What motivated you to investigate non-drug, non-exercise interventions for breathlessness in people with chronic lung disease? 

Breathlessness is a distressing and debilitating symptom for people with chronic lung disease. 

Why does adolescent idiopathic scoliosis matter—not just clinically but also in terms of long-term health and wellbeing for young people? 

What motivated you to test supervised exercise and pelvic floor muscle training as part of pain management for people with endometriosis? 

Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common causes of disability and is associated with a number of comorbid conditions such as excess weight, physical inactivity, poor diet and smoking. 

Recent years have seen an increase in the amount of research investigating how to prevent and treat LBP, particularly through combating comorbid conditions.

1. Burnout is a multifactorial workplace phenomenon 

There is no clear consensus on how to define burnout (Tomczak & Kulikowski 2023). 

It is not a medical or mental health condition. 

Dr Jillian Eyles APAM is a physiotherapist and NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow in the Osteoarthritis Clinical Research Group, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney. 

Her main focus is on supporting health professionals to deliver osteoarthritis care that is recommended in clinical practice guidelines and educating consumers to ask for the care that is most appropriate for them. 

Dr Rachel Nelligan APAM is a clinical physiotherapist and research fellow at the University of Melbourne with an interest in chronic pain. 

‘I was working mainly with people with chronic pain, such as fibromyalgia and osteoarthritis [OA], which developed into a clinical interest.'

Dr Wei-Ju Chang MACP’s entry into tertiary education was not initially driven by a desire to work in healthcare. 

His first year of university in his native Taiwan was spent studying forestry, a choice determined more by entrance exam scores than by a personal passion for it.

In your view, what is the biggest challenge physiotherapists face in managing patients with persistent musculoskeletal pain? 

Translating evidence into clinical practice. 

 When Jon Ford FACP reflects on the winding journey that led him to physiotherapy he describes it as a ‘series of fortunate quirks’.