IFOMPT Webinar: Jacqui Koep - Train Pain Academy

Description: The immune system is coming into focus as being a key player in the experience of pain and fatigue.

This presentation will explore the role of the immune system in managing inflammation and how pro-inflammatory states, following injury or an infection (such a Covid-19), can lead to a sensitized nervous system and result in pain and fatigue. The clinical implications of managing patients with sensitized neuroimmune systems, who present with joint pain, will be discussed.

About our Speaker: Jacqui Koep is a rehabilitative exercise and pain management. physiotherapist. Pain Management focuses on understanding the subtleties of how the nervous system and the immune system can develop changes in the way they respond to input and set of danger alarm signals felt as pain.

Jacqui is one of the directors of the Train Pain Academy which focuses on teaching medical professionals about pain and she teaches courses on Pain management tools; the use of exercise to manage pain and how to communicate effectively with your patient.

She completed her undergraduate PT training at the University of Cape Town and her MSc Med in Pain Management at the University of Edinburgh in 2007. She is a past Chairperson of the South African Pain Management Physiotherapy SIG and is a lecturer and examiner for the Sports Physiotherapy SIG.

NOTE: This event will take place at the advertised time in Auckland, New Zealand (GMT +12).  To convert the time to find the most suitable option in your location  use: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter-classic.html. Sessions are set up for various times of the day to accommodate attandance in all time zones.  A reminder will be e-mailed to you one day and one hour before the webinar to ensure you have the correct time. 

Payment is in New Zealand Dollars and is inclusive of all costs.(Roughly US$20.00, Euro20.00 , ZAR300.00 and GDP15.00 )