Rehabilitation

A woman touches her jaw in pain
INMOTION 01 Aug, 2024

Five facts about disorders of the temporomandibular joint

Dr Rod McLean of the APA Musculoskeletal national group presents five discussion points about the relationship between the temporomandibular joint and temporomandibular disorders, including aetiology, subtypes and diagnosis.

Woman flexing her muscles
INMOTION 30 Jul, 2024

Upskilling physiotherapists to deliver cancer rehabilitation

Amy Dennett is investigating the development of a training package to help physiotherapists working in cancer rehabilitation.

Dr Amy Dennett MACP, a postdoctoral researcher and physiotherapist based at Eastern Health in Box Hill, has worked in the field for almost 15 years.

She quickly gained an interest in research, eventually focusing on oncology rehabilitation and physical activity, which became the subject of her PhD in 2018.

Physiotherapy for cancer rehabilitation is still something of an emerging field.

Woman doing exercises while using telehealth
INMOTION 30 Jul, 2024

Attendance, adherence and satisfaction with telerehabilitation

A group of Australian researchers recently conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 18 randomised trials to analyse the effect of videoconferencing telerehabilitation on attendance at treatment appointments, adherence to exercise programs and overall satisfaction. Lead researcher, Joshua Simmich, has agreed to discuss the study.

Person on beach holds hip diagram in front of their actual hip.
INMOTION 26 Jul, 2024

Failure to meet expectations following THA

A recent study by Australian researchers has looked at pre- and post-surgery expectations of patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA).

The researchers were interested in determining which preoperative factors could predict unmet patient expectations for participation in sporting or recreational activity following THA. 

Secondary aims focused on preoperative factors predicting unmet expectations for pain relief and activities of daily living.

A man lies asleep in a hospital bed.
INMOTION 26 Jul, 2024

Therapeutic Supported Lying

PD PROFILE Denise Luscombe MACP and Bas Jansen APAM discuss the upcoming course they developed to aid physiotherapists in understanding and implementing therapeutic supported lying strategies.

A figure of a person stands at the junction of a multipronged pathway to indicate many options are available to proceed.
INMOTION 01 Jul, 2024

New direction for knee OA care pathway

Public patients in Canberra with painful knee osteoarthritis conditions are now being filtered through a conservative management program designed to reduce the surgery waitlist and improve patient outcomes. In this first of two part series, we look at the community program helping to open up a new knee OA care pathway.

Knee osteoarthritis is a debilitating condition affecting millions worldwide, often leading to chronic pain and impaired mobility.

Woman clutching her head in pain.
INMOTION 01 Jul, 2024

Managing chronic pain

Chronic pain affects both physical and mental health and imposes a significant personal and financial burden on Australian society.

According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, one in five Australians over the age of 45
lives with chronic pain, at an estimated annual cost of $139 billion. 

They are five times as likely as those without chronic pain to be limited in their daily activities and three times as likely to be dispensed opioids, among other analgesics.

Mathew Smith is paying it forward as a Specialisation Training Program facilitator.
INMOTION 01 Jul, 2024

Returning the favour

A facilitator of the Specialisation Training Program, Mathew Smith says he is paying it forward for the help he received while undertaking the highly regarded milestone.

Curiosity to learn from peers and a desire to deepen his understanding of patient experience led Mathew Smith APAM FACP to undertake the Specialisation Training Program and achieve the highest qualification for clinical physiotherapists in Australia.

Paris's Eiffel Tower is seen behind the setting of a sporting field to show the Paris Olympic Games connection.
INMOTION 01 Jul, 2024

James makes a French connection

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. 

a graphic image of a torso showing the spinal column
INMOTION 03 Jun, 2024

Finding consensus: guiding physiotherapy for people with spinal cord injury

Australian and New Zealand spinal cord injury physiotherapists have a new tool to ensure that best practice care is followed with the introduction of a comprehensive set of clinical practice guidelines for physiotherapy management. Here we look at the guidelines, how they were developed and how they are being used by physiotherapists around Australia.

Spinal cord injuries (SCI) are complex injuries that affect almost every aspect of a person’s life.