Performance management is an essential part of every workplace. 

When done well, it supports alignment between individual and organisational goals, encourages professional development and fosters open communication. 

An injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of the most common sporting injuries in Australia—particularly in sports that involve a lot of pivoting, jumping and stopping quickly—and typically occurs in teenagers and young adults. 

Running a successful private practice means more than attracting patients and balancing the books. 

Professor Trudy Rebbeck FACP’s career has spanned continents, combined academic and clinical excellence, influenced international standards and advanced care for complex musculoskeletal conditions. 

When physiotherapists talk about practice, the focus is often on treatment plans, functional goals and outcomes. 

Yet beneath every clinical encounter lies something less visible but equally powerful: the nervous system of both patient and practitioner, says Dr Polly McGee. 

Too often we come across physiotherapists lamenting, berating or being perplexed by the way our profession is viewed in compensation arenas (workers compensation or motor vehicle insurance). 

Marcus Mancer MACP’s path to physiotherapy began on Kangaroo Island in South Australia. Growing up the son of a farmer and teacher, Marcus found that his teenage years were shaped by his father’s struggles with rheumatoid arthritis.

What are common misconceptions about using acupuncture and dry needling for pain? 

Acupuncture and dry needling are often confused, but they differ in purpose and philosophy. 

The Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) is a trusted global resource that gives physiotherapists support to implement evidence-based practice. 

Indexing more than 66,000 articles, PEDro focuses on evidence that can be directly applied in practice— evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials. 

It’s a sad fact of life that the peer review process doesn’t guarantee the quality of studies published in scientific journals. 

What is published ranges from the scientifically robust and reliable all the way to the useless and fraudulent. 

So how is a busy clinician—who wants to stay up to date with the good stuff—to know where to spend their precious reading time?