Rehabilitation

Lifeguard performing CPR on a person
INMOTION 26 Aug, 2026

Aquatic rescue in hydrotherapy

The APA has partnered with the Royal Life Saving Society – Australia (RLSSA) to enhance the RLSSA Hydrotherapy Rescue Award.

As part of that work, a recent project focused on the development of updated online learning content.

Building on a longstanding partnership between the two organisations, this latest update incorporates contemporary aquatic physiotherapy expertise while maintaining RLSSA’s established aquatic safety and rescue framework.

A patient sitting on the edge of a hospital bed.
INMOTION 29 May, 2026

Rethinking surgical preparation

At the APA Victorian Branch Winter Breakfast on 24 July, keynote speaker Professor Catherine Granger will explore the growing role of prehabilitation in major cancer surgery.

 

The 2026 APA Victorian Branch Winter Breakfast will turn its attention to a phase of care before the operating theatre – but one that may ultimately shape outcomes. 

Graphic of person with knee OA receiving treatment
INMOTION 25 May, 2026

APA members secure big research grants

Two research projects on knee osteoarthritis, in partnership with the APA, were recently awarded Medical Research Future Fund grants.

Dr Jillian Eyles APAM is a physiotherapist and a clinical researcher at the Kolling Institute in Sydney. 

Jillian is leading a project – along with colleague Professor David Hunter, a rheumatologist – that aims to reduce low-value care for knee osteoarthritis (OA). 

Physiotherapist and artist Georgia Pope with some of her many wonderful anatomy art pieces.
INMOTION 01 May, 2026

The art of feeling beautifully human

Physiotherapy is often described as a blend of science and human connection but for Georgia Pope it also includes colour, humour and visual storytelling. As both a neurological physiotherapist and an emerging anatomy artist, Georgia is exploring new ways to communicate complex ideas about the body – within clinical settings and beyond them.

Career pathways in physiotherapy rarely follow a straight or predictable line and Georgia Pope MACP’s is no different.

A physio pushes an elderly woman in a wheelchair
INMOTION 01 Apr, 2026

Standing firm on falls prevention

Falls are not an inevitable consequence of aging, yet they remain one of the greatest and most costly public health challenges facing Australia’s older population. At the APASC25 conference in October last year, physiotherapist-researcher Professor Anne-Marie Hill delivered a compelling, evidence-based and practical presentation that reframed falls prevention as a clinical responsibility and a public health imperative.

Three generations of physiotherapists: Shan Morrison, Xander Clausen and Jill Morrison at Xander's graduation
INMOTION 01 Apr, 2026

Physiotherapy across three generations from the same family

Physiotherapy careers often run in families but rarely across three generations working in different eras of the profession. For Jill Morrison, her daughter Shan Morrison and grandson Xander Clausen, physiotherapy is not just a career path – it is a shared language that has evolved across six decades of healthcare.

When Xander Clausen APAM sits down to Sunday dinner with his family, the conversation often drifts towards case studies, clinical reasoning and tricky patient presentations. 

Graphic of a person lying on a couch with an ice pack on her head.
INMOTION 30 Mar, 2026

Pain in Practice

Season 2 of the Physios on the Mic podcast turns its focus to pain, with hosts Sophie Shephard and Matt Fa.

Pain can affect anyone – of any age or background – and the skills to treat it are relevant to all physiotherapists, regardless of their clinical focus. 

For this reason and many more, it was an obvious choice for the topic of a podcast series, Pain in Practice, hosted by Sophie Shephard MACP and Matt Fa APAM. 

A woman holds her lower back as if experiencing low back pain.
INMOTION 25 Mar, 2026

Physiotherapists lead public health's virtual program for low back pain

Virtual physiotherapy care may be just as powerful as a hospital bed for non-serious low back pain. At the APASC25 scientific conference in Adelaide, Dr Chathurani Sigera described how the Back@Home program in Sydney is helping patients recover in their own homes.

Low back pain is a condition amenable to conservative, movement-based care led by physiotherapists, yet it continues to be one of the most common and costly reasons Australians present to emergency departments (EDs).