Conference Talks delivered 2015 to 2019
October 2017 Australasian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine Conference. Adelaide. Simple self management of neck pain, headache and migraine
August 2017 PCS Global Pain Conference.Prague. Keynote Speaker. “The Sensory Amplification of Pain” and “The Pathophysiology and Biomechanics of Spinal Pain”.
October 2015- Australasian Association Of Musculoskeletal Medicine Conference Melbourne. Below the Belt: Pelvic Girdle and Leg Pain. 15 to 17 October. Presented two workshops – 1. Advanced ultrasound guided procedures. 2- Distinguishing Low back pain, SI joint and Hip
Goodfellow symposium March 2018
Spinal pain, the evolution of disc injury from cradle to grave. How to prevent deterioration.
Practical management of chronic pain disorders- headache, migraine, fibromyalgia and spinal pain
Clinic Management of cervical and lumbar spine pain
Upcoming in 2019
August 2019
Auckland University PGDipHSc-Palliative Care
Cannabinoids in Cancer pain
Medicinal Cannabis and Chronic Pain
Abvvie NZ Immune mediated inflammatory disease
September 2019 GPCME Christchurch
The Biologic Basis of Insomnia, Anxiety and Depression
Cannabinoids for Chronic pain – Where’s the Data?
A New Approach to Managing Anxiety and Depression:
Managing Spinal Pain
October 2019 AAMM conference Brisbane
Plenary talk – Review of self-help strategies for spinal pain
Workshop – Managing spinal pain with self help strategies
April 2020 Keynote speaker Yoga conference Auckland
July 2020 Rotorua GPCME conference.
Plenary Developing new frontiers to manage Depression
Spinal pain: Updates from the Mercy Fast Track Pain Clinic
Insomnia, Anxiety, Depression Diagnoses or Symptoms. Managing from the source.
September 2015 AIMS Conference Tahiti. Why does pain amplify and spread? Tension-type headache, migraine and fibromyalgia explained. Spinal pain-the risks of poor management.
August 2015 National Webinar for Pharmaceutical Society – “Chronic Pain Management: Sensory Amplification and Spinal Pain”
July 2015 Neck Pain Combined seminar for NZ Pain Foundation and Arthritis NZ. ASB Stadium, Wellington
October 2014 Arthritis NZ and The New Zealand Pain Foundation present “Spinal Pain” seminar series. A series of three talks are being organised for Wellington, Lower Hutt and Porirua. Once details are finalised they will be posted on the website.
July 2014 “Spinal Pain” General Practitioners Auckland.
July 2014 “Spinal Pain” General Practitioners Blenheim.
July 2014 “The Physiology of Hot Yoga”, True Bikram Studio New Haven, Connecticut, USA
May 2014 “The Physiology of Hot Yoga” Public Seminar Bikram Yoga Studio Wellington.
April 2014 “Spinal Pain”. Wadestown General Practice Peer Review Group.
October 2013 “The Back Seminar”. USL Auckland.
October 2013 “The Back Seminar”. ASB Stadium Wellington.
June 2013 Chronic Pain Syndrome. Upper Hutt General Practice Peer Review.
June 2013 “Spinal Pain”. Massage Institute Wellington.
April 2013 Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine Retreat. Presentation given on a new model to explain spinal pain. Chateau on the Park, Christchurch.
April 2013 Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine Retreat. Demonstration given on ultrasound guided injections of the shoulder. Chateau on the Park, Christchurch.
March 2013 Lower Back Pain Presentation. The structure and function of the lumbar spine disc. Strand Healthcare, Lower Hutt.
February 2013 Arthritis NZ Seminar Speaker on Arthritis and Pain, Napier.
February 2013 Scleroderma Society Meeting Guest speaker on spinal pain, Wellington.
September 2012 Joint Matters Conference of the Australia and NZ Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine. Presented ultrasound workshop on shoulder injections, Amora Hotel, Wellington.
June 2012 Sports and Pain Clinic chronic pain seminars. Presentation given on tendinosis with live ultrasound demonstration.
May and June 2012 Arthritis NZ Seminar series Speaker on Arthritis and Pain in Wellington, Lower Hutt and Porirua.
April 2012 Joint Pain Presentation to Arthritis Educators Arthritis Foundation, Wellington.
November 2011 Neck Pain. Presentation Australasian Faculty of Musculoskeletal Medicine Retreat, Kinsgate Hotel, Auckland.
September 2011 The causation of headache disorders. Presentation Osteopathic Peer Review Meeting, Wellington.
September 2011 Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners National Conference. Presenter Workshop – Lumbar spine. Langham Hotel, Auckland.
August 2011 Shoulder Pain. Presentation on behalf of The NZ Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine Seminar Series. Te Papa, Wellington.
March 2011 Headache, Migraine and Spinal Pain. Presentation Kilbirnie Medical Centre, Wellington.
May 2011 Pain. Presentation Kopata Medical Centre, Lower Hutt.
May 2011 Pain. Presentation Peninsula Medical Centre, Wellington
February 2011 Headache, Migraine and Spinal Pain. Presentation Naenae Medical Centre, Lower Hutt.
February 2011 Headache, Migraine and Spinal Pain. Presentation City Medical Centre, Wellington.
December 2010 Original research: The Wellington Education and Self Treatment (WEST) headache trial of sauna for CTTH. Presentation at Waiwhetu Medical Centre, Lower Hutt.
November 2010 Original research: The Wellington Education and Self Treatment (WEST) headache trial of sauna for CTTH – oral presentation at the Wellington Health and Biomedical Research Society 80th Scientific Meeting, Wellington.
October 2010 Original research: The Wellington Education and Self Treatment (WEST) headache trial of sauna for CTTH. Presentation at Teamphysio Sports and Rehab, Lower Hutt.
September 2010 The causation of headache disorders: The Wellington Education and Self Treatment (WEST) headache trial- oral presentation open to the public at Bikram Yoga Studio, Wellington.
September 2010 The development of chronic pain syndromes, New Zealand National Orthopaedic Nursing Association Conference, Wellington.
September 2010 The Wellington Education and Self Treatment (WEST) randomised control trial of sauna for chronic tension-type headache, insights into chronic pain and headache disorders, Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners Annual Conference (Research Day), Christchurch.
August 2010 The Wellington Education and Self Treatment (WEST) randomised control trial of sauna for chronic tension-type headache, Poster presentation at Wellington Health and Biomedical Research Society 79th Scientific Meeting, Wellington.
July 2010 The Wellington Education and Self Treatment (WEST) randomised control trial of sauna for chronic tension-type headache, Massey University College of Science Seminar presentation, Wellington.
June 2010 The development of chronic pain syndromes and headache disorders: Kilbirnie Physio and Rehab clinic, Wellington.
May, 2010 The causation of headache disorders, Winner 3 Minute Thesis presentation competition, Massey University, Wellington.
May, 2010 The causation of headache disorders, 3 Minute Thesis Presentation Competition, Massey University, National runner up prize, Palmerston North.
March 2010-The Agony and the Ecstasy: Chronic non malignant pain and opioid substitution treatment. Presentation delivered on “A model of the development of chronic pain syndrome/Fibromyalgia”.
March 2010 AFMM Retreat Orewa Beach. Presented “WEST (Wellington Education and Self Treatment) randomised controlled trial for chronic tension type headache”.
March 2010 The development of chronic pain syndromes and headache disorders, presentation to Newtown Physiotherapy, Wellington.
March 2010 Spine in Action Conference, Auckland. Presentation given on “the transformation of low back pain into chronic pain/fibromyalgia.Referred pain from the hip and HPA hypersensitivity”.
November 2009 New Zealand Post Graduate Conference, Wellington. Chronic headaches and other medical syndromes: The mismatch of the human body to the current environment.
September 2009 National Orthopaedic Nurses conference, Wellington. Invited speaker on Chronic pain in children.
April/May 2009 Speaker at Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Regional Symposia. Spoke on Headache Disorder Causation in Wellington, Christchurch, Auckland and Rotorua.
May, 2009 The causation of headache disorders: Confirmation of thesis, presentation, Massey University, Wellington.
December, 2008 Headache Disorders, presentation to Wellington Indian Association, Wellington.
August 2008 The causation of chronic pain disorders, presentation to Proactive Physiotherapy, Wellington.
June 2005 Dunedin – NZ Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine conference on shoulder pain. Invited speaker talking on convergent referred pain patterns within the cervical spine and shoulder.
NZ Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine annual conference “Muscle Pain”, Queenstown September 2003 – Speaker at conference delivering talk on Gradual process injuries.
Conferences attended
March 2015 Intermediate course on ultrasound guided procedures in San Diego.
June 2014 Attended International Symposium for Ultrasound and Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. Toronto, Ontario Canada.
April 2006 NZAMSM conference, Wanaka.
August 2005- International Assocation for the Study of Pain conference, Sydney.
New Zealand Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine weekend retreat March 10-12 2005.
Australian Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine conference-Pain Management in the Elderly, Noosa March 3-7 2005.
Weekend course on radiofrequency attended June 2004 held in Christchurch by Professor Nikolai Bogduk.
AFMM retreat attended March 2003 Christchurch.
The challenge of Low Back Pain- Auckland September 2002.
Retreat NZASM Christchurch March 2002.
1995 International Spine In Action Conference Christchurch 1996.
NZ Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine conference OOS Auckland
Exercise Practicum, Harbor, UCLA 1990.
British Association of Sports Science, Cardiff 1990.
New Zealand Medical Students’ Association Otago 1989.
Australian Medical School Students’ Association Perth 1987, Melbourne 1989.
Presentations 2015 to 2019
May Russell Northern GP Conference Depression
March 2019 Goodfellow Symposium. Delivered workshop on spinal pain, talk on spinal pain and talk on depression.
March 2019 Pharmac Seminars. Delivered two talks on Cannabis for chronic pain management. https://www.pharmac.govt.nz/seminars/seminar-resources/medicinal-cannabinoids/#presentation3
September 2018 NZCME conference Christchurch. Delivered talk on spinal pain and insomnia, anxiety and depression.
July 2018 NZCME conference Rotorua. Workshop on spinal pain.
May 2018 Acurity Conference Wellington Talk on spinal pain
Goodfellow symposium March 2018
Spinal pain, the evolution of disc injury from cradle to grave. How to prevent deterioration.
Practical management of chronic pain disorders- headache, migraine, fibromyalgia and spinal pain
Clinic Management of cervical and lumbar spine pain
