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Winter Symposium 2025
June 13 - June 15
The Winter Symposium is being held from Friday 13 to Sunday 15 June. It is being held at the Commodore Airport Hotel Christchurch. Registration will open next week, with the provisional programme available soon. The topic for the Symposium is The Shoulder Region / Research for the Beginner.
To help with your planning, the Symposium will open at 8.30am on Friday 13th and run from 8.30am to 5.00pm on Friday and Saturday.
Winter Symposium 2025
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Registration
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Programme
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Workshops
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Case Presentations & Audits
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Venue & Accommodation
Registration is now OPEN for the Winter Retreat in Christchurch. Please complete the registration form for processing
RETREAT REGISTRATION RATES
- Full Member Registration: $450.00+GST per person (includes two event days)
- Day Only Member Registration: $250.00+GST per person
- Full Non Member Registration: $550.00+GST (includes two event days)
- Day Only Non Member Registration: $300.00+GST per person
SOCIAL TICKETS
- Tickets for the dinner on Friday evening are not include in the cost of registration. Tickets for yourself and partners may be purchased for $85.00+GST per person.
CANCELLATION POLICY
All cancellations must be made in writing to events@nzcmm.org.nz. Cancellations made by 1 June 2025 will be refunded, less $75.00 to cover administration costs. After this date, no refunds will be made. All refunds will be processed after the meeting. If, for reasons beyond the control of the NZCMM, the event is cancelled, registration fees will be refunded after deduction of expenses already incurred.
The Shoulder Region / Research for the Beginner
Friday 13 June 2025
| 8.30am | Welcome | |
| Revision of Shoulder Anatomy & Biomechanics | Dr Josh Lee | |
| Rotator Cuff Pathology | Dr Don Ponnamperuma | |
| The Unstable Hypermobile Shoulder | Dr Deon Stoltz | |
| The Frozen Shoulder | Dr Jordan Davis | |
| 10.30am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.00am | The role of U/S in Shoulder Diagnostics | Dr Iain Bell |
| Case Presentations / Audits | NZCMM Members | |
| 12.30pm | Lunch | |
| 1.30pm | Shoulder Imaging: How to read an MRI scan | Dr Clarke Baker (Beyond Radiology) |
| 2.30pm | Cervical Neural Tension | Dr Barry Donaldson (Physiotherapist) |
| 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| Surgical Approach to Rotator cuff problems and OA GH jt | Mr Richard Lloyd (orthopeadic Surgeon) | |
| Panel Discussion of Shoulder problems | ||
| Case Presentations/ Audits | NZCMM Members | |
| 5.30pm | Conclusion of the Day | |
| 6.30pm | Retreat Dinner - The Good Home Pub |
Saturday 14 June 2025
| 8.30am | Welcome | |
| Research in Musculoskeletal Medicine | Dr Jordan Davis | |
| Truth in Medicine – Validity | Dr Mark Johnston | |
| Truth in Medicine – A Practical activity | ||
| Case Presentation / Audit | NZCMM Fellow / Members | |
| 10.30am | Morning Tea | |
| 11.00am | Pacinian Update: What do I need to complete? | Dr Jeremy Stenberg |
| Case Presentation / Audits | NZCMM Fellow / Members | |
| 12.30pm | Lunch | |
| 2.00pm | AC jt Dislocation and Osteolysis Distal Clavicular | Dr George Dehn |
| An Update on TMMF (The Musculoskeletal Medicine Foundation) | Dr Brigid Borowczyk | |
| 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea | |
| 3.45pm | Case Presentations / Audits | NZCMM Fellow / Members |
| 5.00pm | Conclusion of the Day |
Sunday 15 June 2025
| 8.30am | Manual Therapy DNS and Rehabilitation Workshop with Steve Bentley | Spinal Interventional Procedures Workshop with the NZCMM Spinal Interventional Procedures Training Team |
| 10.30am | Morning Tea | |
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| 1.00pm | Lunch | Workshop Concludes |
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| 3.15pm | Afternoon Tea | |
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| 5.00pm | Workshop Concludes | |
Workshops will be held on Sunday:
- Manual Therapy DNS and Rehabilitation with Dr Steve Bentley from 8.30am to 5.00pm. This is suitable for anyone who has done Diploma papers 701 and 709.
- Interventional Spine Procedures: Introduction (and update) to lumbar spine injections (mbbs, TFI, ZA jt and SI jt injections) from 8.30am to 1.00pm. Appropriate for Spine Interventional procedure Trainees and revision for existing interventionalists.
CALL FOR CASES – Shoulder Sorcery: How I Conquered Persistent Pain with My Musc Med Magic
Case Presentations: 15 minutes total (10 minutes + 5 minutes for discussion).
Topic: The persistent shoulder pain that needed my (Musc Med Dr) magic.
Please submit your abstract no later than end of day on Friday 23 May:
* Title of presentation
*Short abstract: 50 to 100 words
Email to: events@nzcmm.org.nz
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact either myself, or Lynda Booth who is organising the Symposium. Lynda can be contacted via email at events@nzcmm.org.nz.
Commodore Hotel
449 Memorial Avenue, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand
Commodore Hotel is minutes away from the Christchurch Airport and 10 minutes away from the CBD.
A free airport shuttle is available.
Accommodation
Check-IN: 2.00pm
Check-OUT: 10.00am
A special accommodation rate of $216.00/night incl GST (standard Room) or $247.50/night incl GST (premium room) has been confirmed at the Commodore Hotel (based on availability). Please book directly with the hotel quoting reference 8919836 (tiffanyboa@commodorehotel.co.nz).