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All is well in Oxford Region! Membership numbers are good, the committee remains stable and evening lectures and courses are well attended. The summer programme included an excellent study day titled Pain, the Brain and the Real World, with Lorimer Moseley, this was a funny, thought provoking and very well received day course. Therapists from the Oxford Centre for Enablement updated us on their exciting work with saeboflex.

While summer is now long gone, our evenings have been considerably brightened by an interesting and useful talk by Dr Rachel Tams, psychologist about the cognitive changes occuring in Multiple Sclerosis and also the anticipation of our November spinal injuries workshop at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

The programme for 2009 is being finalised at present. Topics will include management of patients in vegetative and minimally aware states, neuro-orthoptics, PNF, local research projects feedback and a spasticity update. We are also in the process of arranging a day course with Martine Nadler.

All details of forthcoming events are advertised on iCSP, Frontline and sent round to local physiotherapy departments. Please contact me if you wish your department to be added to the mailing list.

As always, suggestions for topics, venues or committee volunteers are gratefully received. Please email me on the link below or telephone on 01993 209443. Thank you for your ongoing support.

Sophie Gwilym

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