A group of physiotherapists in Brazil conducted a randomised trial examining whether labour could be facilitated by a protocol involving the use of an inflatable peanut-shaped birthing ball, positioning and pelvic mobility exercises. Senior author, Ana Carolina Pitangui, answers some questions about the trial.

Research shows that women experiencing pelvic floor symptoms like urinary incontinence may reduce or even stop their participation in sport and exercise but screening and education may help them access the help they need to keep going.

Staring into the white abyss of the coldest, windiest and driest desert on the planet, Donna Urquhart was hit with the enormity of her challenge—running a 1300-kilometre ultramarathon in Antarctica to beat the Guinness World Record. Geared up and standing on the snow, it was now or never.

Endometriosis is a complex pain disorder and pelvic health physiotherapists can use a number of management strategies to help, says Angela James.

Matilda, an app for people with endometriosis, won the 2023 People’s Choice Rising Star Award at the Physiotherapy Research Foundation’s Physio Pitchfest at last October’s conference. Founders Kevin Wernli and Joanna Morris talk about the development of Matilda and where they plan to take it.

JOURNAL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY The April issue of the Journal answers some important questions about clinical physiotherapy practice, writes the scientific editor, Mark Elkins.

Andrea Mosler explains the impact research can have in reducing the diagnostic challenges for clinicians when managing hip and groin pain in female athletes.

The importance of encouraging women, particularly young women, to take up leadership roles within the physiotherapy profession is on the agenda for new APA Board of Directors member Catherine Willis. Here she talks about the need for collaboration and idea sharing as well as taking up the mantle of being a catalyst for change.

International presenter Dee Hartmann will discuss chronic vulvar pain in a series of one-day courses across Australia in May.