AStretch is the name given to a group of physiotherapists, from around the country, that meet twice a year to steer the management, and improve the understanding of, Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).
5th AStretch conference
AS and the concepts of Exercise
FREE registration Limited places Available.
MANDEC Conference Centre, Manchester Friday
12th November 2010
This meeting is supported by an
educational grant from Pfizer.
Programme
9.30am Registration
9.55am Introduction and Welcome
10.00am Exercise Behaviours in AS – Dr Stuart Porter PhD, Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, Salford University
10.45am Exercise – the Debate! – Dr Jane Martindale PhD, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, WWL NHS Foundation Trust
11.30am Getting the Newly Diagnosed to Exercise – a new innovation for introduction to gym work – Dr Tim Jones Consultant Rheumatologist, Headley Court MOD Rehabilitation Centre
12.15pm Panel Discussion
12.45pm Lunch
1.45pm Land v Water Exercise – Susimala Gaikwad MCSP, MSc, Clinical Specialist Physiotherapist, Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby
2.15pm Action Based Learning Sets - Case studies for exercise prescription in AS patients - Karen Irons MCSP, MSc, Team Leader in Musculoskeletal Out Patients and Claire Jeffries MCSP, Rheumatology CPS, Course tutors for the Physiotherapy Assessment and Management Workshop
4.15pm Questions
4.30pm Close
Conference aims and objectives
AStretch is the name given to a group of physiotherapists, from around the country, who meet twice a year to steer the management, and improve the understanding of, Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS). We provide biennial conferences to educate health professionals to help to advance the therapeutic management of patients with AS.
Feedback from previous conferences has highlighted that there is a paucity of education for the management of AS patients specifically appertaining to exercise therapy. empower health professionals in the delivery of appropriate exercise regimes for AS patients as this is an integral and essential part of therapeutic care of this condition.
This conference also seeks to deliver and generate debate about how exercise should be introduced and delivered to newly diagnosed patients. The principal objective of the course therefore being the delivery of enhanced patient care by the promotion of suitable exercise regimes tailored to individual needs. This conference is also aimed at encouraging networking and exchange of ideas between health professionals who specialise in the treatment of AS throughout the UK.
Registration for the conference opens on the 21st July and can be made by contacting us at: astretch@astretch.co.uk
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Our founder has written the AS chapter for both the 13th and 14th editions of Tidy’s physiotherapy, and we have had an input into the most recent AS Arthritis Research UK publication. In collaboration with NASS we have recently produced the new Fight Back exercise DVD. This is available from NASS.
We are keen to play an active part in research and welcome any suggestions and support.
