Rheumatology Study Day

Sunday, June 13th 2010

Bucks Branch of the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists Study Day 13th June 2010. RHEUMATOLOGY ...
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Musculo skeletal trigger points. Speaker Paul Turner

Wednesday, January 20th 2010

On Wednesday, 20th January, Paul Turner, one of our Branch members, gave a very informative talk on Myofascial Trigger Points and how they could help in podiatry.   A trigger point is a small area of painful or tender tissue within a muscle that can refer pain to distant area, either distally or proximally. An example was given of pain in the jaw resulting from a trigger point in the lower back.   Primary activating factors...
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Chiltern MS Centre

Wednesday, July 15th 2009

The evening talk on the 15th of July was on Multiple Sclerosis given by Jan Hunter a physiotherapist by profession who is the manager of the Chiltern MS Centre. MS is an immune mediated disease involving the destruction of the myelin, a protective sheath that surrounds nerve fibres.    MS is the most common disabling neurological disease of young adults and each week about 50 new cases are diagnosed with around 85,000 people affected in the UK. I am sure either personally or...
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Prolotherapy/Soft Tissue Augmentation and Regeneration

Wednesday, November 19th 2008

L A Update by Mike Wardlaw

Wednesday, September 17th 2008

Musculo-Skeletal Assessment of the Lower Limb

Saturday, June 21st 2008

This one day course covered muscle imbalance, knee and hip joint assessment. The morning session consisted of lectures by an Orthopaedic Surgeon, Podiatrist and Physiotherapist.  The afternoon session was practical and included demonstrations and also a chance for delegates to split into small groups to put into practice some of the techniques shown.

Current Foot Surgery

Wednesday, March 19th 2008

This meeting was presented by one of our committee members, Mike Wardlaw, who is a Podiatric Surgeon working in the NHS in Kent. He also has a Private Practice in Milton Keynes. Mike gave us a quick overview of current foot surgery commonly used in his area with some interesting case studies.

Vac Therapy

Wednesday, November 21st 2007

The speaker at this meeting was a representative talking about Vac Therapy, a fairly new, and at present mainly hospital-based treatment to aid the healing of deep wounds and ulcers.

Decontamination

Wednesday, September 19th 2007

The speaker at this meeting was Barry Francis from the Society. He talked about decontamination, sterilisation and the legislation. The suppliers,Canonbury, attended and gave a brief summary of their current sterilisation and instrument cleaning equipment. They also provided refreshmante for the attendees.

Soft tissue release techniques for the lower limb.

Wednesday, July 18th 2007

A presentation by Paul Turner, one of our members.

Kevin Duffy from Galderma

Wednesday, May 16th 2007

Kevin Duffy spoke to us about onychomycosis and dry skin conditions including current treatments.

Posture, pain and Podiatry.

Monday, March 19th 2007

A talk by one of our members, Paul Turner. The idea was to educate ourselves on how to avoid those aches and pains and long term damage which can be caused by our working positions. He talked about posture types and core stability.

Neurology Study Day

Saturday, October 7th 2006

A study day with two excellent speakers, Mr Briley, Consultant Neurologist at Stoke Mandeville Hospital and Fiona Dickinson from the Nrthampton School of Podiatry.

Osteoporosis

Wednesday, July 19th 2006

Dr. Edmonds, Consultant Rheumatologist spoke on the subject of Osteoporosis.

Health Edge Solutions

Wednesday, May 17th 2006

Health Edge Solutions are a firm thatproduce traceability syatems for instrument steralisation, and also disposable instruments.

Diabetes Study Day

Saturday, October 8th 2005

An excellent day on Diabetes, starting with a lecture from Dr.Gardener, Consultant Physician at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. This was followed by presentations from Paul Fletcher, Podiatrist & senior lecturer at the Northampton School.

The Business of Private Practice

Monday, June 20th 2005

This was an entertaining insight into the running of a successful private practice.

Verruca Update and Lamisil tablets

Wednesday, May 18th 2005

A talk by one of our members, Andrew Paterson.

Shaping the Future

Wednesday, March 16th 2005

This extremely interesting evening was presented by Ralph Graham, Chairman of the Society.

Dermatology and treatments

Thursday, November 11th 2004

This meeting was presented by Miss V Daly, a Dermatology Nurse.

Infection Control and MRSA

Wednesday, September 15th 2004

The lecturer for this meeting was Rose Gallagher, Infection Control Nurse at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

Meeting Review

Wednesday, May 19th 2004

Our May meeting had a footwear theme as we welcomed Martin Nunn, Hotter Comfort Concept shoes new Podiatry advisor. Martin's presentation was informative and enjoyable. Branch members learned more about footwear manufacturing processes.A good question and answer session followed. Our podiatrists offered many suggestions for future improvements and Martin promised to take these back to the design team. A comprehensive display of shoes, sandals, boots and slippers was available for Podiatrists to get...
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Meeting Review

Wednesday, March 17th 2004

Update on HPC Matters and closure of the profession/title protection issues. This meeting was eloquently presented by Marcel Pooke, and gave us much cause for thought. He firstly talked about the history of the profession and then went on to look at possible future developments. He also talked at length about the NHS and the Government’s vision for “patient-centred care” and more team working. What we do needs to be 50% evidence-based. How are we going to achieve this? Also...
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Rheumatology Course

Saturday, March 13th 2004

This study day proved to be extremely successful, enjoyable, and a credit to the Branch. The two speakers, Dr. Sally Edmonds (Consultant Rheumatologist) and Simon Otter (Podiatrist and Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton) gave extremely interesting and accessible presentations. We were particularly grateful to Simon for giving us some case studies to discuss in groups after lunch, which ensured that no one nodded off. We also held a small trade exhibition during the breaks, thanks to ...
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Meeting Review

Wednesday, November 19th 2003

Our last meeting of 2003 featured a presentation on “Anaphylaxis” by Jane Lambert from ECG Limited; consultants/trainers in resuscitation. Jane discussed the differences between anaphylaxis and anaphylactoid, and then went through the signs and symptoms and emergency management. Her presentation included some role-play, which helped to illustrate the management of an unconscious patient. More information can be found at ECG’s website - www.ecgonline.org

Sterilisation In The Real World

Wednesday, July 16th 2003

We were pleased to welcome David Thompson from Dentronics www.dentronics.co.uk, to talk to us about “sterilisation in the real world”. There was a lot of discussion with the audience during his talk as there were lots of contentious points; for examplehe said that distilled or purified water was fine to use in autoclaves and only needed to be changed weekly for average use. However some of those present, employed in the NHS, have guidelines telling them to use only sterile water and ...
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Pharmacology

Wednesday, May 21st 2003

Our speaker for the May meeting was Ian Reilly of the Northampton School who we were very pleased to welcome back to our branch. The proposed subject was pharmacology, but we needed to be more specific so chose analgaesics and drugs used in musculo-skeletal disorders out of a list of options.He began by describing the mechanism of action, uses and side effects of Aspirin and Paracetamol, NSAID’s, opiates, steroids and drugs for gout. He particularly emphasised steroid injections, which he uses...
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Orthoses In Practice

Wednesday, March 19th 2003

We were very pleased to welcome Steve Avil back to our group to talk about orthoses and whether or not they work. Steve began by telling us that he attended a Langer course back in 1980 and "saw the light". He proceeded to issue dozens of rigid devices, only to see many come back. He now uses mostly flexible devices.He said that he is not a great believer in measuring angles but puts much more emphasis on "learning to look" at the patient. He then briefly went through a long list...
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Meeting Review

Wednesday, January 15th 2003

We held our first branch AGM on Wednesday January the 15th. at Stoke Mandeville Hospital Postgraduate Centre. The key points of the meeting were as follows...* Eleven people attended and all were elected, either as officers or committee members. Some very welcome new faces have now been added to the team. * It was decided that this year we will run one course on Neurological Assessment and as we gain experience in organising such events we plan to increase the number in future years. * Each one day...
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