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Beyond the Score: Using the Örebro to Design Matched Care

This face to face presentation will explore using the Örebro short form musculoskeletal pain screening questionnaire to develop effective, tailored and person-centred care matched to individuals based on their specific psychosocial risk profile.

Across musculoskeletal injuries, it is psychosocial factors, not physical factors which robustly predict those who are most at risk of persistent pain. The Örebro short form musculoskeletal pain screening questionnaire detects those most at risk quickly and reliably.

While the total score identifies, who is at risk, the domain pattern provides clues to what the risk profile is. Two people can land on the same aggregate score for very different reasons — one driven by fear-avoidance and low expectation of return to work, another by low mood and distress. These profiles, highlighted by domain scores from the tool, can inform treatment matched to the psychosocial risk profile.

Matched care is a decision framework built from these domain profiles. Rather than being a single treatment, it becomes a dynamic, tailored and person-centred approach. The specific pattern of elevated domains points to which strategies are likely to help, what a physiotherapist can address within their scope, and when multidisciplinary input — including psychology — adds real value rather than being applied by default.

Recovery by Design: The Science and Practice of Matched Care

Despite decades of research, musculoskeletal injuries continue to drive significant disability, healthcare utilisation, and claim costs across compensation and personal injury schemes. Traditional stepped-care approaches often delay access to appropriate support, while simply providing 'more care' has not consistently improved outcomes. Matched Care offers a different path.

This presentation explores how evidence-informed, personalised, coordinated and work-focused care can improve recovery outcomes for people with musculoskeletal injuries. Drawing on both the research literature and real-world implementation experience, we will examine how screening tools, clinical judgement and multidisciplinary support can be combined to create tailored pathways that address the physical, psychological and occupational factors influencing recovery.

Importantly, this session moves beyond theory. We will share outcomes from Axis matched-care programs operating within both CTP and workers' compensation schemes, including data from insurers and employers across Australia. Attendees will gain insight into implementation lessons, claimant engagement, referral pathways, psychology uptake, return-to-work outcomes, functional recovery, service utilisation, and scalability.

From whiplash injuries to work-related musculoskeletal conditions, discover how matched care is helping translate research into practice, reduce barriers to recovery, and support better outcomes for injured people, employers, providers and insurers.

Andrew will provide an overview on the current booking market.This will be a practical session that will focus on Health Share product and how members can assist in patient bookings.

Learn how HealthShare's online bookings service, BookNow gets you in front of more new patients across 4 high traffic channels - HealthShare.com.au, GP Software, Google Business Profile and HCF's website and app.

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.

This Lecture is Free for all APA members.

Please join us for the second session in our Pain Lecture Series for 2026. This year, we will be exploring the interaction between pain and sleep, and we will be focussing on the role of physiotherapy in the assessment and management of sleep problems for people experiencing chronic pain.

In this session, Dr Sara Winter will discuss how we can assess someone's sleep when they are experiencing chronic pain and sleep difficulties. Sara will use case studies and a formulation model to explore the different factors that can contribute to sleep problems, including predisposing factors (vulnerabilities), precipitating factors (triggers) and perpetuating factors (maintenance).

Be sure to sign up to the other lectures in this series:

Pain Lecture Series 2026: Sleep and Pain #3; on Tuesday 8th December

Dr Wendy Bower will present on the topic of FUN - urinary frequency urgency and nocturia. This is a board and complex topc and sure to evoke good discussion and lots of question time.

Clients with ADHD, autism, or other neurodivergent profiles often experience pelvic pain differently: sensory hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity, safety, overwhelm, shutdowns, or struggles with executive functioning can profoundly shape how pain is lived and treated. This workshop aims to equip clinicians with the knowledge and tools to see pelvic pain through a neurodivergent lens, making your care more attuned, inclusive, and effective.