(Don't) Break a Leg!

Who likes to trip and fall? Very few of us likely, unless voluntarily free-falling out of a plane or off a cliff? While walking or running is a type of controlled/balanced ‘falling’, when we unexpectedly lose control during such movements, a different story may unravel. Many experience falls, often leading to serious injury, impaired mobility or holding long term implications, particularly as we grow older. Explore with Polly a novel approach of how ‘vibrating inner sole technology’ may help reduce the risk of falls and alleviate the health burden, assisting young and old!​

Ever notice how bones and joints start to ache as we age? What if there was a machine that could help? Musculoskeletal disease affects our muscles, tendons, ligaments, & nerves. It is responsible for the majority of the global healthy burden. However, despite being so common, this issue receives very little media awareness. Come join Richie as he describes major challenges in global musculoskeletal healthcare, focussing on knee arthritis in particular, and gives a techno-glimpse into the research underway to meet these health challenges.