Lectures & Presentations
All the lectures, courses and workshops that I have presented over the years were in a postgraduate capacity. My latest course was presented at the University of the Witwatersrand Physiotherapy Department for Master’s students. My most recent presentations (2022) involve non-interventional pulsed radio frequency modules to educate clinicians in South Africa and Internationally
ACADEMIC
1997
- Pain Management Pretoria Academic Hospital 1997
- Workshop on Action Potential Stimulation Therapy Tel Aviv Israel May 1997
1999
- Workshop on Action Potential Stimulation Therapy Freibourg, Germany at a pre-congress course of the International Association for the Study of Pain, Vienna 1999.
2000
- First Pain in Africa Congress Complex Regional Pain Syndrome; TENS Alexandria, Egypt 2000
2001
- Action Potential Simulation Therapy Seminar Melbourne 2001
2002
- Pain management as a specialised skill in Physiotherapy Pretoria Academic Hospital August 2002
2003
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Management of Chronic Pain University of the Witwatersrand, Physiotherapy Department 2003
2004
- Complex regional pain syndrome; Action Potential Simulation Therapy Bad Aibling, Germany 2004
2005
- Workshop on Pain Management for the International Association of Acupuncture for Physical Therapists Hong Kong October 2005
- Workshop on Electrical Pain Management Christchurch, New Zealand 2005
- Analgesia with electrical stimulation and acupuncture Acupuncture Group of the SASP (AGSASP) Johannesburg February 2005
- Evidence based physiotherapy practice in the management of pain Second International Congress of Physiotherapy Durban 25 – 28th May 2005
2006
- The Bases of Electrotherapy and Analgesia; The Uses of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Pain Management. Second Pain in Africa Congress Tripoli, Libya November 2006
2008
- Pain management through Physiotherapy University of Pretoria 5 – 8th October 2008
2010
- Pain for the South Gauteng Pain Management Physiotherapy Group (PMPG) of the SASP 29 June 2010
- Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation South Gauteng (PMPG of SASP) 2 October 2010
2011
- Centralisation in the context of neuropathic pain South Gauteng PMPG of SASP 8 February 2011
- The application of acupuncture in central sensitisation in neuropathic pain Acupuncture Group SASP (AGSASP) 30 March 2011
- Physiotherapy approach to acute pain in the pain clinic South Gauteng PMPG of SASP 12 April 2011
- Alternative treatment for pain and trauma Dental Group Investec Johannesburg 24 June 2011
- Treatment of Neuropathic Pain with Pulsed Radio Frequency (PIRA) Anaesthetic Conference Boksburg 23 July 2011
- Paediatric Pain South Gauteng PMPG of SASP 16 August 2011
2012
- Pain management with acupuncture Morningside AGSASP 4 April 2012
- Introducing Non-interventional Pulsed Radio Frequency (known as NMS 460 or Stimpod) Physiotherapy Wellness Warehouse Pretoria June 2012
- Non-interventional Pulsed Radio Frequency for Physiotherapists Hillcrest, Natal 1 August 2012
2013
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Workshop on Electromagnetic therapy for Pain. University of the Witwatersrand Physiotherapy Department Pain Day 20 April 2013
- Electromagnetic therapy for pain, inflammation, nerve stimulation introducing the Stimpod/NMS 460 Valley Farm Veterinary Hospital Pretoria July 2013
- Workshop on Stimpod Therapy for Physiotherapists Boksburg 21 September 2013
- Course on Recent Advances in Physiotherapy Management of Chronic Pain Helen Joseph Physiotherapy Department 3 October 2013
- Stimpod Therapy South Gauteng Branch of SASP 2 November 2013
2014
- Pain management modalities with electrotherapy and acupuncture University of the Witwatersrand Physiotherapy Department for Master’s Programme 12 August 2014
- Stimpod Therapy South Gauteng Branch of the SASP 30 August 2014
- Stimpod Therapy North Gauteng Pretoria SASP 27 September 2014
2015
- Workshop on Non-interventional Pulsed Radio Frequency for University of the Witwatersrand Physiotherapy Department, Pain Management Day 14 March 2015
- Pain management and disease modification with electrotherapy and acupuncture University of the Witwatersrand Physiotherapy Department for Master’s Programme 3 August 2015
- Neurophysiological mechanisms of acupuncture in pain management Conference of Chinese medicine 3 October 2015
2019
- Non-drug therapies for Neuropathic Pain. South African Rheumatism Arthritis Association Congress Durban 7-10 March 2019
SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Tackling pain in relationship to Fibromyalgia Arthritis Foundation 20 August 2009
- Self Help to Pain Relief - The non-pharmacological modalities that may relieve your pain Third Trigeminal Neuralgia Association Conference Australia August 2009
- Meet the Patients Patient Support Group Morningside 2010
- Alternative Pain Management in Palliative Care Hospice July 2011
- Patient Support Group Donald Gordon 2 February 2013
- How to lighten the burden of ageing Arthritis Foundation 25 July 2013
- What does your pain mean to you? Patient Support Group Morningside 26 October 2013
- Managing Pain Beyond Tablets Arthritis Foundation 14 May 2015
- Can Survive Head and Neck Cancer Support Group 2015