Over the past two years, Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) emergency department has introduced an advanced practice physiotherapy service, utilising an evidence-based pathway to improve the clinical management of acute back pain.

Dr Panos Barlas, Jonathan Wray, Jenny Lucy, Micky Yim and Samir Somaiya present five discussion points about acupuncture and dry needling in reducing pain in musculoskeletal conditions.

This systematic review looks at the effect of advice and education on pain and disability in people with non-specific spinal pain. Q&A with Caitlin Jones.

A new Cochrane review with a companion network meta-analysis looks at the role of exercise in treatment for chronic low back pain. Q&A with Jill Hayden.

Shaun O’Leary explains how his course ‘Integrated solutions for neck and head pain’ will advance knowledge and clinical reasoning skills in this complex area.

October is Mental Health Month and I wanted to devote this Final Word to the valuable role physiotherapy should (and in many cases does) play in mental health.

This systematic review explores whether patient education is effective for knee osteoarthritis, either by itself or in combination with other interventions. Q&A with Anthony Goff.

A mediation analysis asks whether reassurance in a consultation reduces disability and healthcare use in patients with low back pain. Q&A with Aidan Cashin.

The annual Australian Pain Society (APS) scientific meeting was moved to an online format this year in the light of COVID-19 challenges across the country and around the world. Here, InMotion speaks with some of the presenters to address this year’s event in its first digital iteration.

There is a push for for the development of psychosocially informed practice skills in physiotherapists for optimal outcomes for people with chronic pain.