Jit Balakumar

Adult Educator, Greenie, Innovator, Try hard super dad and husband and orthopaedic surgeon

[Benjamin Shore @BenjaminShoreMD]

Start to a busy week of presentations celebrating the career of HK Graham - a giant in the care of children Cerebral Palsy. His research has revolutionized our understanding and care delivery @RCHMelbourne with @carrie_kollias @BalakumarJit and many others #cerebralpalsy

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@BenjaminShoreMD @RCHMelbourne @carrie_kollias Amazing talks @BenjaminShoreMD so inspiring to have someone of your calibre. We are lucky to have these amazing people work with us.

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@orthogal21 It could be an old scfe or mild congenital coxa varus. But I would echo other opinions. Avoid hip preservation, consider a future hip replacement to correct leg length discrepancy , impingement and early arthroses and improve lever arm of the abductors. I would EOS long leg

[Holly Doyle @hipdysplasiaPT]

Absolute pleasure to raise awareness and speak with you on this project! Thank you for being so involved and interested! #hipdysplasia

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@hipdysplasiaPT Great work

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@SurfOrthoMD @ISHASociety One of the best educational meetings of the year

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@DrEricLevi We had possums on our roof . Possum man cannot relocate greater than 50 metres away and they just return. I ended up installing sensor lights on the roof and they appear not to be making the pjtter patter noises after 5 years of us listening to them at night . Cute animals

[La Trobe SEMRC @LaTrobeSEM]

ICYMI: @MikeJMOBrien was awarded best infographic at #WCSPT2022

The infographic is an adjunct to his previous work investigating the use of bone graft healing in Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO)

Well done Mike 👏

https://t.co/EpI9GBk6Dl

#hip #dysplasia #surgery

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

Bucket handle tear of the labrum on mri and interposition in the joint of a dysplastic 13 year old. This is analgous to the inverted labrum Why scope before a pao can be useful

[Michael O'Brien @MikeJMOBrien]

Physical impairments in adults with hip dysplasia undergoing periacetabular osteotomy (PAO). An infographic of our systematic review and meta analysis findings.

Full paper to be published soon in IJSPT.

Also presented at #wcspt2022
#HipDysplasia
#periacetabularosteotomy

[Dr. David Skaggs @dr_skaggs]

An asymmetric umbilicus reflex in a patient with scoliosis warrants an MRI, and is often associated with a syrinx #scoliosis #Spine #Neurosurgery #orthotwitter

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@dr_skaggs That is a great video so instructive. Thank you

[Michael O'Brien @MikeJMOBrien]

Stoked to win a prize for our i-FACTOR study infographic and presentation 😃

Huge thanks to co-authors @denwhereru @GeorgiaCoburn @ASemciw @BalakumarJit @JoanneLKemp

For full paper: https://t.co/FGozyqZImC

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@JoanneLKemp @AndreaBMosler @LaTrobeSEM Great work. Love both your research.

[Stephen Parnis @SParnis]

This afternoon, hundreds of antivax protesters blockaded Flemington Rd & made it difficult & traumatic for sick kids, their families & the staff to get to RCH.
I am disgusted beyond words at their ignorance & malice. You are beneath contempt.

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@DrJaneMunro @ian_hickie There is a serious discrepancy in expectation of how much we should pay for things. Some people are happy to pay $200-$300 for a hair colour but are reluctant to pay too much out of pocket for their amazing General Practioners.

[Prof Jane Munro @DrJaneMunro]

Happy Friday team.
Shout out to our countries’ GPs today because I feel they need a special end of week ❤️
@TcameronTodd @ketaminh @inquisitiveGyn @Nishaobgyn @claski @DrEricLevi @andrewjtagg @catherinecrock @carrie_kollias @brookmanknight
@GPswampwarrior

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

I perform ultrasound guided hip joint injections. This ultrasound demonstrates instability- “when the hip translates in the physiological range. This is a 17 year old with symptomatic borderline dysplasia. LCE -19, 10 degree sourcil angle, labral tear. US can be a very useful

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

@BenjaminShoreMD @BostonChildrens Amazing work Ben, I love Boston’s childrens hospital.

[Jit Balakumar @BalakumarJit]

I have noticed so many people in health care, nurses, technicians, radiographers, cleaners, industry reps and hospital directors are going above and beyond. Thank you everyone for helping us weather this storm. I really feel like Australians are amazing!!