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APA has partnered with ASCA to provide the Level 1 ASCA Strength and Conditioning Coaching Course, specifically adapted for sports physiotherapists. The ASCA coaching programs are registered with the National Coach Accreditation Scheme (NCAS), which is administered by the Australian Sports Commission and is recognised as an industry leader via international affiliates across the globe. The course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to understand, apply and design programs including basic training principles and variables to physically prepare beginner level athletes to improve their sports performance. This adapted course will be conducted over one full day and is only available to SPA members. Participants must attend the full 1 day course, and required further practical supervision post-course (30 hours) with an ASCA coach, to gain accreditation.

Register online www.strengthandconditioning.org or email info@strengthandconditioning.org

APA has partnered with ASCA to provide the Level 1 ASCA Strength and Conditioning Coaching Course, specifically adapted for sports physiotherapists. The ASCA coaching programs are registered with the National Coach Accreditation Scheme (NCAS), which is administered by the Australian Sports Commission and is recognised as an industry leader via international affiliates across the globe. The course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to understand, apply and design programs including basic training principles and variables to physically prepare beginner level athletes to improve their sports performance. This adapted course will be conducted over one full day and is only available to SPA members. Participants must attend the full 1 day course, and required further practical supervision post-course (30 hours) with an ASCA coach, to gain accreditation.

Register online www.strengthandconditioning.org or email info@strengthandconditioning.org

APA has partnered with ASCA to provide the Level 1 ASCA Strength and Conditioning Coaching Course, specifically adapted for sports physiotherapists. The ASCA coaching programs are registered with the National Coach Accreditation Scheme (NCAS), which is administered by the Australian Sports Commission and is recognised as an industry leader via international affiliates across the globe. The course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to understand, apply and design programs including basic training principles and variables to physically prepare beginner level athletes to improve their sports performance. This adapted course will be conducted over one full day and is only available to SPA members. Participants must attend the full 1 day course, and required further practical supervision post-course (30 hours) with an ASCA coach, to gain accreditation.

Register online www.strengthandconditioning.org or email info@strengthandconditioning.org

Please join us for the third and final 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 Daniel Sullivan will be focussing on how we can treat disrupted sleep and insomnia. Daniel will explore the principles of sleep hygiene and how we, as physiotherapists, can use these skills and strategies with our patients when they have chronic pain and disrupted sleep. Daniel will also discuss the different treatment options for insomnia, including CBTi. He will detail how physiotherapists might be able to upskill in this practice, as well as when and where to refer on for support from sleep clinicians.

We look forward to welcoming you to the TAS Branch End of Year Breakfast, to be held at Rydges Hobart.

Our keynote speaker, Professor Tasha Stanton, will be presenting 'Innovations for osteoarthritis care: Exploring pain science education, perceptual trickery, and thinking outside the square'.

Osteoarthritic pain is often assumed to be driven solely by structural damage to the joint and surrounding tissues. However, pain levels hold a tenuous relationship with the degree of structural damage, people without pain or injury show ‘pathological' changes on imaging, and people with severe osteoarthritic changes experience marked improvements in pain with exercise. Taken together, these findings suggest that we need to re-think such an assumption; osteoarthritis is clearly more than just the joint.

This talk will explore the contemporary understanding of osteoarthritis as a whole body process, discussing evidence spanning pain science, systematic inflammation, and psychosocial contributors, supporting a need to reconceptualise how we think about osteoarthritis and pain. Further, it will explore why and how innovations in perceptual science might help our patients to move more, all while enjoying the experience. Finally, this talk will share new initiatives that “think outside the square”, to revolutionise delivery of care for osteoarthritis. Specifically, we will explore potential options to subjugate the current suboptimal access to traditional care experienced by those with osteoarthritis.

Event timetable
6.30am - 7.00am: Registration and networking
7.00am - 9.00am: Presentation and breakfast