Across the Australian Physiotherapy Association, few names resonate quite as strongly as that of Lorimer Mosely’s. A giant in the world of neuroscience and scientific discovery, the South Australian was last year honoured with APA Honoured Membership.

In this podcast, Lorimer is joined by fellow pain physiotherapist Dianne Wilson, as they discuss on the trajectory of the former’s research career, including the development of his clinical philosophy and, more generally, the future of pain management.

Across the Australian Physiotherapy Association, few names resonate quite as strongly as that of Lorimer Mosely’s. A giant in the world of neuroscience and scientific discovery, the South Australian was last year honoured with APA Honoured Membership.

In this podcast, Lorimer is joined by fellow pain physiotherapist Dianne Wilson, as they discuss on the trajectory of the former’s research career, including the development of his clinical philosophy and, more generally, the future of pain management.

Professor Paul Hodges chats with Shan Morrison and Patricia Neumann, both specialist continence and women’s health physiotherapists as awarded by the Australian College of Physiotherapists, about his latest venture, growing our understanding of the male pelvic floor, an area of research that remains 10 years behind it’s female counterpart.

The APA National Conference, CONNECT 2015, kicked off with a memorable address from International Keynote speaker Professor Steven Blair, who expanded on the core focus of his 40-year research career: energy balance.

In this podcast, Steven is joined by APA Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist James Debenham. In what follows, the two consider the significance that an individual's physical activity level plays on their overall health, society's current exercise habits, and physiotherapy's own responsibilities in this space.​

It is well known that, for those people with cancer, exercise has beneficial effects on strength, cardiovascular function, fatigue and quality of life. However, the ideal mode and intensity of exercise remains unclear.

In an effort to help remedy this gap, APA member Amy Dennett’s research investigates whether there is a dose-response effect of exercise on inflammation and fatigue in adult cancer survivors. Amy chats with Associate Professor, Mark Elkins, editor of the Journal of Physiotherapy about exercise rehabilitation for cancer survivors.

Our fathers, partners, brothers and friends are facing a health crisis, yet it’s not being talked about anywhere near enough. Men are dying too young. We can’t afford to stay silent.

This Movember, we want to change the face of men’s health. To start to do so, we sat down for a chat with Men’s Health physio Dr Jo Milios about some of the big issues faced by men in Australia—including Movember Australia’s triple focus; prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health issues—what they mean, where to go and who to see.

As physiotherapists, we need to be able to adapt and pivot to this changing landscape and remain contemporary as healthcare evolves.
– Scott Willis, APA National President

The APA has collaborated with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) to develop a Digital Health Audit to better understand the digital habits of physiotherapists.

Our President, Scott Willis, explains the importance of taking part below.

Do Australian adults think that it is important for physiotherapists to provide physical activity or general health advice, and physical interventions as a service? Researchers set out to discover exactly what the Australian public expect. 

There is plenty of evidence that immobility in hospital leads to deconditioning, which can have life changing effects. To combat this, the End PJ Paralysis campaign was created. Its aim, to get hospital patients to get up, get dressed and get moving. 

Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark or GLA:D, is an education and exercise program developed by researchers in Denmark for people with hip or knee osteoarthritis symptoms. GLA:D has been highly successful as a model to change physiotherapy practice to being in favour of delivering evidence-based treatment.