With more than 30 years’ experience as a clinical practitioner, Dr Angela Fearon will present a new course entitled ‘A pragmatic approach to lateral hip pain’ on 24–25 May.

What can participants expect from this new PD offering?

Simone Dorsch recently completed a large observational study, which gives some good insights into increasing exercise practice safely and without direct therapist supervision in inpatient rehabilitation gyms.

How much of the day do people in inpatient rehabilitation typically spend doing rehabilitative exercise?

Juliana Oliveira discusses the randomised trial, which highlighted that combined physical activity and fall prevention intervention improved mobility-related goal attainment but not physical activity in older adults.

How common is poor mobility in people over 60 years of age?

Sarah Milne, Samantha Bell, Sophie Heywood, Miriam Fletcher and Renae McNamara contribute five discussion points about aquatic physiotherapy.

1. Intensive aquatic and land physiotherapy may improve function in people with degenerative ataxia

Last year the federal government made the decision to make certain natural therapies ineligible for private health insurance rebates, coming into effect on 1 April. Included in this banner is Pilates. Three APA members explain how they are preparing for the changes. Skye Mitchell reports.

The rise in popularity of wearable devices and phone apps to track health status is helping to engage patients in their own wellbeing, says APA Innovation Advisor Barry Nguyen.

We have all heard the ‘exercise is medicine’ line and out of all the professions, physiotherapists are best placed to know when and what to treat with exercise.

ZOMBIES, RUN!

Developer: Six to Start and Naomi Alderman

Get it: App Store and Google Play

Price: Free

Zombies, Run! is part running tracker, part game, and part audiobook. It uses augmented reality and gamification to make exercising more fun and motivating.

Who is the course targeted towards, and what can participants expect from attending?