Pain Medicine and MSK Program

09:50-10:35 or 10:35-11:20 or 11:30-12:15 or 12:15-13:00

* Note: Total workshop time = 180 min. Most workshops are 45 min each but some workshops are 90 min each.


Master Class - Regenerative Injection Therapy (90 min)
Topics to be covered: practical tips to success, evidence based review & future direction of RIT

4 Common US Guided Peripheral Nerve Blocks for Beginners (90 min)
Topics to be covered: cervical sympathetic trunk, suprascapular nerve, ilioinguinal / iliohypogastric nerves & lateral femoral cutaneous nerve

4 Common US Guided Neuraxial Procedures for Beginners (90 min)
Topics to be covered: SI joint, caudal, lumbar spine, lumbar medial branch

Shoulder (45 min)
Topics to be covered: ultrasound anatomy related to shoulder joint injection & aspiration & treatment of calcific tendinitis

Elbow, Wrist & Hand (45 min)
Topics to be covered: ultrasound anatomy related to tennis and golf elbow, cubital tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, metacarpal phalangeal joint

Head & Face (45 min)
Topics to be covered: greater occipital nerve, lessor occipital nerve, trigeminal nerve

Neck (1) (45 min)
Topics to be covered: cervical sympathetic trunk, cervical nerve root, cervical plexus

Neck (2) (45 min)
Topics to be covered: cervical facet, medial branch, third occipital nerve

Low Back (45 min)
Topics to be covered: lumbar medial branch, lumbar facet, lumbar selective nerve roots

Pelvis (45 min)
Topics to be covered: piriformis muscle, pudendal nerve, obturator internus muscle

Thorax (45 min)
Topics to be covered: intercostal, paravertebral & costotransverse joint, thoracic facet

Abdomen & Inguinal (45 min)
Topics to be covered: TAP, ilioinguinal / iliohypogastric nerve, genitofemoral nerve, inguinal canal, rectus sheath
 
08:00-08:45 or 08:45-09:30 or 10:00-10:45 or 10:45-11:30

Select a Maximum of 4 Workshops


Hip (45 min)
Topics to be covered: ultrasound anatomy related to hip joint injection & aspiration & peri tendon injection

Knee (45 min)
Topics to be covered: ultrasound anatomy related to knee joint injection & aspiration & peri tendon injection

Foot & Ankle (45 min)
Topics to be covered: ultrasound anatomy related to intervention for plantar fasciitis, Archilles tendinopathy, tarsal tunnel syndrome and joint aspiration

Advanced MSK Diagnostic Examination (45 min)
Topics to be covered: shoulder (rotator cuff tear, calcific tendinitis, effusion, labral cyst) and hip (iliopsoas bursa, effusion, hamstring tendinopathy and ischial bursa)

Shoulder (45 min)
Topics to be covered: ultrasound anatomy related to shoulder joint injection & aspiration & treatment of calcific tendinitis

Elbow, Wrist & Hand (45 min)
Topics to be covered: ultrasound anatomy related to tennis and golf elbow, cubital tunnel syndrome, carpal tunnel syndrome, metacarpal phalangeal joint

Small Peripheral Nerves (45 min)
Topics to be covered: suprascapular nerve (anterior and posterior approaches), lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, saphenous nerve, obturator nerve

Head & Face (45 min)
Topics to be covered: greater occipital nerve, lessor occipital nerve, trigeminal nerve

Neck (1) (45 min)
Topics to be covered: cervical sympathetic trunk, cervical nerve root, cervical plexus

Neck (2) (45 min)
Topics to be covered: cervical facet, medial branch, third occipital nerve

Low Back (45 min)
Topics to be covered: lumbar medial branch, lumbar facet, lumbar selective nerve roots

Pelvis (45 min)
Topics to be covered: piriformis muscle, pudendal nerve, obturator internus muscle

Thorax (45 min)
Topics to be covered: intercostal, paravertebral & costotransverse joint, thoracic facet

Abdomen & Inguinal (45 min)
Topics to be covered: TAP, ilioinguinal / iliohypogastric nerve, genitofemoral nerve, inguinal canal, rectus sheath
 
 
Scanning & Needle Insertion Practice
11:30
Lunch
12:30
Walk Over to U of T Anatomy Lab; Get Changed
13:00
1st round of Workshop Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
13:40
2nd round of Workshop Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
14:20
Break
14:40
3rd round of Workshop Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
15:20
4th round of Workshop Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
16:00
Break
16:20
5th round of Workshop Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
17:00
6th round of Workshop Stations 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
17:40
Adjournment
 
Workshops
  1. Anatomical Prosections
  2. Shoulder, Hip and Knee
  3. Peripheral Nerves (Suprascapular nerve, Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve, Cervical Sympathetic Trunk, Cervical Nerve Root)
  4. Head and Neck (Greater Occipital Nerve, Lessor Occipital Nerve, Cervical Facet, Cervical Medial Branch, Third Occipital Nerve)
  5. Trunk and Groin (Ilioinguinal Nerve, iliohypogastric nerve, Inguinal canal, TAP, Intercostal, Thoracic Paravertebral)
  6. Back and Pelvis (Lumbar Medial Branch, Facet, SI Joint, Caudal, Piriformis, Pudendal Nerve)