Physiotherapy Articles

One of the most rewarding experiences in physiotherapy is to transform a patient?s agonising pain into a feeling of comfort, relaxation and hope.

Myofascial pain syndrome is a difficult and frustrating condition. These courses provide insight into all aspects of the condition including some of the latest thinking and research.

They also offer important diagnostic tools and excellent, proven treatment options. For maximum benefit take all six courses offered.

This 2-part course on paediatric otolaryngology, you will recap basic anatomy of the ear, nose and throat. You will learn about presentations and management of common ENT conditions affecting children, such as acute and chronic otitis media and externa, acute and chronic upper respiratory tract infection, sinusitis and many more; how to complete a thorough assessment and what home care advice to offer.

This course will help you gain clarity and confidence when treating ENT conditions in children.

A clinical prediction rule (CPR) is a guideline in which the best combination of medical signs, symptoms, and other clinical findings in predicting the probability of a specific disease or outcome are determined. These CPRs aide in selecting appropriate interventions and diagnosing certain pathological conditions.

This article contains a list of CPRs that should help in the physiotherapist clinical decision making process.

This online course will discuss the following topics:

• Fear and acceptance of death

• Why do people fear death?

• The Health Professionals response

• Helping patients who have cancer

• Refusing therapy

This online course focuses on Dry Needling therapy and Active Isolated Stretching techniques for the posterior thigh muscles.

Illustration and needling instructions of Dry Needling techniques and AIS for the following posterior thigh muscles are provided:

• Deep Dry Needling of the posterior thigh

• Biceps femoris

• Semimembranosus and semitendinosis

• Sartorius

Their anatomy, function, innervation and contra-indications for Dry Needling are also included.

A patient comes to you complaining of a painful joint.

Before treatment can commence, you need to determine the cause of the pain through clinical examination. But where to start?

You know that a healthy structure functions painlessly; a faulty structure does not. But the pain could arise from any number of tissues.

This course will show you how to devise a system based on applied anatomy and a process known as selective tension that will help you to detect abnormalities and relate any defect to a specific tissue.

Part 2 is from pages 1171 - 1179 of the reading material.

Increasing evidence indicates that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a complex disease involving more than airflow obstruction.

These courses examine the systemic consequences of airflow obstruction and the serious potential side effects of conventional drug treatment including potentially aggravating a range of comorbid diseases.

The courses also discuss the pros and cons of other therapies.

Evidence based medicine has had many benefits. However the authors of this article argue that it has also had some negative, unintended consequences.

This course offers a preliminary agenda for the movement's renaissance, refocusing on providing useable evidence that can be combined with context and professional expertise so that individual patients get optimal treatment.

Research relating to the most effective application, mechanism of action and clinical relevance is discussed in three parts, each providing greater insight into the techniques and their application in different circumstances.

What is said to be the most common sport injury?  Which of the many different sports injuries is most likely to recur? Answer: Ankle injuries.

Is there anything you can do to reduce the pain, improve the function and prevent recurrence of a sprained ankle or should you just tell your patient to let the natural recovery process take its course?

This two part course provides valuable answers to these important questions.