Physiotherapy News and Information – Articles related to our Physios, their practices, our clinic locations, and new developments in the science of Physiotherapy.
Our clinical research team join other physiotherapists and professionals around the world regularly for conferences and symposiums, along with our own in-house research, keeping Sydney West Physio at the front and centre of physio news and scientific advancement.
Known affectionately by his colleagues as ‘Big Mac’, Nathanial (the tall one) from our team at Sports Physiotherapy & Work Rehabilitation, Penrith donned the apron to help out at McHappy Day on November 9th at McDonalds Penrith Panthers. Before joining our team of physiotherapists, Nathanial had worked as a Shift Manager there for more than 5 years.
Our senior associate at Westmead Private Physiotherapy Services, Andrew Hirschhorn, had this article published in the November edition of the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s InMotion magazine. The article reports on some of the research presented at the recent Prostate Cancer World Congress in Melbourne, as well as Andrew’s own research that looked at improving continence after radical prostatectomy by ‘breaking down the barriers’ to mens’ access of pelvic floor muscle training.
Mid-October saw a number of our team attend and present at the biennial Australian Physiotherapy Association Conference at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. About 2,000 physiotherapists from as far afield as Europe and Africa came together at the conference to hear and discuss the latest in physiotherapy research.
Brett Doring from our Norwest rooms has recently returned from an exciting swimming tour of Berlin. He accompanied nine talented swimmers; plus coaches and other staff, to the Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaften (IDM).
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