Who will benefit most from attending the course?

PRF Seeding Grant recipient Rebekah Das began her career as a rural physiotherapist and, after several major career incarnations, she now runs a small musculoskeletal physiotherapy clinic in New Delhi, India, with her husband. But she’s also taken on an educational role, as she explains to Melissa Mitchell.

Women with gestational diabetes mellitus want clear and practical messages from credible sources about physical activity during pregnancy. Anne Harrison highlights her qualitative study.

What is gestational diabetes?

Treating persistent pelvic pain can be complex but can lead to improved outcomes.

Persistent pelvic pain is common but not normal, and recovery is possible, but how do I get this message across to my clients?

Persistent pelvic pain (PPP) is pain in the abdomen, pelvis or perineum. This type of pain is estimated to affect 15–25 per cent of women and 10 per cent of men. Here, I refer to PPP in women as this is my client group.

Who would benefit most from attending ‘The complete and advanced lumbar spine and pelvis’?

Physiotherapists with advanced skills and those regularly treating lumbar spine and pelvic girdle pain disorders will benefit most from attending.

Annette was a force of nature, with incredible energy, generosity and commitment to her family, her profession, her friends and her community.

She lived her life with courage and enthusiasm, enjoying extensive travelling, bushwalking, cooking, good food and wine, her community and her church.

As a physiotherapist in private practice, Lori Forner has always contributed to the Physiotherapy Research Foundation.

Now a PhD student, she is delighted to be one of last year’s recipients of a PRF Seeding Grant for her research into whether heavy weightlifting is a risk factor for pelvic organ prolapse in women who have given birth.