Optimise Rehab

⭐️Early bird on sale⭐️

S&C for Physios - 16 & 17 May 2026, Perth

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What will I learn?
✅ How to prescribe intensity, volume, rest and frequency to optimise your rehab
✅ How to construct short and long-term strength programmes
✅ Broad exercise repertoire
✅ Facts and myths of injury prevention
✅ Resistance training for older populations
✅ Physical activity guidelines

⭐️We are so excited to bring back our 3 popular courses to Perth in 2026 ⭐️

✅ S&C for Physios - May 2026
✅ Pain Unstuck - October 2026
✅ Adv S&C for Physios - November 2026

Tickets are now available with early bird pricing. Don’t miss out…get your tickets today 🏋️‍♀️

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Looking forward to presenting 2 highly practical "How To" sessions at the APA conference in Adelaide this week:

Title: Integrating graded sensorimotor retraining and exercise rehabilitation
When: Friday 24th Oct @ 3:50pm
Where: Riverbank Room 7 & 8

Title: Testing and optimising multiple strength qualities as part of exercise rehabilitation for achilles tendinopathy
When: Saturday 25th Oct @ 10:35am
Where: Riverbank Room 2 & 3

2026 courses in Perth have just been released!

Dont' miss the early bird rates: https://www.optimiserehab.com/book-a-course/

1. Strength & Conditioning for Physiotherapists 2 Day Course 16/17 May 2026: https://www.optimiserehab.com/product/strength-conditioning-for-physiotherapists-2-day-course-16-17-may-2026-perth-australia/

2. Pain Unstuck: a fresh perspective on pain & exercise 17/18 October 2026: https://www.optimiserehab.com/product/pain-unstuck-a-fresh-perspective-on-pain-exercise-17-18-october-2026-perth-australia/

3. Advanced S&C for Physiotherapists 2 Day Course 14/15 November 2026: https://www.optimiserehab.com/product/advanced-sc-for-physiotherapists-2-day-course-14-15-november-2026-perth-australia/

Other Australian events coming soon.

Advanced S&C for Physiotherapists 2 Day Course 14/15 November 2026 (Perth, Australia) - Optimise Rehab Date: Saturday 14th November - Sunday 15th November 2026 Time: 9am - 5pm Location: Aspire Group, 1 Pearson Way, Osborne Park, WA 6017, Australia.

Words affect pain…. Really pleased to have this published https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1413355525000735

Thanks to RunningPhysio for the great infographic!

🗣️Our words can affect pain!

Fascinating new research from and colleagues suggests that how we describe an injury can have an immediate impact on a patient’s symptoms.

Pain during a loading test was higher in when people were told that irreversible structural pathology was the cause of pain, compared to an explanation focusing on reversible changes in muscle function.

This is why I tend to use terms that usually describe a temporary, reversible state to describe running injury such as ‘irritation’ or ‘sensitivity’ caused by excessive training.

I usually avoid terms that focus on more permanent changes that may get worse over time rather than better such as ‘degeneration’, ‘wear and tear’, or ‘damage’.

How do you like to explain injuries to patients? Any words or phrases that you find helpful or would tend to avoid? 🤔

Reference: [See story for study link]
Nigel J Travers, Mervyn J Travers, William Gibson, James R Debenham, Dana A Hince, Benedict M Wand, (2025) The content of diagnostic information has an immediate effect on pain with loading in people with midportion achilles tendinopathy: A randomized clinical experiment, Brazilian Journal of Physical Therapy. Volume 29, Issue 5, 2025, ISSN 1413-3555

Calling all physios, EPs, chiros, osteos — anyone using movement to treat pain and improve function!

Join us at In-Balance for a highly practical workshop with Merv from Optimise Rehab, focused on integrating graded sensorimotor retraining into your treatment of persistent pain. This evidence-based approach blends the best of “training the brain” and “training the body” to help clients move with confidence again.

📅 Sunday 29th June 2025
🕘 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Level 1, 233B Charles St, Launceston TAS

You’ll learn how to:
✔ Retrain the sensorimotor system with precision
✔ Help patients understand, feel, and experience safe movement
✔ Align manual therapy, exercise and education with this innovative model
✔ Create comprehensive rehab plans for people living with persistent pain

🔗 Book your spot now:
👉 https://www.optimiserehab.com/product/optimising-exercise-rehab-for-people-in-pain-29-june-2025-launceston-australia/

** Early bird ends today **

Pain Unstuck - a fresh perspective on pain & exercise is coming back to Perth.

When - 21 & 22 June 2025
Where - Perth, WA

Get your pain patients moving again with this hugely practical 2 day course.

This evidence-based course teaches clinicians practical skills to assess and manage their patients with persisting pain. We use clinical case-studies (back pain, knee pain and Achilles tendinopathy) to help participants apply these new skills in their practice.

⭐️ Get your tickets today - link in bio ⭐️

Learning objectives include:
✅ Screening for increased risk of serious pathology in low back pain
✅ Screening for increased risk of neuropathic pain
✅ Retraining the sensorimotor system through sensory precision training, implicit and explicit pre-motor training, and feedback-enriched and goal oriented movement. 
✅ Using movement experiments to inform exercise choices for our patients
✅ Planning a comprehensive exercise rehabilitation programme for patients with persisting pain
✅ Aligning existing treatments (e.g. manual therapy, taping, etc) with a contemporary and evidence-based framework for managing pain

**New Research Alert**

Clinicians are often told to be careful with the words they use. But a direct impact of diagnostic information on pain has not been demonstrated.

We simulated an episode of acute low back pain.

We told one group that their tissues are just sensitive and they need to keep moving. We told the other group that their tissues were damaged and they need to rest and protect.

Then, we tracked their pain. Check out the paper below

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ejp.70011

Pain Unstuck - a fresh perspective on pain & exercise is coming back to Perth.

When - 21 & 22 June 2025
Where - Perth, WA

Get your pain patients moving again with this hugely practical 2 day course.

This evidence-based course teaches clinicians practical skills to assess and manage their patients with persisting pain. We use clinical case-studies (back pain, knee pain and Achilles tendinopathy) to help participants apply these new skills in their practice.

⭐️ Get your tickets today ⭐️

https://www.optimiserehab.com/product/pain-unstuck-a-fresh-perspective-on-pain-exercise-21-22-june-2025-perth-australia/

Learning objectives include:
✅ Screening for increased risk of serious pathology in low back pain
✅ Screening for increased risk of neuropathic pain
✅ Retraining the sensorimotor system through sensory precision training, implicit and explicit pre-motor training, and feedback-enriched and goal oriented movement.
✅ Using movement experiments to inform exercise choices for our patients
✅ Planning a comprehensive exercise rehabilitation programme for patients with persisting pain
✅ Aligning existing treatments (e.g. manual therapy, taping, etc) with a contemporary and evidence-based framework for managing pain

Pain Unstuck - a fresh perspective on pain & exercise is coming back to Perth. When - 21 & 22 June 2025 Where - Perth, WA Get your pain patients moving again with this hugely practical 2 day course. This evidence-based course teaches clinicians practical skills to assess and manage their patients with persisting pain. We use clinical case-studies (back pain, knee pain and Achilles tendinopathy) to help participants apply these new skills in their practice. ⭐️ Get your tickets today - link in bio ⭐️ Learning objectives include: ✅ Screening for increased risk of serious pathology in low back pain ✅ Screening for increased risk of neuropathic pain ✅ Retraining the sensorimotor system through sensory precision training, implicit and explicit pre-motor training, and feedback-enriched and goal oriented movement.  ✅ Using movement experiments to inform exercise choices for our patients ✅ Planning a comprehensive exercise rehabilitation programme for patients with persisting pain ✅ Aligning existing treatments (e.g. manual therapy, taping, etc) with a contemporary and evidence-based framework for managing pain #exerciserehab #pain #painmovement #painandexercise #physiotherapy #perthphysio #physiotherapist #professionaldevelopment #weekendcourse #strengthandconditioning #notjustforphysios #bookyourplace #optimiserehab #painunstuck #getyourtickettoday