Excellence in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Education

 
 
Day 1 : Tissue Repair and the Influence of Therapy
 
Introduction / Overview – The Phases of Repair
Inflammation : An essential for the Repair Sequence
Profliferation : The construction of the Basic Repair
Remodelling : Refinement of the scar for optimum quality and function
Can Electrophysical Modalities influence this sequence – and if so which
are optimal
 
 
Day 2 : Electrophysical Modalities and Tissue Repair – making Optimal
Clinical Choices
 
Ultrasound
Laser
Radiofrequency + Pulsed Shortwave
Shockwave Therapy
Microcurrent
Clinical Decision Making based on the Evidence
 
 
Bio
Tim trained as a physiotherapist in London, qualifying in 1979. After time in the public Health Service, and various sports clubs and National Teams, he took up a lecturing role at West Middlesex Hospital, then Brunel University and now at the University of Hertfordshire where he is currently Professor of Physiotherapy. He undertook a degree in Biomedical Sciences followed by a PhD in Bioelectronics from the University of Surrey in 1994. He researches in several fields associated primarily with electrophysical agents and tissue repair. He has published over 50 journal papers, is Editor of a core text on electrotherapy and has contributed numerous chapters in other texts. He is on the Editorial Board of 2 physiotherapy journals and reviews for more than 25 journals and grant authorities. He has presented more than 870 lectures, short courses and conference papers. He is responsible for the www.electrotherapy.org web site and the Electrophysical Forum (www.electrophysicalforum.org). He was awarded a Fellowship of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy in the UK in 2013 and is on the Executive for the Electro Physical Agents and Diagnostic Ultrasound (EPADU) group (UK) and President, International Society for Electro Physical Agents in Physical Therapy (ISEAPT) group of the WCPT.