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As undergraduates, most of us learned anatomy through disarticulated bones, muscles, their origins and insertions and the surrounding neurovascular structures.
In the lab, carefully dissected prosections easily highlight these structures.
However, the discarded connective tissue that originally bound the body together is also critical—that tissue is part of the fascial system.
Far from being mere ‘packing material', fascia health affects how we move, send feedback from our bodies to our brain and how our other organ systems interact.
It is now gaining recognition as our most densely innervated sensory network, so fascia requires more of our clinical attention.
A fascia-informed perspective in both human and animal Physiotherapy practice may transform assessments and treatments, ultimately leading to better clinical outcomes and quality of life.

Accurate assessment of infant head growth and shape plays a vital role in early identification of developmental concerns. Join us for a practical session exploring common head shape presentations, associated musculoskeletal conditions, differential diagnosis, and current management approaches, enabling clinicians to make informed decisions and deliver high-quality paediatric care.

- Understanding infant head growth and shape
- Recognising head shape deformities
- Assessing and treating head shape concerns and associated issuees (toritcollis, weakness or other packaging related issues)
- Recognising potential red flags with head shape and growth, eg. craniosynostosis
- Referral pathways and other management strategies (helmet therapy, etc)

• VIC, TAS, NSW, ACT, QLD – 7.00pm AEST
• SA, NT – 6.30pm
• WA – 5.00pm

Login instructions including link details will be sent to registrants the day before the event. If login instructions are not received (please check your inbox as well as junk/spam folders) by close of business the day before the lecture or if you have any questions, please contact Emmanuel - Emmanuel.Manalad@australian.physio

As part of your registration to this event, you will be given free access to the recording of this presentation. The recording will be available on your cdp4physio dashboard within 6 weeks of the live session.

Dr Michael Hall is an Emergency Department Staff Specialist and the Director of the Emergency Department at North Canberra Hospital. This lecture will explore the challenge of clinical uncertainty we face as clinicians working in the Emergency Department.

Themes include risk versus benefit, disclosure, resource constraints, overlapping presentations and imperfect tests/decision rules. Multiple case studies will be presented with the aim of examining the clinical reasoning process in uncertain circumstances. Examples will include head/face injuries with application of the CT Head Injury/Trauma Rules, calf pain with application of the Well's Criteria and knee/ankle injuries with application of the Ottawa Rules.

The Pain Physiotherapy Level 1 course outlines the key principles of Pain and Pain Management which can be immediately transferred to practice. This course presents this foundational knowledge to support physiotherapists who are new, recently graduated or experienced (across all the different disciplines) and are looking to expand, refresh and better integrate their knowledge in the area of pain physiotherapy.

The aims of this course is to:

1. Understand the burden of pain throughout society
2. Develop a biopsychosocial model for the assessment and management of pain
3. Be able to understand the need for a person-centred approach to pain assessment and management

To find out more about this course, please take a look at this video

This course will examine osteoarthritis, the signs and symptoms of the osteoarthritic knee and the degenerate meniscus, as well as discussing the long term effects of ACL reconstruction.

It will look at intervention strategies that the physiotherapist can use and will demonstrate the effectiveness of these strategies from evidence in the literature. It will provide simple strategies for patient self-management to help improve function and quality of life for the older knee, minimise painful recurrences and avoid surgery where possible.

This course offers both theory and practical components, exploring recent studies in order to give a greater insight into treating the older knee. Participants will also gain pain management strategies for post knee arthroplasties to assist rehabilitation.