New Perspectives in Physiotherapy - Debating the Present and the Future

This year's ISCP Annual Conference marks the 27th year of the Society.

This year the Conference is being hosted by the ISCP Mid Western Branch and will take place in The Strand Hotel in Limerick.

The event will be held on Friday 12th and Saturday 13th of November. For the fifth year in succession the ISCP Annual Conference will be held in conjunction with CSP, Northern Ireland.

We are delighted to announce that our Main and Associate Sponsors have now been confirmed.

Trulife is the Main Sponsor of this year's Annual Conference. 

This year's Associate Sponsors are Aviva Health, in conjunction with O'Driscoll O'Neil and Euromedic.

If you would like to exhibit, advertise or avail of a sponsorship package at this year's ISCP Annual Conference please contact Sinéad Fennell, Communications & Events Coordinator sineadfennell@rcsi.ie

To view further information on this year's venue please see http://www.strandhotellimerick.ie/

Please check back soon for regular updates on this year's Conference.

Online Registration is now Open

Please click on the following link to register online.

http://regonline.activeeurope.com/register/checkin.aspx?EventId=872639 

The 2010 Annual Conference Registration Form can be downloaded by following this link:  2010 Conference Registration Form

Keynote Speakers Include:

Marilyn Moffat
President of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT).

Anne Shumway-Cook
Emeritus Professor at the University of Washington. Dr. Shumway-Cook's research interests include mechanisms underlying balance and mobility problems in geriatric and neurologic populations, and clinical methods for assessing and treating imbalance.

Jill Cook
Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal health, Deakin University, Australia. Professor Cook's research areas include sports medicine and tendon injury with a particular interest in risk factors for tendon injury and the tendon in growth and development.

Sally Singh
Professor and Director of Rehabilitation Applied Research Group, Coventry University with an established research track record around pulmonary rehabilitation and cardiac rehabilitation.

Mike Hurley
Professor at the School of Biomedical & Health Sciences at King's College London. Professor Hurley's research focuses on muscle dysfunction and the efficacy of physiotherapy in patients with degenerative joint conditions.

Cesar Fernandez-de-las-Penas
Professor of Physical Therapy at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain. His research interests relate to cervicogenic pain and myofascial pain.

Conference Courses:

Clinical Reasoning for Manual Therapy in Headaches: An Evidence-Based Approach

Tutor: Dr. César Fernández-de-las-Peñas
November 10/11^th 
Location: Limerick
CPD Points: 14
Cost: €200-€220 (Reduced rate for conference attendees: €150)
For further course information, email derek.griffin@ul.ie

Tendinopathy of the lower limb: Assessment and Management
Tutor: Dr. Jill Cook
November 14^th 
Location: Limerick
CPD Points: 7
Cost: €120-€135 (Reduced rate for conference attendees: €80)
For further course information, email karen.mccreesh@ul.ie

Balance Rehabilitation: Translating Research into Evidence Based Practice
Tutor: Dr. Anne Shumway-Cook
November 11^th
Location: Limerick
CPD Points: 7
Cost: €120-€135 (Reduced rate for conference attendees: €80)
For further course information, email marie.tierney@ul.ie