As cases continue to grow, the condition is placing ED staff and resources under mounting pressure at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has already brought many hospitals to a point of crisis.

We know, however, that most people presenting with low back pain in ED are triaged as non-serious/non-urgent and many could be managed by a physiotherapist.

We developed a strategy and launched a campaign in June this year to establish partnerships and promote patient pathway reform as detailed in our framework for action, Physiotherapy: A Path to Better Care.

More than 85 per cent of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the beach but for many people with disabilities and mobility issues, it’s inaccessible.

The barriers are just too big.

There have been dozens of inquiries into mental health in Australia.

1. Using a powered mobility device as early as eight months old can enhance overall independence, development and participation

Research into early intervention has led to a focus on the early use of a powered mobility device.

In 1963, shortly after graduation, Glenys Davies’s curiosity about the world took her via boat to Europe, where she volunteered in an Austrian hostel housing Hungarian refugees.

For three months she cleaned, answered phones and helped in the kitchen.

After Austria, Glenys spent more than a year gaining skills and experience as a physiotherapist in the UK and Denmark.

When Winsome Baker, APAM, was in high school, her mother took her to a career adviser who suggested to her that she think about physiotherapy, occupational therapy or kindergarten teaching.

After visiting a careers expo, she saw plaster of Paris being applied by physiotherapists and decided that that was what she wanted to do.

The team in South Australia has successfully won a 12-year argument for an increase in payment given to treating physiotherapists by Return to Work SA (RTWSA, formerly known as WorkCoverSA).

I recently had the honour of attending TRANSFORM 2019 as the invited speaker for the disability clinical stream. This was the first time disability has been represented with its own clinical stream, and it was fitting that the focus of the content was on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) and its integration with clinical practice.

‘We need to understand that, like all things, there are the challenges and threats that lie in an evolving scheme that is yet to fully stabilise.’