Physiotherapy plays an important role in recovery after cardiac surgery. From early mobilisation and respiratory management in hospital to progressive exercise and cardiac rehabilitation, physiotherapists support patients to regain function and return to everyday activities. Christie Marie Siatis of the APA Cardiorespiratory national group presents five discussion points about physiotherapy management following cardiac surgery.

RECRUITMENT The Walk-IT trial is calling for physiotherapists to explore implementation strategies for the WalkBack program, helping to make prevention part of routine care for recurrent low back pain.

Cancer rehabilitation is about much more than restoring movement after surgery. Physiotherapist Subhash Narangoda uses exercise, pain management and lifestyle strategies to help people regain confidence, physical capacity and quality of life.

When Madolyn Ryan discovered she was pregnant, she had no idea that the appointment would also mark the beginning of a cancer journey.

Exercise is increasingly recognised as an essential component of cancer care but translating evidence into an appropriately dosed, individualised intervention remains a challenge. Physiotherapist Kylie Moffitt has spent the past decade developing a model of care that places exercise, rehabilitation and the therapeutic relationship at the centre of the cancer journey.

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY Recommendations on assessing, prescribing and promoting physical activity in clinical practice have been recently published as an international consensus statement. Consensus member Professor Maria Constantinou talks about the recommendations.

For cancer patients, adding exercise into their lives at a time when they are dealing with a cancer diagnosis and the whirlwind of surgery, treatments and management that follows might seem one step too far. The evidence, however, is mounting in favour of exercise as a critical component of cancer therapy.

HIP PAIN Exercise can improve quality of life for people with the common hip condition femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, according to a newly published study.

Recent APA discussions have highlighted the important role of behaviour change, empathy and personalised communication in exercise prescription. Pete Haynes builds on that foundation by focusing on the next practical step: how physiotherapists can help patients turn advice into action.