September 8th – HIS Event
“Persistent Pain: Key Therapeutic and Vocational Issues”
Jessica Bavinton
Fatigue and Pain Specialist Physiotherapist
BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MCSP, HG (Dip), PVRA
Director: Vitality360 Ltd
Jessica is a national physiotherapy leader in the field of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and chronic symptom management. She is Clinical Director of Vitality360, managing a multi-disciplinary team of specialist fatigue and pain therapists. Her work involves supporting people to get better and then stay well; working with employers to facilitate positive work outcomes. Jessica is a Trustee of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association.
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Beverly Knops
Associate Occupational Therapist
DipCOT, MBAOT, SROT, MBACME
Beverly has been qualified for 25 years, and has vast experience in pain and fatigue management and in training others. She currently works part-time in the NHS in Bristol, working in both pain management and fatigue management clinics. Her particular specialities are helping to support people with poor sleep, anxiety, complex unremitting pain, rheumatology and those who would like to return to work, using a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approach.
“Traumatic Brain Injuries including Stroke – What are the risk factors to look out for.”
Dr Ienje Gatz: Chief Underwriter in Germany – qualified at Hanover Medical School, worked for some time in the trauma unit as a freelance emergency doctor before joining Medicals Direct in Germany as Medical Consultant in 2012 and direct insurer Die Continentale and finally joining Swiss Re in 2014.