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Orthopaedic Surgeon

I am a consultant orthopaedic surgeon having serviced a District General Hospital since 1990 (Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Westmorland General Hospital, Kendal, (now known as part of the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS trust) for general orthopaedics and trauma.

I am now part-time, and, free from the distractions of trauma and administrative duties, have been able to concentrate, ie specialise fully in, surgery of the lower limb, that is, knee and hip surgery.

I offer you a cheerful, friendly, competent and experienced opinion, and treat you as a person not a repository of symptoms and pathology. If I cannot diagnose or treat you I will suggest who can.

I have been successfully locally appraised annually for the past 15 years, and have been nationally revalidated in late 2013.

I became interested in the relatively new approach to hip replacements, AMIS, in 2009, and visited Frederick Laude in Paris, attending also his anatomical workshop in Tours. This technique involved using a table to manipulate the legs during surgery, which I found presented operational difficulties when used in different hospitals, and in addition made the visualisation of the acetabulum (pelvic socket) less than optimal. Following a visit to John van Overshield in Brussels in 2011, I have been using a “figure of 4 technique” which does away with the table, allowing excellent socket visualisation. It does make the stem insertion into the femur harder, although good stem position can (and indeed must) be obtained, albeit with a struggle in tough cases.

Types of problem dealt with:

  • Arthritis of the hip (AMIS hip replacements)
  • Leg pain ? cause. Hip/back?
  • Arthritis of the knee.
  • Soft tissue knee injuries (excluding ligament surgery), including meniscal problems.
  • Experienced opinion for general orthopaedics.

Makes of joint replacement used:

  • Corail/pinnacle for hips, (Depuy) with 30+ years track record.
  • LCS (Low Contact Stress) for knees, (Depuy)

Contacts

NHS Hospital:
Westmorland General Hospital
Kendal
Tel 01539 732288
Secretary Pat Hodgson

This has no medical specialist units, so complex surgery such as revision joint surgery cannot be done there I’m afraid.

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Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations

24 walks into the hills surrounding the historic and iconic Settle to Carlisle railway, based on the stations between Settle and Appleby. The area has some of the finest walking of the north Pennines: the Craven district around Settle; the Three Peaks area; Dentdale, and Mallerstang and the upper Eden valley.

£12.95 (P&P may apply)

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Mountain Biking Adventures: Multi-day Routes in Northern Britain

Over the last two decades, mountain biking has developed enormously as a “sport”. We greatly admire the technical and athletic capabilities of modern day mountain bikers and recognise that many excellent guides have been written and custom-built trails set up. In this guide we try to reopen a sense of adventure and wilderness to mountain biking, providing multi-day routes with a remoteness, continuity and “arc” missing from many modern guides with their focus on day and half day outings.

UK £13.95 ( inc. P&P)

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Settle to Carlisle – Hill Walk with Return by Classic Train Route

With over 22,000 ft of ascent in 105 miles set out over 8 days, this walk sets out from Settle, taking in the classic summits of the North Yorkshire Dales, Howgills, Eastern and Northern Lakeland Fells, to arrive at Carlisle. The return journey to Settle by one of the classic train journeys. Illustrated with photographs and route maps.

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Alternative start to the Malham Circular walk

Note, this is now fully described in the Second Edition of "Hillwalks from the Settle to Carlisle Railway Stations", 2014, walk 1b. If the long Langcliffe Scar track does not appeal, but a bit more hillwork does, try this start: as per the book, walk 1, but at the Malham/Settle road turn right … Read More » about Alternative start to the Malham Circular walk

The Highfields walk, Halton with Aughton.

Another plague walk which we could do from home, and although this seems to be a popular walk for locals, we had never done it, and decided to do it both because of that and as we thought it would be less popular and hence less boot-churned muddy than others round Caton and the Bowland Fells. The … Read More » about The Highfields walk, Halton with Aughton.

A Clougha Pike circuit, avoiding Rigg Lane.

I.e. avoiding any crowds parking there. Start at Little Cragg car park and go down the road, turning right to go over the top of Baines Crag for your first view of Morecambe Bay and the Lakeland Fells. At the road go down then left over the first ladder stile and cross the infant Condor by stone or … Read More » about A Clougha Pike circuit, avoiding Rigg Lane.

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