National Musculoskeletal Medicine and Rehabilitation course

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Start date: 12th February 2025
End date: 14th February 2025
Duration: 3 days
Fees: £450 (incl VAT)
Venue: University of Leeds

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Course overview

This 3-day course is aimed at physicians managing non-inflammatory musculoskeletal conditions and will appeal to those in Rehabilitation Medicine, Sport and Exercise Medicine, Rheumatology, Pain Medicine, Radiology, Orthopaedics & General Practice. The comprehensive course aims to cover both basics and advanced skills in musculoskeletal medicine and rehabilitation for those in training and established specialists in the area. Physicians who manage secondary musculoskeletal complications in their non-MSK practice will also find the course useful.

Course Location and Accommodation

The course will be run from the University of Leeds, Worsley Building, Leeds LS2 9JT.

Unfortunately, we are not allowed to officially recommend any particular accommodation as the University of Leeds cannot vouch for their quality or take any responsibility for any issues that may arise. Previous participants have stayed at the following hotels in Leeds:

Course structure

DAY 1 – 7 February (2024), Worsley Building Level 8 room 8.43X

9.20am	Welcome (organisers)	Manoj Sivan Rohit Bhide Rory O’Connor Richard Wakefield
	UPPER LIMB
9.30am	Shoulder: Applied anatomy, common conditions and rehabilitation principles	Marwan Al-Dawoud
10.00am	Elbow: Applied anatomy, common conditions and rehabilitation principles	Piera Santullo
10.20am	Hand and wrist: Applied anatomy, common conditions and rehabilitation principles	Richard Wakefield
11.00am	Tea Break
11.15am	Practical workshop (3 stations): Examination techniques and ultrasound for diagnosis and interventions – 30 minutes per station	All speakers
1pm	LUNCH

	LOWER LIMB
1.30pm	Hip: Applied anatomy, common conditions and rehabilitation principles	Javvad Haider
2pm	Knee: Applied anatomy, common conditions and rehabilitation principles	Samuel Thisleton
2.30pm	Ankle and foot: Applied anatomy, common conditions and rehabilitation principles	Samuel Thistleton
3pm	Tea Break
3.15pm	Practical workshop (3 stations) on examination techniques and ultrasound for diagnosis and interventions – 30 minutes per station	All speakers

DAY 2 – 8 February, Worsley Building, Level 8, room 8.43Y

	SPINE
9.00am	Spine: Applied anatomy, common conditions and rehabilitation principles	Javvad Haider
9.30am	Segmental dysfunction and practical workshop on examination	Martyn Speight
10.00am	Practical workshop	Martyn Speight
10.30am	Soft tissue release techniques	Ece Yilmaz-Kara
11.00am	Tea Break
	MUSCLE, BONE & SPASTICITY
11.15am	Muscle as endocrine organ	Yomi Salawu
11.45am	Osteoporosis	Sunil Nedungayil
12.15pm	Unpicking the inflammatory conditions	Gui Tran
1.10pm	LUNCH
1.15pm	Phenol blocks for spasticity	Moheb Gaid
1.45pm	Practical workshop on ultrasound-guided nerve/muscle techniques	All speakers
2.30pm	TEA BREAK AND TEAM PHOTO
	MOVEMENT SCIENCE
3.00pm – 5.00pm	Motion analysis lab, Faculty of Biological Sciences lab, Miall Building (opposite to Worsley Building)	Sarah Astill, Kitty Tang

EVENING - COURSE DINNER, 7pm

DAY 3 – 9 February, Worsley Building Level 9 room 8.43Y

	EXERCISE MEDICINE
9.00am	Exercise prescription	Ai Lyn Tan
	PAIN MEDICINE
9.30am	Pain management – basics	Manoj Sivan
10.00am	Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome	Joanna Corrado
10.30am	Spinal interventions for radiculopathy	Barani Ganesan
11.00am	Tea Break
	INTERVENTIONS & AUTONOMIC MEDICINE
11.15am	Neuromodulation	Sheila Black
12.00 noon	A structured pathway for pain management in amputee patients	Rohit Bhide
12.30pm	Autonomic medicine	Joanna Corrado & Manoj Sivan
1.00pm	LUNCH
1.45pm	PRACTICAL WORKSHOP AND US TECHNIQUES AS PER INDIVIDUAL DELEGATE REQUIREMENTS