A/Prof Joe Coory — Insights https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/ Insights, updates and posts from A/Prof Joe Coory, Sunshine Coast shoulder surgeon. Mirrored from LinkedIn. en-AU © 2026 A/Prof Joe Coory reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory rooms) Sun, 18 May 2026 12:00:00 +1000 https://drjoecoory.com.au/assets/images/favicon.svg A/Prof Joe Coory — Insights https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/ How a CT scan becomes a shoulder replacement: inside Mako planning https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/mako-inside-the-plan/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/mako-inside-the-plan/ Tue, 20 May 2026 16:00:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) The robotic shoulder replacement is not the operation. The plan is the operation. The robot is the instrument that executes the plan. A long-form essay paired with the YouTube clinical walk-through. Shoulder instability: the age-at-first-dislocation rule https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/shoulder-instability-age-rule/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/shoulder-instability-age-rule/ Tue, 20 May 2026 15:30:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) If you are under 25 and dislocate your shoulder once, the chance of doing it again is over 80%. The Bankart-vs-Latarjet decision, the bone-loss threshold, and the new arthroscopic distal tibia allograft technique. Tendon retraction: why a chronic cuff tear is a different operation https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/tendon-retraction-chronic-cuff-tear/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/tendon-retraction-chronic-cuff-tear/ Tue, 20 May 2026 15:00:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) The fresh rotator cuff tear and the chronic retracted cuff tear are two different operations. The repair-versus-transfer-versus-replace decision tree, with the arthroscopic view of what retraction actually looks like. The biology of rotator cuff repair: why technique has hit a ceiling https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/biology-of-rotator-cuff-repair/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/biology-of-rotator-cuff-repair/ Tue, 20 May 2026 14:00:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) Two decades of cuff repair has been about technique. The ceiling we are bumping against now is the biology of the tendon being repaired — and the patient it is attached to. A long-form essay paired with the YouTube video. Notes from Singapore and Sydney: biology, bone loss, and peptides https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/notes-from-singapore-and-sydney/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/notes-from-singapore-and-sydney/ Tue, 20 May 2026 12:00:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) Three takeaways from the Smith+Nephew Inspire Shoulder course and the Sydney faculty week — on the biology of cuff repair, the moving threshold for glenoid bone augmentation, and the peptides question. Before I look at your imaging https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/before-i-look-at-your-imaging/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/before-i-look-at-your-imaging/ Tue, 20 May 2026 09:00:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) The first question A/Prof Joe Coory asks every new shoulder patient is not about the MRI. It is about the life the shoulder is supposed to serve. On the shoulder that was "too complex" https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/the-shoulder-that-was-too-complex/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/the-shoulder-that-was-too-complex/ Tue, 20 May 2026 10:00:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) Patients are sometimes referred to A/Prof Coory after being told their shoulder is too complex for local management. Those referrals are not a problem. They are the practice. The Monday morning that means more than the X-ray https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/monday-morning-test/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/monday-morning-test/ Tue, 20 May 2026 11:00:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) Recovery does not end when the imaging looks acceptable. It ends when you are back to the life you had the surgery for. Welcome to drjoecoory.com.au https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/welcome/ https://drjoecoory.com.au/insights/welcome/ Sun, 18 May 2026 09:00:00 +1000 reception@drjoecoory.com.au (A/Prof Joe Coory) A short note from A/Prof Joe Coory on why we've built a standalone home for the practice, and what it means for patients and referrers.