thomas OAM President of Polio Australia as written an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison.In the wake of the US decision to cease support to the World Health Organisation.
Read moreCommunity Information videos - Fatigue Part 1 Pacing
Steph Cantrill Community Programs Manager at Polio Australia.
Has kindly provided some information while we are isolated due to coronavirus the first in the series is
Fatigue Part 1 Pacing.
There will be more videos and we will update to the website when they are available
Read morePolio survivors see in coronavirus era levels of fear not seen since poliomyelitis epidemics
Polio survivors have noted striking similarities between the series of 20th-century epidemics and today's coronavirus — two very infectious diseases that changed the world.
During the height of the polio epidemic in parts of Australia, state borders, schools, pools, and theatres closed, and travel restrictions and quarantine measures were introduced.
Newspapers published daily case numbers and deaths.
Sound familiar?
Gillian Thomas, president of Polio Australia, said the coronavirus crisis brought back memories for many survivors of poliomyelitis.
Known as 'the silent epidemic', the highly infectious viral disease struck people out of nowhere and moved silently throughout the community.
Paralympics New Zealand: The powerful story of Reuben Ngata
It was a regular morning in the small town of Tikitiki in 1961.
Then 24-year-old Reuben Ngata woke up early to get the cows from the paddock, just as he always did.
But something wasn't right. He could hardly walk.
"I was lying there and I could feel all this tingling in [my left] leg then it started tingling in the other one," he says.
Read morePolio & chronic fatigue syndrome
The relationship between fatigue, brain stem damage and low blood pressure links
polio survivors to another bunch of fatigued folk: those with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Watch your blood pressure
Read morePelvic muscles & bladder problems
Dr. DeMayo, I have PPS. In the last few years I have experienced bladder issues. I have urine retention. On a recent CT Scan, It showed pelvic muscle atrophy. Is there a connection with Bladder problems and Polio? Were Pelvic muscles effected by the virus?
Great Question! Unfortunately, there is not a great, short answer. Nevertheless, like most good questions, there is an opportunity to use this as a learning opportunity.
First a few basics…
Read moreIdentifying and Managing the Impacts of a Post-Polio History Full lecture from Dr Stephen de Graaff (25 mins)
Dr Stephen de Graaff is the Director of Pain Services and a Senior Rehabilitation Physician at Epworth Healthcare. He is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, and his areas of research interest include stroke rehabilitation, spasticity management, pain management, post-polio sequelae, and Continuing Professional Development. Dr de Graaff is a Past-President of the Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, a faculty of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).
Dr Stephen de Graaff, The General Practice Education Day Melbourne, 2018
Meet the Expert - Brief interviews with leading clinicians Polio Infection This Week's Expert: Dr Stephen de Graaff (Interview from 2018)
Questions:
What is the natural history of polio infection? (00:24)
What is post-polio syndrome? (02:40)
What are some less typical symptoms of post-polio? (03:55)
How common are later problems from polio? (05:25)