Conference 2010

SPINE IN ACTION: Low Back Pain - Can Chronicity be Prevented?

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Rendezvous Hotel Auckland, Mayoral Drive, Auckland City, New Zealand

26 - 30 March 2010 *** MARK THESE DATES IN YOUR DIARY NOW***

Combined meeting of New Zealand Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Australian College of Physical Medicine, Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine

Keynote Speakers:

Lars Arendt-Nielsen Alborg University Denmark, Professor, Center for Sensory-Motor Interaction
Johan Vlaeyen Univ of Leuven and Maarstricht Belgium & Netherlands Professor of Behavioural Medicine
Paul Watson Univ of Leiceister United Kingdom Professor of Pain Management and Rehabilitation
Jacob Patijn Univ Hospital Maarstricht Netherlands Associate Professor & Head of Pain Management
Duncan Reid Auckland Univ of Technology Head of School of Rehabilitation & Occupational Studies

Supporting Speakers:

Nik Bogduk Conjoint Professor of Pain Medicine, Director of Research at Newcastle Bone & Joint Institute, Newcastle NSW Australia
Richard Ellis Lecturer School of Physiotherapy AUT Auckland
Wade King Musculoskeletal Specialist and Interventionalist NSW Australia
Kirsty Powell Occupational Health Physiotherapist Auckland
Quentin Reeves Musculoskeletal Radiologist Auckland
Peter Robertson Spinal Surgeon Auckland
Wolfgang von Heymann Orthopaedic Surgeon and Manual Medicine Specialist Bremen Germany
Musculoskeletal Specialists: Roy Ayscough, Rick Bernau, Jim Borowczyk, Giresh Kanji, Geoff Harding, Lucy Holtzhausen, Jonathan Kuttner, Keith Laubscher, John MacVicar, Charles Ng, Paul Quin, David Vivian, Ian Wallbridge, James Watt, Michael Yelland

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES

to understand the neuroscience underlying Motor & Sensory Plasticity
to recognise, clinically assess, & manage Sensory Sensitisation
to understand the clinical implications of Pain on Motor Plasticity
to understand the physical risk factors for developing chronicity in low back pain
to recognise the psychological & psychosocial risk factors for chronicity in low back pain
to recognise the psychological & psychosocial risk factors that are a barrier to recovery
to be familiar with the psychological interventions & management
managing return to work issues, both employer and employee
better understanding of the effectiveness of both physical, pharmacological and interventional treatment
understand the role of imaging and surgery