Inflammatory Maze

The Inflammatory Maze is a fast paced knowledge thirsty 1-day course that brings the focus to inflammatory pathology and its vast vacuum of differential diagnoses we encounter as MSK clinicians

The Inflammatory Maze will take you on a journey through ‘Grifters and Masqueraders’ as well as common, rare and funky pathologies that often lead us to a place where our clinical navigation requires clarity. Inflammatory pathologies are challenging in their presentation and provoke difficulty when deciphering differential diagnoses, clinical pathways, medical support and require an inquisitive clinician to extract an appropriate history.

Key Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate a deeper understanding  Systems Thinking within inflammatory pathology
• Recognise inflammatory clues and flags during the clinical conversation
• Explore and discuss vasculitis and the clinical pitfalls
• Recognition of the ‘Fantastic 4’
• Exploding the signs of  inflammatory spinal pain
• ‘Bloody Hell’ ~ Making sense of bloods from a Physiotherapists view point
• Understand associated investigations in managing inflammatory pathology
• Logical questioning with inflammatory suspicion
• Demonstrate an awareness of multi-system inflammatory illness
• Recognition of Metabolic disorders and infectious disease and the impact on MSK health
• Appreciation of inflammatory and genetic connective tissue disorders
• The headache not to miss..!
• Recognition of crystal related arthritis and an appreciation of the management pathway
• Recognise the importance of the wider medical team

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