Two health practitioners high-fiving
INMOTION 24 Sep, 2025

Friends of physiotherapy

One of the most valuable lessons I have learned in my time as president is that advocacy is never achieved alone. 

Every meeting in Canberra, every policy submission occurs because we build alliances—with politicians, with community groups, with researchers, with consumers and, most importantly, with each other as physiotherapists. 

This year the APA has been challenged with significant threats to practice viability. 

A lifelong deep affinity with the water sees Jon Ford indulging in one of his passions, surfing.
INMOTION 01 Sep, 2025

The relentless curiosity of Jon Ford

APA PEOPLE Dr Jon Ford is the only physiotherapist to be a Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists by clinical and research specialisation. Jon combines clinical excellence with academic rigour and business knowledge in a career that has helped shape contemporary approaches to back pain and multidisciplinary care. Melissa Mitchell reports.

 When Jon Ford FACP reflects on the winding journey that led him to physiotherapy he describes it as a ‘series of fortunate quirks’. 

A student studying
INMOTION 29 Aug, 2025

Redefining recognition

AUSTRALIAN COLLEGE OF PHYSIOTHERAPISTS The specialist research physiotherapy pathway is a newly piloted fellowship credential that reflects the scope of contemporary research careers. Professor Gavin Williams talks to Marina Williams about why it matters.