Watching his grandmother’s fear of falling drastically limit her quality of life had a deep impact on Sam Suke. His grandmother’s apprehension, which led to a decline in mobility and independence, set Sam on a path to helping others in his community. During April Falls Month, Sam opens up about his physiotherapy journey and his commitment as a physiotherapist to serving humanity.

Physiotherapist Suzanne Rath’s life changed dramatically in 2013 when a cycling commute through Sydney turned into a traumatic collision with a car. Suzanne’s journey through rehabilitation not only tested her resilience but profoundly shaped her perspective on patient care.

For children diagnosed with cancer, the road to recovery is often fraught with physical, emotional and mental challenges. However, a unique initiative by Little Big Steps, a charity focused on physiotherapy and exercise medicine for young cancer patients, is changing the narrative.

Dharani Nagarajan, Germaine Tan, Leah McIntyre, Lizzie Eastwood and Kirsty Kirkland of the APA Cancer, Palliative Care and Lymphoedema group present five discussion points about physiotherapy before, during and after treatment for breast cancer.

Lifestyle medicine is gaining traction in Australia as an approach to treating disease and physiotherapists are well placed to play a role.

Around the world, 4 February marks World Cancer Day, a day dedicated to taking collective action to address the global epidemic by advancing cancer awareness, prevention and research.

A group of physiotherapists in China examined whether three days of inspiratory muscle training prior to heart valve surgery could prevent postoperative pulmonary complications. One of the authors, Alice Jones, agreed to answer some questions about the trial.

A group of Australian and Brazilian researchers investigated the effect of mechanically assisted walking in non- ambulatory patients who were in the subacute phase after stroke. One of the authors, Professor Louise Ada, agreed to answer some questions about the study.

Samantha Bunzli and Ilana Ackerman consider the need for an updated Osteoarthritis of the Knee Clinical Care Standard and how it can support best practice care by physiotherapists.

Following last month’s feature about weight stigma, two physiotherapy researchers talk about the role physiotherapists can play in weight management and the challenges and barriers that arise when working with patients with overweight or obesity.