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INMOTION 01 Mar, 2023

Adventure opens up a world of physio

Before she became a new member of the APA Board of Directors, Dr Melissa McConaghy FACP explored the world and the many options that the physiotherapy profession offers at home and abroad.

Melissa McConaghy was in the middle of teaching a course in London when her phone began beeping madly.

While trying to continue with the instruction, a mildly distracted Melissa apologised to course participants and quickly checked, thinking it could be about her children.

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INMOTION 01 Feb, 2023

What is pain sensitivity and why does it matter?

In this first instalment in a series on pain sensitivity, Darren Beales FACP and Tim Mitchell FACP provide an overview of what pain sensitivity is and why it’s an important concept to understand in clinical practice.

Movement and function are key domains of physiotherapy and pain often gets in their way. For many physiotherapists, addressing pain to optimise movement and function is core business.

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INMOTION 01 Feb, 2023

Learning for life

Australian physiotherapists are renowned as some of the best clinicians, researchers and academics in the world.

Look at any international conference program and Australians will feature in the invited list.

One of the reasons for that is the high quality of our education, which continues for life as we grow and develop professionally.

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Two men haul on ropes in a gym, one with an artificial leg made of metal.

INMOTION 01 Dec, 2022

Community gym exercise for young adults with developmental disability

Georgia McKenzie, Professor Nora Shields and Dr Rachel Kennedy, investigators from the VicHealth-funded GYM-SPARC (Getting Young adults Moving by Supporting Participation and Access in Recreation Centres) research project, create five discussion points about community gym exercise for young adults with developmental disability.

1. The community gym is a preferred place to exercise for young adults with disability

Developmental disability includes disability present from birth or early childhood such as cerebral palsy and Down syndrome.

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INMOTION 01 Dec, 2022

New College President to take the helm

The incoming President of the Australian College of Physiotherapists, Tom McMillan FACP, has aspirations to help demystify its inner machinations and help grow the College. Here, Tom speaks with Melissa Mitchell about his passion for the profession and for promoting the College’s pathways and programs in line with its new strategic plan.

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INMOTION 01 Nov, 2022

Who’s who in LGBTQIA+

The APA’s newest group is the LGBTQIA+ Advisory Panel, but what do these letters mean? Committee member Tamara Crook sheds some light on important concepts and terminology related to the LGBTQIA+ community.

Some decades ago, those within the LGBTQIA+ community began using ‘LGB’ as a shorthand way to describe diverse sexual identities and gender expressions.

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INMOTION 01 Nov, 2022

Volunteer raters for PEDro

There are a number of ways to become a volunteer rater for the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro). Geraldine Wallbank explains how to get involved.

Readers would be very familiar with PEDro as a database of physiotherapy research but this isn’t the only resource offered by PEDro these days, is it?

The Physiotherapy Evidence Database, or PEDro for short, is 23 years old, so many readers will have used or heard of it at some point.

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A group of ageing military personnel in neat casual attire walks together in a parade.

INMOTION 01 Nov, 2022

Persistent pain in military veterans

Treating veterans is very complex, confronting and challenging but it is also extremely rewarding. Why? Because you may literally change their lives.

Due to inadequate Department of Veterans’ Affairs funding, allied health clinics are faced with a choice between closing their books to Department of Veterans’ Affairs patients or providing services for a fee that is unviable for their business.

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INMOTION 03 Oct, 2022

Chest binding and physiotherapy

Holly Shuttleworth (they/them) of the APA’s LGBTQIA+ Advisory Panel explains what physiotherapists need to know to treat chest-binding clients.

What is binding and why do people do it?

Binding is a process of using garments to compress chest tissue to create a flatter appearance.

It is typically practised by transgender men and non-binary individuals assigned female at birth (also known as AFAB), but may be practised by anyone who wants to bind.

Binding can serve a number of purposes, including:

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INMOTION 18 Aug, 2022

Invest today to support tomorrow’s NDIS workers

Supporting junior or early career physiotherapists working in the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) space is a rewarding endeavour that is helping to grow the next generation of physiotherapists coming through. Here, several practices owners and operators discuss about how they train and educate new graduates and early career physiotherapists who support people with disabilities through the NDIS.

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