Physiotherapy

Two physios say the idea that back pain is a result of a weak "core" is wrong and must be corrected to better manage the complaint affecting thousands.

A new report shows one in 20 deaths in 2013 were directly caused by, or contributed to, by musculoskeletal conditions like osteoporosis. A

Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, part of Mubadala’s network of world-class healthcare facilities, is a multispecialty hospital on Al Maryah Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Cleveland

The call for complementary and natural medicine to work in tandem with mainstream medicine has been growing for some time and a big breakthrough has finally come for the remedial

Physiotherapists are increasingly using therapeutic ultrasound to treat mastitis in breastfeeding women, writes Karen Keast. In her early physiotherapy

It’s no surprise that Dr Scott Bradley can’t envisage working outside the walls of The Alfred Hospital’s Intensive

A unique fly-in fly-out partnership is taking specialist physiotherapy services a step closer to Indigenous children living in some of Australia’s most remote communities.

The Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) will deliver seven courses to Chinese health professionals this year as it works to bolster the physiotherapy profession in

An innovative program that aims to improve the lives of people living with spinal cord injury has received a $25,000 Slater and Gordon Health Project Research Fund grant.

It’s normal to experience muscle pain after exercising if it’s been a while since you were active or performed a certain movement. This type of pain –

New research released by the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) has found that physiotherapists have displayed a 0% misdiagnosis rate in emergency departments across

Allied health professionals, nurses and doctors are being invited to ‘connect’ with physiotherapists through their cutting-edge scientific research, workshops

Physiotherapists in advanced and extended practice roles working in emergency departments and in elective surgery settings should be considered as part of South Australia’s

Bianca Ferreira can’t wait to get moving on her physiotherapy career. The 23-year-old, who will graduate from the University

Seventeen years ago, Kevin Lau had a few reservations about working as a physiotherapist in the mental health field. Today, as the head of the physiotherapy

Physiotherapists are playing a pivotal role in working to trim the nation’s expanding waistlines. As experts in physical activity, weight management,

Players and professional athletes should be removed from play after receiving a head-injury on the sporting field amid estimates only 10 per cent of concussions result in