Workshop 1: Bridging Hospital to Home - Practical Respiratory Care and Patient Education for Physiotherapists

Date/Time 

10 July 2026 (Friday)

Activity Facilitator
8:30 am - 5:30 pm

Coming soon!!







   
   
   
   
   
   

Workshop 2: Developing Sustainable And Scalable Physiotherapy-led Physical Activity Interventions

Date/Time 

10 July 2026 (Friday)

Activity Facilitator
8:30 am

Introductions, evidence and physiotherapy context

Professor Leanne Hassett
9:30 am Physical activity coaching underpinned by behaviour change theory
Professor Leanne Hassett
10:30 am

Tea Break

11:00 am Motivational interviewing key concepts Professor Leanne Hassett
 11: 45 amDesigning the ComeBACK intervention (part 1- evidence and behaviour change)Professor Leanne Hassett
 12:30 pm Lunch 
 1:30 pmDesigning your intervention (part 1)Professor Leanne Hassett
 2:15 pmImplementation science, what is it and how can it help you to develop an intervention?Professor Leanne Hassett
 3:30 pm Tea Break 
 4:00 pmDesigning the ComeBACK intervention(part 2- implementation and scale-up)Professor Leanne Hassett
 4:30 pmDesigning your intervention (part 2)Professor Leanne Hassett
 5:15 pm Wrap-upProfessor Leanne Hassett
 5:30 pm End 

Workshop 3: The Cross Bracing Protocol: A Non-surgical Treatment To Facilitate Healing Of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Rupture

Date/Time

10 July 2026 (Friday)

Activity Facilitator
8:15 - 8:30 am Arrival, Course registration
8:30 - 9:00 am Can a ruptured ACL heal with rehabilitation alone?
An overview of the latest evidence
A/Prof Stephanie Filbay
9:00 - 9:45 am  The Cross Bracing Protocol to facilitate ACL rupture healing: clinical outcomes, patient suitability and current research A/Prof Stephanie Filbay
9:45 - 10:30 am  Acute Knee Assessment: Swelling tests, Ligaments and meniscal testing, PFJ stability and pain provocation tests, knee palpation A/Prof Jane Rooney
10:30 - 11:00 am  Tea Break
11:00 - 12:00 pm Brace fitting and key bracing considerations for clinicians A/Prof Jane Rooney
12:00 - 12:30 pm CBP week 0-4 (90 deg): Brace fitting, exercises, manual therapy, gait options A/Prof Jane Rooney
12:30 - 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 - 2:30 pm Week 5-10 (-60 ext -0 and 90 - full flexion): brace changes, ROM, exercises, quads/hams/calf, gait progressions, manual therapy, education A/Prof Jane Rooney
2:30 - 3:00 pm Week 10-12 (full ROM) progressions, knee impairment testing gait, ROM, exercise progressions, common challenges at time of brace removal A/ Prof Jane Rooney
3:00 - 3:15 pm 12 week and 12 month MRI assessment and clinical testing A/Prof Stephanie Filbay and A/Prof Jane Rooney
3:15 - 3:30 pm ACL rehabilitation post brace removal: Evidence-based recommendations and milestones A/Prof Stephanie Filbay
3:30 - 4:00 pm Tea Break
4:00 - 5:00 pm ACL rehabilitation and return to sport testing practical session A/Prof Jane Rooney
5:00 - 5:30 pm Presenter Q & A A/Prof Stephanie Filbay and A/Prof Jane Rooney

Workshop 4: Next-Generation Serial Casting – Improving Lower-Limb Spasticity and Functional Range with the Turtlebrace, A Hands-On Workshop

Date/Time 

10 July 2026 (Friday)

ActivityFacilitator
8:30 am

The Evidence for Stretch

Spasticity physiology, contracture formation, rationale and evidence

for serial casting.

Ms Rafizah Abdul Rashid
8:45 am

Patient Selection & Clinical Reasoning

Who is the ideal candidate for serial casting?

What are the assessments that we need to do?

Ms Rafizah Abdul Rashid
9:00 am 

Practical Class 1: Introducing the Turtlebrace System

Hands-on introduction to the Turtlebrace material. Demonstration

and practice of quick, flexible moulding. Focus on achieving optimal

anatomical positioning for eƯective serial casting (e.g., knee flexed,

subtalar joint neutral) using the remouldable brace.

Measuring the patient so as to choose the correct size Turtlebrace.

Ms Rafizah Abdul Rashid
10:00 am Break
10:15 am 

Practical Class 2

Participants practice casting the Turtlebrace on each other’s ankles.

Ms Rafizah Abdul Rashid
11:45 am

Continuation of Learning:

- Turtlebrace vs traditional casting

- Troubleshooting issues

- Cast adjustments

- Progression planning

- Post-cast rehab

- Patient and caregiver education

Ms Rafizah Abdul Rashid
12:15 pmConsolidation and Q & AMs Rafizah Abdul Rashid

Workshop 5: Ankle Taping: What, When, and How

Date/Time 

10 July 2026 (Friday)

Activity Facilitator
1:30 - 5:30 pm

Coming soon!!






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