Intermittent Claudication is something many of our patients, and especially our older vascular amputees, will suffer with. In the tea time talk I will cover What is it? What treatment is there? and What can we do to help?
Teatime Talks – Using Additive Technology in Orthotics
Teatime Talks – Open Discussion using Lycra as a Clinical Intervention
Discover the latest evidence for use, concepts of treatment and case studies to discuss across all areas including lower and upper limb and scoliosis management.
We have rescheduled this talk from last year and want to invite clinicians to join our discussions on using Lycra in our clinical practice. This session is hosted by DMO. We want to hear your thoughts, views and experiences with Lycra! Join us to be involved in the discussion.
Teatime Talks – Ankle Joint Systems (or not?)
This (open mic) session will take a high level look at the basic and advanced types of ankles joints used in P and O, particularly in reference to KAFO prescriptions.
We cover subjects such as:
Why would we use ankle joints?
Why would we not use ankle joints?
What types are available?
Teatime Talks – Orthotics within the world of Muscle Dystrophy
This talk will look at orthotic pathways and prescriptions for Muscle Dystrophy patients. This session will look at current work practice for this condition in an MDT setup and outline the current studies and trials on going within Newcastle upon Tyne.
It is lead by Gary Carden, who works as a clinical lead in orthotics within the North East for Peacocks Medical Group.
Use of Therapy Outcome Measures in P&O Clinical Practice
FORTH Conference
You can either attend the conference face to face or virtually from the comfort of home.
PROGRAMME
9:30am Welcome and Introduction
9.45am A paediatric overview: What does the current evidence tell us?
Victoria Harbottle Senior Paediatric
Physiotherapist; Great North Children’s Hospital and NIHR/HEE Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow
10.15am Current Physiotherapy treatment
Rachel Cooper MCSP and Liz Clayton MCSP; Specialist Physiotherapists, Great North Children’s Hospital RVI
10.45am Coffee
11.00am What happens in the adult world?
Dr Vadivelu Saravanan, Consultant Rheumatologist, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
11.30am Orthotic options, treatment principles and options for approach
Helen McCormack MBAPO, Senior Orthotist, Peacocks Medical Group
12.00pm Occupational therapy options, treatment principles and options for approach
Amy Telford, Specialist Occupational Therapist, Great North Children Hospital RVI
12:30pm Discussion and Questions
12.50pm Close
Teatime Talks – Getting to Grips with Myoelectrics
In this second teatimetalk to focus on Prosthetic upper limb interventions, Prosthetist Vincent MacEachan will take us through myoelectric prescription and intervention.
Teatime Talks – Using Outcome Measures in Clinical Practice
This session will give a brief introduction to some of the issues surrounding the use of simple clinical outcome measures, including some case studies, and introduce the use of the Therapy Outcome Measure (TOM) within orthotics.
Teatime Talks – Material Selection for KAFOs
This (open mic) session will take a high level look at the materials used in P and O, what can be done to enhance their basic properties and help you achieve better outcomes.
Get involved and give Dave and Rosa some chat, particularly on KAFO!
The talk and subsequent discussions will be based around thermoplastics and the basics of composites