NSW Branch Awards Dinner 2024
The NSW Awards and Dinner recognise excellence, influence and accomplishments by our NSW Physiotherapists who have significantly contributed to the profession. It is a great opportunity to catch up with colleagues, meet Branch Council and the members nominated for the Awards over dinner and drinks.
Congratulations to the following nominees:
- Timothy Austin - FACP, Specialist Pain Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2021)
- Shiva Gopalan - APAM
- Nicole Manvell - MACP, Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist
- Logan Stanley - APAM
- Sonia Thomas - APAM
- Andrew Webster - FACP, Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist (as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists in 2015).
- Tamara Woods - APAM
Online registrations have now closed. Please contact greta.uncles@australian.physio to manually register.
Our keynote speaker will be Professor Michele Sterling, PhD; The University of Queensland who will present on whiplash studies and other Physio based approaches.
Most injuries sustained in motor vehicle crashes (MVC) are not catastrophic but are of a musculoskeletal nature. Injuries to the neck (Whiplash Associated Disorders) and lower back are the most common. Many injured people develop persistent co-morbid symptoms of pain, posttraumatic stress, depression, and anxiety. Usual treatment for whiplash injury is not very effective having only small effects on pain and disability. Offsetting this otherwise disappointing scenario, are the results of recent trials where stronger effects have been shown when treatment is targeted toward identified risk-factors. In the StressModex trial, physiotherapists were trained by psychologists to deliver simple psychological strategies (Stress Inoculation Training) in conjunction with usual physiotherapy care to patients at-risk of poor recovery. The trial showed clinically relevant benefits on pain-related disability when compared to usual physiotherapy care alone. This presentation will outline the co-development and inter-relationships between pain, disability and psychological comorbidities following minor MVC injury and present results of recent clinical trials that offer a potential breakthrough for the management of these conditions.
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