Ötztal Vital Osteoarthritis Weeks & Ötztal Osteoarthritis Campus

16.00: What helps with osteoarthritis pain?
Understanding and alleviating osteoarthritis pain with functional therapy
Monika Peer-Kratzer, physiotherapist and psychologist, Chairwoman of Physio Austria Tirol, Rehab Peer Innsbruck-Igls
>> Find out more at www.rehabpeer.at

16.15: You don't always have to go the whole hog!
Partial slides for the knee - a gentle alternative
Dr Christoph Raas, PHD, Orthoalps Innsbruck specialist practice
>> Find out more at www.orthoalps.at

4.30 p.m.: Is osteoarthritis curable?
New drugs on the horizon or a dead end for the pharmaceutical industry?
Chris Ladel, PhD - The European NetwOArk on Osteoarthritis (NetwOArk) and Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI)

16.45: How promising is osteoarthritis research in Austria and worldwide?
Ap. Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr.rer.nat Sylvia Nürnberger, Medical University of Vienna, Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, Austrian Cluster of Tissue Engineering

16.00: From early detection to joint replacement: osteoarthritis of the shoulder and its treatment stages

Prof. Dr Sepp Braun, specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology, specialist practice Gelenkpunkt Innsbruck, President of the AGA - Society for Arthroscopy and Joint Surgery, AGA Faculty Member and AGA Expert Shoulder, cert. Shoulder and Elbow Surgeon DVSE, Member D-A-CH Commission of the Association for Shoulder and Elbow Surgery (DVSE)

>> Find out more at www.gelenkpunkt.com

16.00 hrs: Conservative treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee and hip: Injection therapies with cortisone, hyaluron and PRP, shock wave & Co

Dr Michael Ostermann, specialist practice and SportMed Vorarlberg, Bludenz

>> Find out more at www.ostermann-ortho.at/ and at https://sportmed.cc/

7.30 pm: Arthrosis hand Rhizarthrosis, Bouchard arthrosis, Heberden arthrosis... - what to do with arthrosis in the hand, thumb and finger joints - conservative and surgical treatment options

Prof. Dr Rohit Arora, Specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Specialist in Trauma Surgery, Hand Surgeon, Team Leader Hand, Elbow and Rheumatism Team, Director Ortho-Trauma-Innsbruck, University Clinic for Orthopaedics and Traumatology Innsbruck

16.30: Nimble fingers despite osteoarthritis - back to an active hand with occupational therapy!

Johanna M. Passer, MSc, occupational therapist and certified hand therapist ÖGHT/AfH, Innsbruck and Telfs

16.00: Cartilage damage as a risk of osteoarthritis: early regenerative therapies for hips and knees

Dr Wolfgang Zinser, specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology, Orthoexpert Steiermark specialist practice, head of the hip section for sports and joint-preserving orthopaedics and traumatology of the Austrian Society for Orthopaedics and Traumatology (ÖGOUT)
>> Find out more at www.orthoexpert.at

4.30 p.m.: Joint distraction as a game changer Osteoarthritis in the hip and knee - can cartilage be rebuilt with the help of joint distraction?

Dr Wolfgang Zinser, specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology
Erwin Sturmair, inventor of the Flextrainer, osteoarthritis patient, hip TEP wearer
>> More about the "Flextrainer" by Erwin Sturmair at www.flextrainer.eu