Dr Andrea Hams MACP is an APA Titled Research Physiotherapist, a lecturer at Griffith University and a former elite track and field athlete. 

She has a passionate interest in chronic musculoskeletal conditions and treatments with an ‘exercise-based flavour’. 

Liz Webb is a Melbourne-based physiotherapist who’s always had an interest in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy and currently works at the Alfred Hospital in its outpatient respiratory clinic. 

Burnout in physiotherapy

Ky Wynne’s editorial reveals that burnout in physiotherapy is driving early career attrition and impacting patient care. Ky agreed to answer some questions here.

Your editorial considers burnout in the physiotherapy profession. Burnout is increasingly discussed in physiotherapy – what does it actually look like in day-to-day clinical practice?

May is EDS and HSD Awareness Month. It is a time to raise awareness of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), including hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD). 

A study looking at different names for neck pain experienced after a motor vehicle crash – commonly referred to as whiplash – has suggested that using different names may result in different patient expectations about recovery and management strategies.