Your ability to work affects your earnings.

So what happens if you experience an injury and are unable to work?

Would you be able to manage without an income for several months?

What are the potential risks?

Let’s imagine you’re about to head off for work one morning.

As a new graduate, Terry Haines stumbled onto a research career in falls prevention that has brought him many awards and accolades. He recently added another award to that cache, becoming a Member of the Order of Australia.

Professor Terry Haines APAM never intended to work in the aged care sector as a new graduate physiotherapist, but fate had other ideas.

Physiotherapist-directed exercise is a key component of burns rehabilitation, helping to reduce scar contracture and improve range of motion, muscle strength, exercise capacity and quality of life.

‘Our main role as physiotherapists is to try to improve movement in general. 

As a physiotherapist, you may from time to time find yourself being asked to provide advice or treatment to family or friends.

What are the risks of doing so?

1. Physical activity is beneficial with or without cardiovascular disease

Physical activity confers significant health benefits.

PD PROFILE Two upcoming courses address bowel and bladder dysfunction, one focusing on pelvic floor issues in children and the other on neurologically involved clients. Presenter Carina Siracusa outlines what to expect.

Tell us about ‘Treatment of the paediatric pelvic floor: birth to eighteen’. What kind of topics and developmental stages will be discussed?

This course will cover bowel and bladder issues commonly seen in both typically developing and neurologically involved children.

Current evidence on common treatments for knee osteoarthritis, including the delivery of appropriate first-line care (education, exercise and weight management) and what best practice looks like, will be the focus  of the Tasmanian Branch Symposium, which will be held on 27 May.

The problem of low back pain

Low back pain is the leading cause of disability burden in Australia (GBD 2015 Disease and Injury Incidence and Prevalence Collaborators 2016), costing the Australian health system $4.8 billion annually (Arthritis and Osteoporosis Victoria 2013).

As discussed in the April issue of InMotion, the APA is partnering with academic institutions on research projects that advance knowledge in the field of physiotherapy and contribute to the evidence base underpinning our advocacy efforts.

This month we will look at three more research project partnerships.