National Musculoskeletal Medicine and Rehabilitation course

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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

CPD course participants for MSK

 

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

CPD medicine joint pain

 

  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

CPD MSK students

 

  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