Sponsorhip of Guildford Rugby

This is the last post for 2 weeks as I am about to embark on our charity ride through India - http://www.india-2010.co.uk/.

However, before we leave this weekend, we will be out in force at Guildford and Godalming rugby club, supporting Guildford against London South Africa.

This week sees the the introduction of the new Guildford Rugby Club shirt - with The Whiteley Clinic logo on each arm.

We hope to see our team running in another victory - keeping up our very good showing this year.

Our main sponsorship deal was announced last year (link at bottom of this article) - and we have also just agreed to sponsor the youth rugby events coming up in February and March.

This is an area very dear to our hearts - helping promote not just rugby but sport and physical activity to the next generation.

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/sport/rugby/s/2056713_rugby_30000_sponsorship_deal_for_guildford

Charity 2000 Km motorbike ride through India

Our 2000 Km motorbike ride through India is almost here:

http://surrey.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people-and-places/charity/article/pioneer-surrey-surgeon-set-for-charity-motorbike-marathon/17072/

Filming at The Whiteley Clinic

On Sunday, we continued filming at The Whiteley Clinic.

Having filmed the interviews on Saturday (see last blog) we spent the day (and a lot of the evening) filming clinical footage and also some of the patient experience at The Whiteley Clinic.

Filming is continuing this week when we will be filming patients and procedures - showing some of the minimally invasive keyhole vein surgery for which we are famous.

Filming with Journalist - Eve Cameron

Today I have been filming some information videos with the lovely Journalist, Eve Cameron.

With the new techniques that we have pioneered for Varicose Veins surgery, there has been increasing interest in local anaesthetic "Walk in, walk out" vein surgery.

Over the last decade, The Whiteley Clinic not only introduced keyhole surgery for Varicose Veins into the UK, but has kept at the cutting edge of technological developments in veins surgery.

Indeed, we are currently using a brand new radiofrequency catheter to treat varicose veins through pin-hole incisions under local anaesthetic, but with far less bruising and pain than EVLA (laser closure). In addition, we are also looking at a new laser for EVLA which might well reduce bruising as well ....

Things are advancing so fast in the world of vein surgery that it is essential to keep the pressure up on the research and development as we have always done at The Whiteley Clinic.

However it can be very confusing for the general public to know what they should accept and what they shouldn't - for instance Stripping has shown to be a very bad option for vein treatments - but most people in the UK are still offered it!!!!

The filming that we are doing today is part of a project that aims to make these new, and often confusing, medical facts and advances more accessible to the public and to people who need the knowledge to decide what treatment they should actually have.

Eve Cameron is such a professional Journalist and interviewer that she made sure the questions brought out the facts that should be most useful to people with vein problems.

IMCAS in Paris

Well I am off to present 2 research papers in Paris with weekend - weather permitting!!!

The papers are on our figures for Laser Sweat Ablation and the Ultrasound results of Liposonix treatment .....