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EDITORIAL March 2021, here we are - January has passed by with summer and holidays; February school is back and most people are back at work. Let's kick this year off with the intention of a "different" year to 2021. For SEPNZ, there are some significant events this year. Late last year, we entered our memorandum of understanding with PNZ working on the unity plan's first steps. We will be taking this merger to the vote with our members later this year. This is a crucial vote for you as a member of SEPNZ as it signals either the inclusion to PNZ (such as the majority of branches and special interest groups (SIG) that have merged to date) or to go alone (as the Hands SIG has decided to do). This year is traditionally our symposium year, and the planning for this is well in the pipeline. This time around, we have changed up how we are going to do this. It is exciting to announce that we will be combining with the NZMPA SIG and running a joint symposium with a combination of live and online presentations and workshops - this will be the best CPD event of the year in NZ. It will be a one-day event and will be cram-packed with leading-edge content. We hope this goes some way to reducing the costs for both SIG's members so you can come along, and as a bonus, it may let you enjoy your night out more after the symposium catching up with old friends and colleagues. Date: Saturday 25th Sept, Venue: AUT North shore - Watch our social media on Facebook and Instagram for updates in the coming days for presenters and line up. Thanks to Brett Harrop from Otago Cricket for his feature article in this edition of the bulletin. The pathway that a sports physiotherapist takes always makes for an exciting story. There are usually stories of massive decisions/sacrifices on the personal, social, and vocation front. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger. Brett's story is clinically informative and an excellent read of his time in Bangladesh and then back to Dunedin's pace. In our last bulletin we featured the Aussie Instagram picks. We head back to the Gram for the app review in this bulletin to pick over the Best of the Brits. Emma Lattey puts forward her top 3 British Instagrammers so you can get snippets of CPD and opinions whenever you need them. In association with ASICS, podiatrist Anthony Ng provides insights into "Charcot foot" in diabetic populations with their footwear review on the GT4000. As the prevalence of diabetes increases (rising from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014 https:// www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/diabetes),
clinicians should be aware of possible pathologies, appropriate education and care. Rounding out our first bulletin of the year is another excellent clinical review from Pip Sail correlating to our feature article on Cricket. How can you not be engaged in the New Zealand Cricket scene with a plethora of national games between provinces at present and internationals on our doorstep in New Zealand? This summer on our shores, we have seen: West Indies- Men, Pakistan- Men, England - Women, Australia - Men. We are still to host Australia Women, Bangladesh- Men and later this year, the Black Caps are set to tour England. The mornings are getting darker; there are a few more rainy days and the occasional crispness in the air, so winter sports are on their way. When writing this, Emirates Team NZ and Luna Rosa Prada Pirelli are locked in with one win each in America's cup. (Editor’s note: and have now taken the win!) What a fantastic place NZ is to be a sports and exercise physiotherapist. We will be back in another couple of months with the next bulletin but in the meantime, stay tuned to our social media for details and ticket sales to the 2021 Symposium - From Plinth to Podium.
Kind Regards Blair Jarratt SEPNZ President
