Autumn Newsletter 2009
Recent Orthteam Educational Meetings
Orthteam have held two educational meetings this autumn -
On the 9th September 2009 a GP 
evening was held at The Village Hotel, Cheadle on Injection Techniques 'Why, how and what next?' This was a 'hands on' evening with demonstrations by Orthteam and proved to be very popular.
On the 22nd September 2009 a third meeting for sports practitioners treating professional or elite amateur sports injuries was held at Mere Golf and Country Club, entitled 'Sports Medicine in Focus'. James Leggate, Consultant Neuro-Surgeon gave a talk on Concussion Management and Ian McLennan, Consultant Surgeon entertained us with a lecture on groin injuries. There were 160 delegates and again the feedback received showed this to be another great success.
Dates for your diaries
- GP & Physio Meeting at The Alexandra Hospital on Thursday 11th February 2010, entitled 'The Stiff and Painful'
- Elite Sports Meeting planned for 2nd March 2010 (date TBC)
Latest News
Phil Turner has been appointed as Honorary Professor at the University of Salford.
Andrew Rink, our non-executive director, continues to add strategic advice to the group and major advances are expected in late 2010.
Jane Newbery, our Practice Manager has now completed 4 months in her new full time role. She has been busy analyzing Orthteams data which shows a very strong growth in referrals. We thank you for your support.
Referral data shows an ever increasing catchment area with many patients living in excess of 100 miles from our base hospital.
A recent strategy meeting concluded that Orthteam needed to expand its numbers and we are expecting to announce associate members in early 2010 to meet demand. A number of associates have been carefully handpicked to compliment the specialised skill set and personality of Orthteam.
Research and Publications
Len Funk has published a Handbook for Patients on Shoulder and Elbow Surgery which is available online: http://www.store.shoulderdoc.co.uk/productdetails.asp?id=55
Orthteam have had 8 publications indexed in PubMed in 2009 so far.
Invited Lectures and Teaching
Orthteam have been involved in the following academic activities during the summer of 2009
Lecturing at the instructional workshop at the European Shoulder & Elbow Society in Madrid on 'Clinical Examination of the Athletes Biceps Problems'
Teaching on the BOA "Train the Trainers" course
Invited lecture on "How I do it - pain after arthroscopy" at the BASK meeting within the BOA Conference in Manchester
Lectured and performed live surgery in India at the Bangalore Shoulder Conference.
Presented research work on Pec Major repairs, Return to rugby after a shoulder stabilisation in professional rugby players and arthroscopic revision surgery for shoulder instability in rugby players
Invited lectures at the Dutch and American Hand Societies on Sports Injuries in 2009
Future dates 2009 / 2010
Invited faculty on the Liverpool Advanced Arthroscopy course in November 2009
Invited faculty at the Orthopaedic & Sports Injuries Conference at the institute of Physics in London on 26th & 27th November 2009
Invited faculty Wrightington Shoulder Course in December 2009
Invited as International faculty in Dubai March 2010
Invited lectures on the Philadelphia and Mayo Clinic Hand and Wrist courses in 2010
