To Treat or Not to Treat: that is the question
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The Venue
WHEN: Saturday 8 November 2008,
09:00 – 17:00
WHERE: Carden Park Hotel, Nr Chester, CH3 9DQ
COST: £95 (early member rate, non-members
£135)
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We are pleased to announce that the Annual Symposium
will again be held in conjunction with BIMM (British Institute for
Musculoskeletal Medicine). The programme theme is “To Treat
or Not to Treat: that is the question” and will cover when
to refer, when to investigate, when to treat and when to wait and
see. We will be tackling issues such as treating the shoulder, the
role of acupuncture in musculoskeletal medicine, experiences from
the Beijing Olympics, the different instabilities around the knee
covering how to diagnose them, and what to do then. Additionally
there will be practical break-out sessions in both the morning and
the afternoon, providing an ideal opportunity for in-depth learning
about your chosen topic.
PROGRAMME
| 09:00 |
Introduction and Welcome |
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| 09:10 |
A Simple Approach to the Shoulder Complex
Len Funk |
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| 09:50 |
Different Instabilities Around the Knee; how they
present, how to assess and diagnose them. Graham
Lawson and Juliet Gold |
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| 10:40 |
Coffee and Exhibition |
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| 11:00 |
Olympic Team Doctor’s Experiences
from Beijing Mike Loosemore |
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| 11:50 |
WORKSHOPS - the following five workshops
will be repeated twice:
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Injections discussion; steroids and visco-supplementation.
Mike Loosemore |
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Evidence based application of acupuncture. Hywel
Watkin |
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Shoulder examination. Len Funk |
| D. |
Practical demonstration of knee instability tests.
Graham Lawson and Juliet Gold |
| E. |
Dealing with fears and avoidance behaviour. Steven
Vogel |
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| 12:50 |
Lunch, SOM AGM, Exhibition |
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| 14:00 |
Prize-winning Poster Presentation |
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| 14:20 |
CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Physiotherapists and injecting – problems and
the future Billy Fashanu
Is there a role for acupuncture and/or dry-needling in musculoskeletal
treatment? Hywel Watkin |
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| 15:00 |
Tea and Exhibition |
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| 15:20 |
Workshops - five workshops repeated twice,
as above |
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| 16:20 |
Fear and avoidant behaviour - what exactly gets
avoided? Steven Vogel |
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| 17:00 |
Conclusions, thanks and closing remarks |
SPEAKERS
Billy Fashanu is a Consultant Physiotherapist
at Southend University Hospital in Essex with a remit of clinical
lead in upper and lower limbs rehabilitation. He is also vice-chair
of the Association for Chartered Physiotherapists with an interest
in Orthopaedic Medicine and Injection Therapy (ACPOMIT).
Dr. Len Funk is a Consultant Shoulder & Upper
Limb Surgeon at Wrightington Hospital and Manchester, he specialises
in arthroscopic shoulder and elbow surgery.
Juliet Gold currently works as an Extended Scope
Physiotherapy Practitioner in the Knee Service at the Royal Infirmary
of Edinburgh. She is interested in mainly peripheral joints and
in particular sports injury rehabilitation of knees.
Mr Graham Lawson is an Orthopaedic Consultant
Surgeon in Edinburgh with particular interest in lower limb reconstructive
surgery and sports injuries.
Dr. Mike Loosemore has been actively involved
in sports medicine since 1996 and his post includes Lead Sports
Physician (London region) for the English Institute of Sport based
at the Olympic Medical Institute. He is also the current England
Boxing Team Doctor.
Steve Vogel is a qualified osteopath with experience
of both NHS and private practice who has recently been appointed
Vice Principal (Research) of the British School of Osteopathy.
Dr. Hywel Watkins has been a General Practitioner
for 26 years based in North Wales, and currently a GPwSI in Musculoskeletal
Medicine. He is a Past President of the BMAS (British Medical Acupuncture
Society) and uses acupuncture in daily general practice.
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The Symposium Committee invites abstract submissions relevant to
musculoskeletal medicine, to be considered for presentation at the
conference. Accepted abstracts will be given a poster presentation.
The best abstract submitted will be awarded a prize and the author
will have the opportunity to present their work orally at the conference.
Authors may
be invited to submit their work to the new International Musculoskeletal
Medicine journal.
To submit your abstract
please click here
SOCIAL EVENT
Friday 7 November 2008, Carden Park
We are planning an informal dinner to take place on Friday evening,
and all symposium delegates are warmly invited to attend. The event
will provide an ideal opportunity for networking and catching up
with peers, and will include dinner with wine and good company.
Why not arrive in the afternoon to enjoy the wonderful hotel facilities
before joining friends and colleagues for the evening? And if you
book an overnight stay you can relax knowing that you are already
at the conference venue ahead of Saturday morning.
Social event tickets cost £40.
THE VENUE
For the first time we will be venturing out of London to
Carden Park Hotel, set in 750 acres of beautiful countryside
near Chester. Having recently spent £5 million on refurbishments
this venue offers a complete package in addition to the conference
space: luxurious bedrooms; championship golf courses designed
by the legendary Jack Nicklaus; spa and beauty treatments;
state of the art gym; woodland hikes and much more.
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here for more venue details |
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There will be a courtesy bus link to Carden Park from Chester Train
Station, the venue is easily accessible by car from the M6 and if
you are planning to fly then Manchester Airport is just 40 minutes
away.
Previous attendees have said:
Perfect opportunity to hear up to date thinking
Thanks for an excellent meeting!
Of all the meetings I have attended this was the most interesting
and stimulating
Very informative; useful for research and practice
Good speakers, ticks all the boxes!
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