Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Master's Conference 2026
Join UQ Master of Physiotherapy (Sports and Musculoskeletal) students, educators, and keynote speaker Associate Professor Julia Treleaven for the Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Master's Conference 2026.
With current students discussing their research topics, and Associate Professor Treleaven’s presentation, "The missing link in neck rehabilitation - the role of sensorimotor", this year's conference will be relevant for the entire sports and musculoskeletal physiotherapy community.
Gwen Jull Oration
Keynote speaker: Associate Professor Julia Treleaven PhD BPhty, FACP
Title: The missing link in neck rehabilitation - the role of sensorimotor
Julia is a Clinical Academic at the University of Queensland and Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists. Her research looks at the role of cervical musculoskeletal and sensorimotor control in those with neck pain, headache, dizziness and post-concussion. She is the world’s leading author on cervical related proprioception and sensorimotor control. She has over 180 publications in this area, written several book chapters and is an author of the book “Management of neck disorders- an evidenced based approach”. Julia works part-time as a physiotherapist in a private practice managing patients with headache, whiplash, cervicogenic dizziness and post-concussion syndrome. Julia has been very fortunate to have been taught and mentored by Emeritus Professor Gwendolen Jull for most of her career.
Who should attend
- Current UQ Bachelor of Physiotherapy (Honours) students
- Practicing physiotherapists
- UQ Physiotherapy alumni
Cost
This is a free event.
Registration
Venue
Online
Event program
| Time (AEST) | Zoom Room 1 | Zoom Room 2 | Zoom Room 3 | Zoom Room 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 | Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country | |||
| Speaker: Associate Professor Michelle Smith | ||||
| 8:05 | Gwen Jull Oration | |||
Keynote Speaker: Associate Professor Julia Treleavan 40 min presentation, 10 min questions | ||||
| 8:55 | Changeover | |||
| Muscle injury: mechanisms and prognosis | Shoulder Conditions and Return to Sport | Foot and plantar fascia | Hip, pelvic and lower-limb differential diagnosis | |
| 9:00 | Speaker: Caite Brown | Speaker: Zachary Sheridan | Speaker: Jack Clerke | Speaker: Aiden Partridge |
| Title: Why aponeurotic integrity and asynchronous gastrocnemius–soleus movement may matter more than strain size or just something around the calf strain lit. | Title: Tackling rehab: are we ready? Evaluating return-to-sport criteria following shoulder stabilisation surgery | Title: Are we underestimating the active foot spring in plantar heel pain? | Title: Scalpel or Squat? Comparing Exercise Therapy and Arthroscopic Surgery for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome | |
| 9:20 | Speaker: Jonty Manuel | Speaker: Tess Saad | Speaker: Shane Le Mans | Speaker: Benjamin Lee |
| Title: Rethinking Return to Play After Intramuscular Tendon and T-Junction Hamstring Injury | Title: Searching for direction: treatment of multidirectional shoulder instability | Title: "Beyond the Heel Raise: Posterior tibial tendon dysfunction and the progressive collapse of the medial foot" | Title: Are we still rehabilitating total hip replacements using outdated physiotherapy practices? | |
| 9:40 | Speaker: Benjamin Mortimer | Speaker: Tom Ford | Speaker: Jeanette Tseng | Speaker: Hamish Herrigan |
| Title: Imaging acute hamstring injuries: does MRI meaningfully inform prognosis and return-to-sport decision-making? | Title: A contemporary understanding of the assessment and management of frozen shoulder | Title: Why do ankle sprains recur despite rehabilitation? | Title: A simple case of non-specific LBP? Or something more sinister... When AVN masquerades as benign MSK pain. | |
| 10:00 | Break | |||
| Knee rehabilitation and athletic performance | Shoulder assessment and strength | Acute foot and ankle injury | Spine, persistent pain and diagnostic reasoning | |
| 10:10 | Speaker: Dylan Pitt | Speaker: Will Larkin | Speaker: Andrew Tran | Speaker: Yuk Man Leung |
| Title: May the force be with you. The dark side of RFD following ACLr. | Title: Not All Rotator Cuff Tears Are Equal: How Mechanism, Location and Extent of Tear Shape Cinical Desicison Making | Title: Traumatic mid-foot pain? The importance of not missing a lisfranc injury. | Title: Upper cervical instability in generalised joint hypermobility: evidence, uncertainty and clinical implications for physiotherapy | |
| 10:30 | Speaker: Sarah Tobin | Speaker: Matthew Adam | Speaker: Isaac Gower | Speaker: Charles McIntosh |
| Title: MCL injury and it's role in rotational instability | Title: Strength Ratios: Do They Measure Up? | Title: Walking the Tightrope: How fast can we safely return athletes after syndesmosis surgery? | Title: The SIJ Masquerade Party | |
| 10:50 | Speaker: Harrison Saleba | Speaker: Ashlee Unie | Speaker: Scott Peisley | Speaker: Christopher Rollins |
| Title: Should Physiotherapists Manage the Growing Athlete Differently? The Role of Biological Maturation in Youth Injury Risk and Rehabilitation | Title: Wheelchair propulsion and shoulder injury: cause, consequence or compensation? | Title: Assessment and Management Complex Regional Pain Syndrome of the ankle/foot - A functional approach. | Title: Perimenopause and musculoskeletal pain: evidence and implications for physiotherapy | |
| 11:10 | Break | |||
| 11:20 | Youth athlete risk and sport exposure | Concussion assessment and prevention | Special interest topics | Female athlete health and return to sport |
| Speaker: Emma Warburton | Speaker: Timothy Fields | Speaker: Vaibhavi Rakeshbhai Desai | Speaker: Sharne Tiller | |
| Title: Starting Early, Paying Later? Evaluating the impact of adolescent single sport specialisation on overuse injuries and long term performance. | Title: Sports Concussion Conundrum: Do clinical phenotypes change management? | Title: “Reactive or Rehearsed? Perturbation-Based Reactive Step Training Versus Volitional Balance Exercise for Community Fall Prevention” | Title: Beyond Time-Based Clearance: Evaluating the Evidence for Postpartum Return-to-Sport in Female Athletes | |
| 11:40 | Speaker: Catherine Renton | Speaker: Jakson Messent | Speaker: Bingjun Lin | Speaker: Alice Fry |
| Title: A crimp in your climb: Managing finger flexor pulley injuries | Title: From Recognition to Prevention: Does Cervical Neuromuscular Function Offer Soccer an opportunity for Concussion Risk Reduction | Title: Assessment and Management of Chronic Exertional Compartment Syndrome | Title: The Pill and the ACL: can hormonal contraception reduce ACL injury risk in female athletes? | |
| 12:00 | Speaker: Patrick Wood | Speaker: Brandon Lowe | Speaker: Isabella Ryles | |
| Title: How Should We Assess and Rehabilitate the Painful Swimmer's Shoulder? An Evidence-Based Review | Title: Neck strength testing as a modifiable risk factor: Do the numbers mean anything? | Title: RED-s and BSI: Cause, Consequence or Both? | ||
| 12:20 | Conference close | |||