Join us for an informative webinar introducing the Head Up Brace. We will focus on clinical solutions for patients living with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) and related neuromuscular conditions causing severe dropped head syndrome, chin-on-chest deformities, and secondary oesophageal contractures. We will share real, powerful examples of how this orthotic solution has genuinely transformed lives, not just for the patients themselves, but for their families and friends.

This session will provide a comprehensive clinical overview of the device, exploring its unique design features and key indications. Discover a non-surgical approach that comfortably supports the head in a neutral position while preserving vital everyday functions like eating, drinking, speaking, and looking ahead.

The session will also cover practical measuring and fitting protocols, walking you through the device’s customisable components and pelvic pivot system, ensuring you have the knowledge required to achieve optimal clinical outcomes for your patients.
Tune in to see how the right support can make all the difference, ease the burden on caregivers, and help your patients reclaim their independence.

This webinar will explore the demographics of the prosthetic patient population in the UK. We will look in detail at the K2 patient group and discuss the unique functional needs, goals, and challenged that these patients face during their rehab journey. We will consider how appropriate prosthetic component selection can support improved mobility and independence.

This session will also introduce Blatchford’s K2 prosthetic solutions, with a particular focus on our Avior MPK and Avalon Hydraulic ankle. Through clinical insights and practical considerations, we will demonstrate how these products are designed to meet the needs of K2 users and support clinicians in making informed, evidence based prescribing decisions.

Lateral ankle injuries, including ATFL rupture, remain one of the most common MSK presentations seen across health services. Whether triggered by acute trauma or an underlying predisposition, these injuries often result in prolonged impairment, disrupted daily activities, and mounting pressure on clinical resources.

Traditional management has relied on static ankle braces or wedged insoles to maintain joint position. Now, BetterGuard offers a dynamic alternative: a brace that actively blocks excessive inversion at the point of risk, helping prevent instability before it occurs.
Join us to explore how this approach could change the way you manage ankle instability in practice.

The session will introduce you to our range of programmes and activities, designed to include more people with a physical activity in sport, physical activity, and movement. The session will also highlight projects linked to WheelPower’s Workforce development strategy, which aims to upskill and empower more professionals in inclusion and to enable more people with physical impairments to be at the heart of initiatives and activities too.

Learning Objectives

Learn how to engage with WheelPower programmes, including their online offer, their one-day events, and the multi-day, flagship events.
Learn about WheelPower’s signposting function, which helps to connect people with a physical impairment to sports opportunities nationwide. Their network has significant reach, particularly around the Regional hubs that they operate around.

Takeaways

• Introduction to WheelPower events and opportunities nationwide
• Introduction to WheelPower’s online training course offer, delivered by tutors with lived experience of a physical impairment
• Introduction to our Regional hubs network and the growing opportunities around these

Upper extremity orthotics can be challenging, especially considering patient compliance, comfort, functionality and not immobilizing more joints than necessary. The NRX® Strap offers a new advantage combining a cost effective, biomechanical and proprioceptive function that can be re-used and adjusted by the patient during the rehabilitation phase. It can also be modified with thermoplastics and heat activated tapes to increase stability. The NRX® Strap has changed the hand therapy splinting field since the introduction 2015

Bridging the Gap when Ordering Footwear: the pitfalls of extra appointment time and money from trying to make the first pair too complex. The Vital things needed on the footwear draft/Or Stock/Modular footwear Spec to make sure you get the footwear you are prescribing for. Ideas to help with some of the complex Patients that have worked well over and over again for other orthotists, i.e., Reverse Leather Heel Counters to stop the Heels slipping out, Deeper Quarters when having TCIs with your footwear, and Different Heel and Toe Stiffeners that work better with Different Styles of Footwear. Footwear Bottoming: Different Adaptions to Better Serve with the footwear being ordered.