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Please disseminate to all professional colleagues who may be interested in attending. The National Sports Medicine Institute of the United Kingdom (NSMI) is a registered charity that, in partnership with The United Kingdom Association of Doctors in Sport (UKADIS) and The British Olympic Medical Centre (BOMC), is organising an International Conference on The Flexors of the Foot and Ankle with the leading experts in the field of Sport and Exercise Medicine. Those attending will be Physicians, Surgeons, Physiotherapists, Osteopaths, Chiropractors and Podiatrists. The conference will take place from 14 - 16 November 2002 at The Pavilions of Harrogate, UK. PGEA, CME and OCPPP accreditation will be sought. Booking forms available from Barry Hill, NSMI Medical Education, 32 Devonshire Street, London W1G 6PX or email on [log in to unmask] PROVISIONAL MEETING INFORMATION One of the aims of the United Kingdom Association of Doctors in Sport (UKADIS) is to inform and educate those already qualified and/or working in sport and exercise medicine. UKADIS, in association with the British Olympic Medical Centre (BOMC) and the National Sports Medicine Institute of the United Kingdom (NSMI), will deliver two cutting edge events per year to discuss and debate the latest concepts within Sport and Exercise Medicine. National and Internationally recognised speakers are being invited to augment the expertise and experience of delegates. Each meeting will be as interactive as possible with your contributions very much welcomed to stimulate opinion and debate on the day. Meetings are aimed at the medical profession as well as those professions allied to Sport and Exercise. This particular conference will be held at the Pavilions Great Yorkshire Show Ground Harrogate UK. The conference will be Chaired by Professor Nicola Maffulli, Professor of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University. International speakers provisionally include Dr Hakan Alfredson, Professor Mike Lambert, Professor Tim Noakes and Mr Vittorio Testa. The meeting faculty also provisionally includes Dr Philip Bell, Dr James Brown, Dr Richard Budgett, Dr Sarah Burnett, Dr Roslyn Carbon, Dr Bryan English, Dr David Flowers, Dr Mark Harries, Dr Jerry Healy, Dr Rod Jaques, Dr Malcolm Read, Mr Bill Ribbens, Dr Edwin Van Beek, Dr Nick Webborn, Dr Greg Whyte. Provisional Programme 14 November 2002 - Olympic Day: Preparing for Athens 2004 This will be a highly interactive afternoon for all medical disciplines aspiring to be or currently involved in Olympic sport. These sessions provide an insight into the working of the British Olympic Association in its preparations for the next Olympics. Cases are discussed in an open forum with a "what would you do next" format. 50% of the cases are unsolved so contribution from the delegates is strongly encouraged. If you have a case of particular interest then please contact Dr Rod Jaques on [log in to unmask] The day will finish on a political note with a discussion on which sporting organisation is doing what? Who is funding the regional centres of sport? Who is making the decisions about appointments of medical personnel who will be working for The EIS? This will be a useful session to update delegates interested in working in sport now and in the future. 1300 Introduction, Dr Richard Budgett, Director of Medical Services, British Olympic Association 1310 Coping with Travel, Dr David Flowers, Member BOA physiology steering group and acclimatisation working party and former Doctor to British Airways 1340 Preparing for heat and pollution in Athens, Dr Greg Whyte, Research Manager, British Olympic Medical Centre and Olympic Pentathlete 1410 The Challenge of Asthma, Dr Mark Harries, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Honorary Clinical Director, British Olympic Medical Centre 1430 Delivery of medical services at the Olympic Games, Dr Richard Budgett, Director of Medical Services, British Olympic Association 1450 Discussion and questions 1500 Tea break and trade fare 1530 Interesting Cases, Dr Rod Jaques will chair a session of from UKADIS and Team GB The musculoskeletal cases will concentrate on the foot and ankle Sandwich and coffee provided at the end of the session 1730 Update on what is happening nationally to help/hinder the progress of sports medicine 1800 British Olympic Medical Committee Meeting 2000 Evening Buffet and Orientation to the bar facilities 15 November 2002 - The Flexors of the Foot and Ankle The lectures are self explanatory. The "Ask the surgeon" session has been included to fuel some debate. When our athletes go for surgery to the ankle and foot, who are the "best" surgeons to refer to? As surgical techniques vary so much and as research is often not performed on elite athletes, how do we ensure that we are doing our best for the athlete by referring for a surgical opinion? The debate will be stimulated by cases brought to the forum by those working with elite athletes. A panel of surgeons will answer our questions and comment on our opinions. The practical sessions in the afternoon will allow delegates to practice basic diagnostic ultrasound under the guidance of expert radiologists. The examination session will be useful to pick up one or two of the finer parts of examination of the contractile tissues, to therefore perfect your own diagnostic capabilities. 0900 A review of the contractile tissues moving the foot and ankle. Anatomy, kinetics, kinematics, Dr Bryan English, Chairman UKADIS 0920 Non surgical treatment and research around common tendinopathies, specifically focussing around the Achilles tendon, Hakan Alfredson, Orthopaedic Surgeon from Umea, Sweden 1000 Recurrent resistant 'calf pain' - a diagnostic dilemma and management mystery, Dr Roslyn Carbon, Sports Physician, London UK 1015 Imaging for posterior ankle impingement, Dr Jerry Healy, Sports Radiologist, London UK 1030 Coffee and trade fare 1110 Management of tibialis posterior dysfunction, Mr Bill Ribbens, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Northampton, UK 1150 Management of tendonopathies by fibrolysis, Mr Vittorio Testa, Orthopaedic Surgeon and Doctor for The Avellino Football Team, Avalinno, Italy A philosophical approach to surgery of the Achilles tendon Professor Nicola Maffulli. Orthopaedic Surgeon, Keele UK 1230 Ask the surgeon, A panel of surgeons will be put on the spot and answer questions with the regards to the most appropriate time for surgical referral and argue/explain their rationale behind differing surgical procedures. This forum will be used to provoke debate and controversy on questioning the evidence base behind some aspects of sports traumatology. 1300 Lunch and trade fare Afternoon parallel sessions 1400 Ultrasound diagnosis of the soft tissues of the lower limb, Demonstration and hands on with the UKADIS sports radiologists Drs Sarah Burnett, Jerry Healy and Edwin Van Beek. 1500 Hands on examination of the foot and ankle with the sports injury experts Professor Nicola Maffulli, Dr Philip Bell, Dr Malcolm Read 1600 Tea and trade fare 1645 Achilles tendonopathy. Neural theory to aetiology and management Dr Nick Webborn, Sports Physician, Eastbourne UK 1730 Medical problems in endurance sport, Professor Tim Noakes of The MRC University of Cape Town Research Unit in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa 1830 UKADIS Board Meeting with sub group chairs 1930 Bar re-orientation and Formal Dinner (black tie) 16 November 2002 The optional session will be based around practical aspects raised by the previous days speakers. This may involve fibrolysis, sclerosant injections, examination or ultrasound. The delegation will be asked for their preference prior to this informal session being organised in breakout rooms. The rest of the morning will be centred around our international speakers Professors Tim Noakes and Mike Lambert who specialise in research of the treatment and management of soft tissue injuries in Cape Town, South Africa. 0900 Optional breakout sessions to complement the previous days lectures, Details to be confirmed and to address practical issues that are raised on 15 November. 1000 Coffee and trade fare 1030 A team doctors guide to the practical application a mobile micro-current unit. Dr James Brown. Sports Physician. Leeds 1100 Key Note Speaker: Microcurrent therapy for injured soft tissues, Professors Tim Noakes and Mike Lambert of the MRC University of Cape Town Research Unit in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa. 1230 Buffet Lunch, Tea and Coffee then Depart Education Department, The National Sports Medicine Institute, 32 Devonshire Street, London W1G 6PX Direct Telephone: 020 7908 3642 NSMI Telephone: 020 7908 3636, Fax: 020 7908 3635 Useful web addresses: www.acpsm.org www.basem.co.uk www.bath.ac.uk/med-sci/sem www.bimm.org.uk www.bosta.ac.uk www.mmu.ac.uk/c-a/exspsci/courses/pgstuff2.htm www.nottingham.ac.uk/orthopaedics/Sports-Medicine www.rcsed.ac.uk/exams/misc/IABSE.asp www.rheumatology.org.uk www.scsm.co.uk www.smd.qmul.ac.uk/sportsmed www.strath.ac.uk/sportstudies/pg-info/medsports.htm www.ukadis.org www.uksport.gov.uk www.uwic.ac.uk/sspr/courses/ Please note, this is an evolving list!