Sports Injuries of the Hand and Wrist

Mike Hayton¿specialises in problems¿of the hand and wrist. His main interest is the management of sports injuries. He routinely treats elite¿athletes¿and has¿a large experience in treating professional sports people. He is now preparing athletes for his 4th Olympic cycle in¿2020.¿He is Honorary Senior lecturer at the Salford¿University, and the University of Liverppol¿while his clinical NHS contract is¿at¿Wrightington Hospital. He is¿the managing¿partner of¿OrthTeam¿a specialist MSK group in¿Manchester. In addition to his surgical qualifications,¿Mike is a¿Founding Fellow of the Faculty of Sports Medicine UK.¿Mike lectures nationally and internationally¿on hand and wrist problems and has been invited to speak at the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)¿for the last 8 consecutive¿years.¿ He is published widely¿in medical journals and is a keen educator both through the Wrightington fellowship but also through online media. Che Yew Ng¿specialises in hand, wrist and peripheral nerve surgery. He has particular interests in the management of brachial plexus injuries, long thoracic nerve palsy, scapular winging and scaphoid injuries. In 2013, he joined the Upper Limb Unit at Wrightington hospital and established a regional nerve service. He holds honorary lectureships at Salford and Edgehill Universities. He is also a member of the OrthTeam. He currently serves as the Council member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH).Following graduation as the gold medallist from Edinburgh medical school, he completed surgical training and obtained fellowship in Trauma and Orthopaedics in 2011. He holds the Diploma in Sport and Exercise Medicine, British Diploma in Hand Surgery and the European Board of Hand Surgery Diploma (Best Performance Award).In 2016 he was awarded the BSSH Stack travelling fellowship. Mr Ng lectures nationally and internationally on peripheral nerve injuries and he publishes regularly in peer-reviewed surgical journals.Adam Watts is a Consultant Orthopaedic Elbow surgeon at Wrightington Hospital and Visiting Professor at the University of Manchester. He trained on fellowship in Adelaide, Australia and Wrightington, UK. His clinical interests include the treatment of degenerative joint disease, sports injury and trauma, with a focus on arthroscopic techniques and joint reconstruction. Adam works with a number of national sporting organizations, clubs and professional athletes.¿ He has published extensively on upper limb surgery and talks nationally and internationally.¿ He is clinical supervisor to a number of PhD students at the University of Manchester.¿ He is Associate Editor for the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons, and sits on the Editorial Board for the National Joint Registry and Shoulder and Elbow Journal. Adam is Research Lead for Specialist Services at Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Trust. He is clinical adviser to a several Orthopaedic manufacturers and has designed a number of surgical procedures and implants. Lennard Funk¿specialises in arthroscopic (keyhole) and soft tissue surgery of the shoulder. His main interests include¿the management of shoulder dislocations, frozen shoulder, rotator cuff pathology and sports injuries of the shoulder. He routinely treats elite¿athletes¿with a particular interest in¿ rugby¿and contact sports. He holds¿an Honorary Professorship at Salford¿University¿and his NHS contract is¿at¿Wrightington Hospital. He is also a partner in¿The Arm Clinic.¿ In addition to his surgical qualifications, Prof Funk is a Fellow of the Faculty of Sports Medicine UK¿and holds a BSc in Sports Physiology and an MScin Orthopaedic Engineering.¿He¿is involved in developing and running¿postgraduate degrees¿for surgeons, therapists and sports clinicians in Orthopaedics. Prof Funk lectures nationally and internationally¿on Shoulder Surgery, Sports Injuries and Medical Informatics. He is published widely¿in medical journals and a member of many international and nat...