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Three arms in various stages of lymphodema.

INMOTION 01 Feb, 2023

Risk reduction and early intervention in lymphoedema

Helen Boursinos, Gillian Buckley, Lizzie Eastwood, Lisa Parry and Dr Teresa Lee present five discussion points about the strategies physiotherapists can use to prevent and manage lymphoedema and to reduce its impact on patients.

1. Identifying risk factors reduces the likelihood of developing lymphoedema

A number of risk factors increase a patient’s chance of developing lymphoedema.

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Image of two colourful heads banging together. A bit like mashed potato with a dollop of butter on top

INMOTION 01 Feb, 2023

Taking the pain out of pain education

An online survey of Australian physiotherapists working in private practice is now underway and needs your help.

It is estimated that one in five Australians has chronic pain (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Henderson et al 2013), resulting in a substantial reduction in wellbeing and increased healthcare visits annually (Blyth et al 2004).

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Woman with her hands to her head as if indicating where her headache is.

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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Smiling, indifferent and sad faces in a row.

INMOTION 01 Feb, 2023

Why you need to focus on the client experience

The client experience at your practice begins long before they set foot through the door, says private practitioner Tom Hindhaugh. In the first of a series of three articles on how to run a successful private practice, Tom discusses the importance of getting the client experience just right.

There is a reason why Tom Hindhaugh APAM sits new graduates at his private practice down to talk about building high-quality, trusting relationships with clients—and it has a direct impact on clinical outcomes.

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Artist impression of a person walking over a bridge.

INMOTION 07 Dec, 2022

Collaborative approach a step in the right direction

In his case study, Keegan Bow discusses how intensive and multimodal physical intervention improves balance and gait function in an adult with cerebral palsy.

Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term used to describe a group of permanent, fluctuating disorders of movement, posture and motor function caused by a non- progressive lesion or abnormality in the immature brain (Sadowska et al 2020).

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A woman sitting on a medical bed points at her back while a doctor also places their hands on her back.

INMOTION 01 Nov, 2022

Setting the standard for low back pain care

The new Low Back Pain Clinical Care Standard provides guidance to clinicians, including physiotherapists, who are treating patients presenting with the condition.

Low back pain (LBP) is the most common form of musculoskeletal back problem and most people experience it at some point in their lives.

In Australia, back problems are the second most common reason to visit the GP and a leading cause of presentation to emergency departments.

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A woman reaches over her shoulder to comfort her shoulder blade in a gesture of pain.

INMOTION 01 Nov, 2022

Treatments for non-specific neck pain

Worldwide, chronic non-specific neck pain is common, costly and disabling, say physiotherapy researchers Greta Castellini, Silvia Bargeri and Paolo Pillastrini.

Although neck pain has multifactorial causes, in individual cases the aetiology is generally not reliably identifiable and therefore it is classified as non-specific neck pain.

Recently, a group of Italian researchers conducted a systematic literature review of the evidence to search for all available treatments.

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A woman is reaching up to comfort a sore shoulder.

INMOTION 01 Nov, 2022

Labels and advice for rotator cuff disease

Dr Josh Zadro and colleagues recently conducted a randomised experiment including over 2000 people with shoulder pain. Here, Josh answers a few important questions about the study.

Why did you decide to undertake this study? Did it build on any previous work in particular?

This study directly built on one we published in 2021 investigating whether people’s management preferences were influenced by different diagnostic labels for rotator cuff disease.

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Margaret loved to be in the water and hosted a weekly hydrotherapy exercise class.

INMOTION 01 Nov, 2022

Fond memories of a trailblazer

TRIBUTE The physiotherapy world is mourning the loss of a stalwart of the profession who valued excellence in the field. Margaret Lewington was proud to give back to the physiotherapy community and to be able to help the patients to whom she dedicated herself, particularly those with the inflammatory arthritis condition ankylosing spondylitis.

Margaret Anne Lewington 1957–2022

Margaret Lewington fell in love with the water at a very young age.

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The Olympic Rings built large and on a mountain of snow in the alps.

INMOTION 01 Nov, 2022

Cool career of chills, spills and thrills

Jess Cunningham was working with elite winter athletes all around the world, experiencing the highs and lows of helping top-tier sportspeople stay at the top of their game, when she went off-piste, professionally speaking, to start a family.

She speaks of the career break led her to question what to do with her extensive physiotherapy knowledge, her sporting contacts and her time.

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