Sophie Shephard, Dr Shelley Barlow, Dr Ryan McGrath, Emily Lile and Tessa Rose Gillespie of the APA Mental Health national group present five discussion points on how physiotherapists can adapt and optimise their approach when treating patients who may be anxious.

For cancer patients, adding exercise into their lives at a time when they are dealing with a cancer diagnosis and the whirlwind of surgery, treatments and management that follows might seem one step too far. The evidence, however, is mounting in favour of exercise as a critical component of cancer therapy.

HIP PAIN Exercise can improve quality of life for people with the common hip condition femoroacetabular impingement syndrome, according to a newly published study.

A recipient of a 2024 Seeding Grant has recently published her research into how swimming can reduce disability from chronic low back pain.

Scientific editor Mark Elkins provides a summary of the research found in the October issue of the Journal.

A recent recipient of a 2025 Seeding Grant is exploring the perspectives and preferences of early-career physiotherapists, employers and supervisors on support and mentoring in the foundational years of professional practice.

Whiplash injury to the neck is the most common musculoskeletal injury sustained in road traffic crashes. Marinus du Preez, Dr Christopher Papic, Hayden Garner, Dr Ana Paula Carvalho-e-Silva and Professor Trudy Rebbeck present five discussion points about physiotherapy management of whiplash.

The recent launch of the updated Stroke Clinical Care Standard, coupled with the Stroke Foundation’s Living Clinical Guidelines for Stroke Management, provides Australian physiotherapists with a comprehensive, evidence-based framework for best practice care. Here, the two sets of recommendations are examined to understand how they work together and what physiotherapists should know about them.

Researchers are looking at the factors infl uencing the community’s use of physiotherapy services for management of temporomandibular disorders.

Explore some of the latest research from the July issue of the Journal of Physiotherapy.