Former Calgary Stampeders All-Star running back Jon Cornish moderates the Wood Forum panel
It was a full house at this year’s Wood Forum featuring talks on the latest research in preventing and treating shoulder and elbow injuries, and a special presentation by Rhett Warrener, former Calgary Flames defencemen, on the impact of shoulder injury on career and life.
The symposium, held on Oct. 28 at the Red & White Club in Calgary, was moderated by Jon Cornish, former Calgary Stampeders All-Star running back. It featured presentations by leading researchers, including orthopaedic surgeons Kevin Hildebrand and Mark Heard, physiotherapist Dr. Judy Chepeha, and Dr. Martin Ferguson-Pell, professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta and Executive Director of ABJHI.
If you missed the Wood Forum, you can watch the presentations on video by clicking on the following links:
- Preventing stiffness after elbow fractures– Kevin Hildebrand
- Rotator cuff injuries: Prevention to post-op– Judy Chepeha
- Cartilage transplantation in the shoulder: Horizons in donated tissue– Mark Heard
- Beaming-in rural Albertans for shoulder physio– Martin Ferguson-pell
- How my shoulder injury impacted my sports career and life– Rhett Warrener
- Panel discussion
The Wood Forum is a free annual symposium sponsored by the Wood Family and organized by the McCaig Institute for Bone and Joint Health. It offers the general public an opportunity to engage directly with researchers and clinicians about their latest work.