'Sports Injury Update' 09 09 08

Orthteam Educational Meeting
Tuesday 9th September 2008 at Mere Golf & Country Club, WA16 6LJ

A closed meeting, by invitation only, to those members of the medical profession who look after professional and elite amateur teams.

This has been the first Sports Injury Update meeting in a series of educational lectures and we hope to run a similar meeting towards the end of the year.

Our lectures were as follows:

• Phil Turner                 Which graft or witchcraft for ACL reconstruction                      
• Tim Clough                The ankle that is slow to recover - Syndesmotic ankle sprain?    
• Adam Hoad-Reddick    Hip impingement - What's the bump about?                               
• Jon Borrill                  Chondral defects in the sporting knee                                      
• John Hodgkinson         5th MT fractures - do they all need screwing?                           
• Matt Ravenscroft         When does an ACJ dislocation need fixing?                              
• Nick Phillips                The Unstable Elbow: Clunk, Click, every Trip!                          
• Len Funk                    A  S.L.A.P. in the shoulder                                                      
• Mike Hayton               Avoiding pitfalls in the hand and wrist                                     

Guest Lecturer:

John Hodgkinson

Number of delegates at this meeting 103.

• Certificates of attendance were available.
• Our delegates received a welcome pack with sports bag, bottle and towel.

Many thanks to our sponsors:-

Sandison Easson
TRB Chemedica
Harvard Healthcare
DJO
Blue Medical
Orthoteers
Stryker Bone Regeneration
Smith & Nephew
Neurotech
& thanks to BMI Alexandra Hospital for their support

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Comments made following this meeting:-

'Fine presentations'
'Excellent food'
'Excellent presentations'
'well organised'

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