N.I.C.E or Nasty

Our Price:
£50.00

Day of Session
Sunday 4th October 2009

Time of Session
09.00 – 13.00

Room of Session
Conference Room 1

Colin Natali, Consultant Trauma and Spinal Surgeon

Sujit Vaidya, Consultant Musculoskeletal and Trauma Radiologist 
Sujit will examine the pros and cons of various spinal imaging modalities with tips on image interpretation.

My back’s broken
Tom Crisp, Sports Physician
This talk will explore management of possible back fractures in private practice or venues away from A&E. Other modalities of investigation are also explored. A few cases will be discussed.

The management, diagnosis and treatment of stress fractures is then discussed in detail. When to suspect spondylolysis, how to investigate, and what conservative treatment involves as well as surgical options.

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Speaker for Session
Dr Tom Crisp qualified in 1973 and attended the MSc in Sports and Exercise Medicine 1986/7. He has worked as a full-time sports physician since 1990. Dr Crisp has held various prestigious medical roles in major sporting events including chief medical officer to the British Paralympic team in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, HQ medical officer to British Olympic team in Atlanta 1996, chief medical officer to the British team at the World University Games in Buffalo 1993, Fukuoka 1995 and Sicily 1997. He has been a member of the International Medical Commission of International University Sports Federation since 1997, was medical officer to the London division of rugby from 1990-2000, medical officer for the Essex cricket team 1983-1990. Tom works at Royal London Hospital, the London Independent Hospital and BUPA Wellness in addition to running a clinic at Springfield Hospital in Chelmsford. He is a Founder Fellow of UK Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine.

His special interests include rugby injuries, overuse and occupational injuries, Achilles and Patellar tendon problems, knees and ankles and imaging guided injections.

Speaker for Session

Speaker for Session
Colin Natali took up his post as a Consultant Spinal Surgeon at the Royal London Hospital in 1996 dealing with all aspects of spinal surgery, including Total Disc Replacements and spinal cord injuries. In his Consultant role he is also responsible for Registrar training and Undergraduate teaching.

In 2001 he founded a private rehabilitation clinic in Tower Hill (called “back2normal”), that deals with neck and back pain. The principles centre around evidence based treatment using Documentation Based Care Machines from Finland. Using these machines in a multidisciplanry environment, success rates of 88% can be achieved without surgery.

The current research has demonstrated that this treatment is safe effective and durable and should be part of the treatment algorithm for back and neck pain.

Mr Natali believes that conservative treatment should be evidence based and that only once this has failed should surgery be considered. He believes passionately that the widespread acceptance of this concept and the use of evidence base treatment should be adopted by providers and purchasers to maximize the cost benefit and health benefit for our patients.