Modern approaches to treating low back pain focus on physical activity and encouraging people with low back pain to self-manage their pain and activity.

Improving adherence to home exercise programs

Dr Joshua Simmich and colleagues from The University of Queensland examine how physiotherapy delivered by real-time, video-based telerehabilitation compares to in-person delivery for the outcomes of attendance, adherence and satisfaction.

A clinical trial conducted by Australian researchers has shown that there is no additional benefit to including lumbar neuromuscular control retraining exercises to resistance exercises for people with chronic low back pain (CLBP).

Previous research has suggested that deficits in lumbar extensor neuromuscular control are associated with self-reported disability in people with CLBP and CLBP-related lifting dysfunction.

James Trotter will board a plane this month and fly to France to begin his role as physical therapies lead at the Australian Olympic team headquarters for the 2024 Summer Olympics. From the moment the plane lands on the tarmac in Paris, it will be all hands on deck.

As the Australian Olympic team geared up for the 2020 Olympics in Japan, physical therapies lead James Trotter MACP and the headquarters team were just a few weeks shy of shipping their equipment in a sea freight container to Tokyo when the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Research carried out by Australia-based researchers explored the effectiveness of physiotherapist-delivered diet programs for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) who are overweight or obese, demonstrating the clinical effectiveness of using a very low energy diet (VLED) supplementary to exercise.

An analysis by researchers from La Trobe Sport and Exercise Medicine Research Centre has shown that, following anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury and reconstruction, there was no widespread or substantial weakness of the hip or lower-leg muscles in the injured group compared to an uninjured control group and to the uninjured contralateral limb.

Free Coulston APAM, a lecturer in physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne and a former circus educator, combined two of her passions in an effort to help children born extremely preterm/premature (EP).

Around eight per cent of births in Australia are preterm (less than 37 weeks gestation).

Katie Davies understands the positive impact physiotherapists can have with concussion management. 

Twenty years of experience in neurological rehabilitation—including vestibular management— clinical work at hospitals and clinics in Melbourne and London has honed Katie’s skills. 

Why did you choose to look at health coaching for chronic pain?

People with chronic pain who engage in regular physical activity have better outcomes than those who live a sedentary lifestyle.

On average, one in three women leak urine when they exercise, although the rate varies depending on whether they are engaged in low-impact exercise or high-impact sports.