The new Australian Standards for Health Practitioner Pain Management Education were launched at the 46th Australian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting by Dr Noam Winter and Professor Helen Slater, members of the team that developed the standards.

A clinical reasoning framework for chronic pain was the focus of a pre-conference workshop at the Australian Pain Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

For more than two decades, Professor Michele Sterling has been at the forefront of pain research, reshaping how physiotherapists understand musculoskeletal injury, chronic pain and recovery after whiplash injury. Michele was recently named in The Australian’s top 250 researchers of 2026 and is the leading researcher in the area of pain and pain management. 

The Physiotherapy Board of Australia breaks down how it is working to support a sustainable physiotherapy workforce and improve community access to care.

Belinda Stephens argues that community voice must drive physiotherapy’s next step in chronic disease care.

Alongside the physical symptoms of persistent pain, there often come years of frustration, fear of movement, conflicting advice, unsuccessful treatments and a growing loss of confidence in the body. For physiotherapists, helping people navigate that complexity can be one of the most challenging – and rewarding – areas of clinical practice.

When the Spinal Virtual Clinic run out of Royal Adelaide Hospital in South Australia first opened, it managed a handful of patients annually. Fast-forward a decade and the clinic now oversees more than 1000 patients each year, with physiotherapy at the forefront.

RESEARCH FOCUS Cuevas Medek Exercises are an increasingly popular paediatric therapy for children with disability but a recent review has shown that little evidence exists to support their use.

Professor Trevor Russell explores ethics, clinical risk and consent in digital physiotherapy practice.

As digital technologies continue to develop and their use becomes more widespread in healthcare, the ability of physiotherapists to adapt for the future is paramount. Here, based on their popular session at APASC25 in Adelaide last October, Mark Merolli, Leo Ng and Trevor Russell offer insights into the power and potential of digital health technology in clinical practice.