Geoffrey, Barbara and Blair all headed across the ditch in October to attend the Australian Physiotherapy Association conference in Sydney. It was great to be there with Shelley from Newington Physio at Mercy Hospital, as well as Denise and Mark from Rotorua, so in between the very hectic 3 day schedule, we had lots of fun catch ups. It was another very stimulating conference, and having about 15 different streams concurrently, meant there was always something fascinating to learn. For Blair it was a return to his old stamping ground and getting reacquainted with the hectic traffic – which on the first rainy morning for 2.5months was not so pleasant. We are thrilled that Otago is his preferred location and despite some hairy encounters on the roads here at times, it is nothing like that very hectic, fast moving city traffic. We were lucky to find an Airbnb near the venue, so Geoffrey, Denise and I were able to just walk 5 minutes and be at the conference – making it very handy for before and after events each day – including our fun 1920’s night on the top of the Convention Centre – very handy being able to take a carry on bag of gear to wear from Fairies, Wizards and Gifts over with us too! Lots of fun.
Blair has also been at a wonderful course in November learning more acupuncture skills. Prior to this weekend, Geoffrey has been our sole acupuncturist since Clare left the clinic, so it is great to have Blair able to utilise this wonderful modality to great effect on his patients now too. The course was taken by two very impressive NZ physios from Auckland and Central Otago, and they created a very stimulating learning environment, with lots of great ideas combining other treatment methods that physios utilise alongside acupuncture, so Blair is just fizzing about all this and sharing it with us.
We are having our annual Otago Acupuncture Case Study Presentations at the clinic in November – this is a great evening for all the local Registered Physiotherapy Acupuncturists from Oamaru south to attend and share wisdom about various techniques, with each presenting a case of special interest. Usually around 15 Physios attend and share their learnings with colleagues, then everyone discusses the findings and this stimulates discussion which further enhances skill level.
In November we sadly farewelled our wonderful Vanessa, who is adding to her family in early 2018, and needed to have some family time before that exciting event occurs for them all. We have thoroughly enjoyed Vanessa’s expertise here in Caversham, and in the meantime Geoffrey will be doing some extra hours in the clinic until we find that next special person to assist us with cover at the clinic.
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