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Course Name |
Course Date |
| NET BASIC | July 17th & 18th |
| NET BASIC | September 18th & 19th |
| NET UPPER LIMB | October 16th & 17th |
| NET LOWER LIMB | November 13th & 14th |
Please note that you must have attended the NET BASIC course before you can attend the other courses. All subsequent modules can be done in any order. Each module will be 2 days in duration and will cost £190.00. (£175.00 for early birds if booked 2 months prior to course date) For course bookings please contact Nicky on (01327) 842321 or by email training@physiofunction.co.uk. Alternatively you can download a booking form by clicking on the link below http://www.physiofunction.com/pdfs/General_Booking_Form.doc Charles King MCSP, SRP - Charles King qualified in 1985 from University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff as a Remedial Gymnast and Recreational Therapist and became a Chartered Physiotherapist the same year when the two societies merged. He worked at Rotherham District General Hospital for 9 years setting up the Neurological rehabilitation out-patient service. He has been in private practice since 1994 specialising in patients with Neurological disorders including Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Head Injury, Parkinson’s Disease, Spinal Cord Injury as well as other movement disorders associated with Chronic back and neck conditions. He developed the treatment concept - Neuromuscular Energising Therapy (NET) - over a 15 year period and has been teaching nationally and internationally to other professionals for 10 years. NET is an inter-active movement therapy in which manual handling techniques are used to improve the patients posture and function and activate the body’s balance reactions. The aim is to boost patients energy and create economical and efficient movement patterns which in turn can relieve pain. NET has also been shown to improve physical performance through dynamic postural realignment.
“NET has been more influential in developing my facilitatory handling skills than all my formal Bobath training put together - basic course, four advanced courses, and 2 years of Bobath Tutor Trainee modules” Jon Graham, Clinical Director Physiofunction.
Estim Athens October 2009
Jon will be talking at the Theory and Practice Workshop at Estim Athens October 2009.
Jon Graham obtained his Physiotherapy degree with distinction from the University of Teeside in 1992.
He has specialized in Neurological Physiotherapy since 1994. He has treated Neurological clients in a variety of settings: in-patient, out-patient, community. He trained as a Bobath Tutor for 3 years before turning his attention to rehabilitation technology including Functional Electrical Stimulation for Gait, UE stimulation, and Saeboflex. He currently is the clinical Director of PhysiofunctionTM which is the leading provider of Private Neurological Physiotherapy in the UK. He has taught throughout the UK and internationally including Canada and Croatia on outcome measures, manual therapy skills and electrotherapy including FES and e-stim. His most recent paper was on the use of FES in Parkinson’s Disease.
Jon is one of a handful of therapists in the world with the combined fes / e-stim experience of:
lower limb:OML ODFS, OML PACE, Bioness L300,
upper limb: Intellistim, OML microstim, and Bioness H200.
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within 3 hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke…totally. He said the trick was getting a stroke recognized, diagnosed, and then getting the patient medically cared for within 3 hours, which is tough.
INFORMATION EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW……………………
Blood Clots/Stroke - They Now Have a Fourth Indicator, the Tongue
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Please read:
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) .she said she had just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes.
They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food. While she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the evening
Ingrid’s husband called later telling everyone that his wife had been taken to the hospital - (at 6:00 pm Ingrid passed away.) She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some don’t die. they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
Thank God for the sense to remember the ‘3′ steps, STR . Read and Learn!
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK and SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE (Coherently)
(i.e. It is sunny out today.)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
If he or she has trouble with ANY ONE of these tasks, call emergency number immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
New Sign of a Stroke ——– Stick out Your Tongue
Another ’sign’ of a stroke is this: Ask the person to ’stick’ out his tongue.. If the tongue is ‘crooked’, if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.
WalkAide Video from CBS
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Extending Boundaries at BBLive 09
A chance phonecall from Julia La Garde, Business Development Manager at Physiofunction, lead to Physiotherapy and FES being a headline feature at Beyond Boundaries 2009.
Held at the site of the Farnborough Airshow over the weekend of 4th and 5th July, Beyond Boundaries attracted over 4000 visitors including many young disabled people and their families seeing how they could extend their Boundaries.
There were opportunities to have a scuba dive,rock climb, and get round various adapted army assault courses. Wheelchair users were treated to the Pimp My Wheelchair attraction – a fun take on the MTV show, Pimp My Ride.
The show feature though was Physiotherapy and Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) for Foot-drop.
Jon Graham, Clinical Director at Physiofunction. “We have seen so many of our clients extend their boundaries with FES – hill-walking, golf, tennis and taking up Triathlon following strokes, head injuries and incomplete spinal injuries. Mark Brewster, event organiser, immediately saw the potential for FES as a show feature and created the PHYSIOZONE”
The PHYSIOZONE had three booths where visitors could have free assessments using FES systems from Odstock Medical (OML) and Bioness. It was OML’s original team at Salisbury District Hospital that produced the first practical solution for treating drop foot.
This January saw the NICE guidelines published which declared FES as a safe and effective treatment for people with drop foot caused by damage to the brain or spinal cord.
However, a frustration with current FES systems is the wiring from the trigger switch to the stimulator and from the FES unit to the electrode pads that stimulate the muscles to lift the foot at the ankle. Users also struggle with placing the electrode pads on the correct position on their leg to obtain a functional foot lift.
Charlotte Standing struggled through heat and M25 traffic jams to try out the wireless FES system from Bioness.
In a week that saw the end of Britain’s Tennis dream with the defeat of Andy Murray in the semi- finals, Physiofunction worked with Ian Payne, National Youth Wheelchair Champion.
“The PHYSIOZONE also gave us the opportunity to give free demonstrations of the other innovative technology that is available to assist with recovery” said Jon Graham, “Ian has cerebral palsy and movement restriction in his left arm is hampering his serve and his courtside wheelchair mobility. The Saeboreach by engaging the user in functional rehab programme using a dynamic upper limb splint will help them control spasticity and regain lost movement patterns.
Originally started in 1999, Physiofunction has become the UK‘s leading provider of private outpatient and community rehabilitation with a current coverage from North Yorkshire to its newly opened clinic at the Oxford Centre of Enablement.
“We use specialised Neurological Physiotherapy techniques, including Bobath and Charlie King’s NET system, and Innovative technology to maximise our clients independence,” Jon Graham , founder and clinical director.
“We obtained a trademark for providing Physiotherapy services, and plan to develop a Nationwide Neurological Physiotherapy service through by expanding the numbers of our existing branches and also through our proven franchise system. Our pilot franchise in North Yorkshire demonstrated the potential of franchising for those starting out in Private Practice and those wanting to extend their existing practice to new levels.”
Charlie King, a private practitioner of 12 years standing says:’ I could immediately see the benefit of joining a franchised business. As expert clinicians we have the clinical skill training to helping our clients achieve their rehab goals. However, we don’t have the time or often the opportunities to develop business skills including sales, marketing, PR and Recruitment, let alone payroll and VAT. I joined the franchise in April 2009 as Physiofunction South Yorkshire and have already seen my business develop. If I can grow my business, I can help more people and also help develop the skills of my employees by developing my role as a clinical consultant whilst the franchisor takes the stress and distraction of running my business away from me’
FURTHER INFORMATION:
http://www.nice.org.uk/nicemedia/pdf/IPG278PublicInfoWord.doc
www.odstockmedical.com
www.saebo.com
You can now follow Physio Function on Twitter. Check us out at http://twitter.com/PhysioFunction
Our Open day on the 12th February 09 at the Oxford Centre for Enablement went very well, and it was lovely to meet so many of you, thank you for coming!
Representatives visited from Stroke support groups, Headway, The MS society, Motor Neurone Disease Association. Unfortunately our colleagues from the Parkinson’s Disease Society and Spinal Injury Association were unable to attend.
Several case managers, solicitors and Chiropractors also welcomed the opportunity to come along and meet the team.
Thank you to our clients John Tysoe and Tony Rudge for helping us on the day.
We were able to do some assessments and Saeboflex demonstrations on the day - with some great successes, in addition to some treatments while we were there. (Which saved some of our new Oxford based clients having to wait for an appointment!)
We now have 2-3 regular clinics per week at the OCE - please call 0800 043 8653 to arrange an appointment.
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