Helen Eason, Tara McKenzie, Elizabeth Ringrose and Teresa Lee contribute five discussion points about lymphoedema.

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Lymphoedema is not limited to cancer survivors

While removal of lymph nodes and radiation treatment for cancer leaves survivors with a lifelong risk of developing lymphoedema, the most common cause of lymphoedema worldwide is filariasis, which is contracted in tropical areas.

It was Greek philosopher Heraclitus who said, ‘change is the only constant in life’. But when dealing with a variation in spine alignment, Rebecca Harding, APAM, says a fair dose of vigilance is also needed.

For 20 years, Dr Louise Fuller has been integral to lung transplant services in Victoria. As senior clinical physiotherapist of transplant services at The Alfred, Melbourne, Louise leads a team of specialists providing respiratory physiotherapy care to heart and lung transplant patients on the wards and in the rehabilitation gym.

Before you did your review, what was already known about the effects of exercise for people with Parkinson’s disease?

After graduating in 1979, I started working in the intensive care unit and thoracic surgery department of the Free University hospital in Amsterdam. In the mid ‘80s I was invited by the

A career interest in cancer care led Tara Redemski to represent her profession in developing the national ‘Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Care Standard’ to prevent patients acquiring the condition process in hospital and following discharge.

The standard is designed to not only minimise venous thromboembolism (VTE) in an at-risk population but also provide positive impact in the delivery of services at a clinical level for physiotherapists.

Who is the course targeted towards, and what can participants expect from attending?

For more than 20 years, Kate Hood was an able-bodied actor, writer and director, best known for her role as Kath Maxwell in the cult television series Prisoner.

At the age of 42 she was diagnosed with hereditary spastic paraplegia.