grand opening of new office

Thu, 23 May 2019 15:15:17 +1200

At last our new rooms are ready curtesy of TRG and we moved from our temporary site back to town on 13th May. We will open our offices to invited GPs, physiotherapists and allied therapists on 30th May.

Physiotherapy education session

Thu, 25 Sep 2014 19:30:06 +1200

Once again, thank you for inviting me for this session. Hopefully you found the talk on foot and ankle topics useful. I have been asked to e-mail a copy of my talk and so feel free to download it from here or the patient education page.

Change of clinic times

Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:39:45 +1300

As of the end of March, clinics in Rotorua (Lakes Care Medical Centre) have been changed to Wednesday mornings instead of alternating between Wednesdays and Fridays. From April extra Friday clinics will be scheduled once or twice a month for more acute patients.

GP Education session 18/10

Wed, 7 Nov 2012 12:39:27 +1300

Thank you again for inviting me for the education session in Southern Cross QE. I apologise for the delay posting the presentation and this entry. I hope that the talks you heard from my Colleagues, Mr James Fenton and Mr Grant Surtees and myself were useful in your everyday practice in the management of Orthopaedic patients.
My talk on femoro-acetabular impingement is now uploaded under the PATIENTS section in a pdf format. Further patient information material is coming soon.

Minimally invasive foot surgery

Sat, 15 Sep 2012 19:56:18 +1200

Minimally invasive foot surgery is a special technique to treat certain foot conditions though stab incisions. The bone cuts themselves are the same as with “traditional” open surgery and so are the indications. Conditions that can be treated with minimally invasive surgery are:

- bunions (Hallux valgus) - Chevron and Akin osteotomies;
- stiff toes (Hallux rigidus or limitus) - dorsal cheilectomy;
- flat foot with tibialis posterior insufficiency - calcaneal osteotomy.

The advantage of this technique is the reduced morbidity (infection, swelling, stiffness) due to the minimal soft tissue damage. This is an obviously advantage in the recovery of any patient undergoing foot surgery, but particularly beneficial in those who have a higher risk of complications.

This is a relatively new technique, that has been popular in Europe, especially UK, France and Italy, but up-and-coming in Australia and New Zealand.

PATIENT INFORMATION DUE SOON - PLEASE LOOK UNDER “PATIENTS” MENU.