Live Webinar Series – Understand the Science.
Prof. Mark Slevin (PhD, FRCPath) is joined throughout the series by experts in their field to help cover the topics from a practical and clinical point of view as well from the research point of view that Mark expertly offers.
Episode 1, Mark gives us some real depth about what Hyaluronic Acid. It is more than a cushion or lubricating agent for the knee. He explains more about the structure going into the depth of evidence that demonstrates the biological properties of HA.
Episode 2, Bilal Barkatali, a knee preservation specialist surgeon joined Mark to cover injection therapies for OA in general. Bilal not only offers HA in his clinic but also PRP, He explains which patients fit this treatment algorithm and why.
Episode 3, Joining Mark for this episode was Ben Steele-Turner. Ben is a physiotherapist, and nutritionist studying for his PhD in Knee OA. Ben gives a superb overview of how outside factors like nutrition can affect our joints. Mark then gives us an overview for how injection therapy can be seen as nutrition directly for the joint. HA does indeed nourish the joint and we must maintain that balance in our synovial fluid. Injections of the right HA can help this.
Episode 4, Jack Mark kindly joined us for this one which was great as the topic was Rheumatoid Arthritis. While Jack covered what RA is and what it looks like, Mark was able to give some clinical understanding of the science of HA where it could offer real benefit to RA patients
Click the link below to see all the episodes.