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). 

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. 

1. Adolescent ACL rehab needs to reflect growth and development 

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury is no longer a problem just for elite adults. 

Population data shows a clear rise in ACL surgery in young people, which is a useful proxy for severe ACL injury in young people.

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). 

As the updated 2025 Falls Guidelines sharpen the focus on prevention, screening and targeted interventions, their real-world impact will depend on how effectively they are embedded into everyday clinical practice. 

With falls posing potentially life-changing consequences for older people, physiotherapists are uniquely positioned to lead prevention efforts through evidence-based assessment and tailored exercise programs that address balance and mobility. 

Renee Gill APAM is a hospital-based physiotherapist from Epworth HealthCare who has worked for the past nine years in rehabilitation for neurological conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, multiple sclerosis and traumatic brain injury. 

Dizziness represents around four per cent of emergency department presentations in Australia. 

While often benign, it can indicate serious or life-threatening conditions such as stroke. Accurate assessment of patients presenting with acute dizziness is therefore critical. 

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. 

Should the abdomen be relaxed or contracted during Pilates exercise for low back pain? 

A randomised trial from Brazil tackles a longstanding assumption in Pilates-based rehabilitation: that consciously contracting the abdominal wall during exercise enhances outcomes.