Sports and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Master's Conference 2025

08:15

Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country

Speaker: Associate Professor Michelle Smith

08:20

Bill Vicenzino Oration

Keynote Speaker: Professor Shaun O'Leary

Title: Other influential factors impacting patient engagement and outcomes in musculoskeletal care

08:45

Changeover

08:50

Athlete management

Exercise in different populations: Part 1

ACL injuries

Pain and sleep

Speaker: Rayvadee Rattanakthada

Speaker: James Richardson

Speaker: Lucinda Bunge

Speaker: Robert Walsh

Title: Frequent flyers: Managing jet lag and travel fatigue for athletes

Title: Strong moves: Physiotherapists' role in optimising osteoporosis bone capacity and outcomes

Title: Can biomechanical, neuromuscular, and hormonal differences explain ACL injury risk in female athletes?

Title: Evidence surrounding patient phenotyping and matched care in persistent pain

09:10

Speaker: Joe Ferguson

Speaker: Fergus James

Speaker: Tess Cooper

Speaker: Ella Macdonald

Title: Running on empty: RED-S in adolescent endurance athletes

Title: The evidence for exercise in ankylosing spondylitis

Title: Blood flow restriction training in post-ACL reconstruction rehabilitation

Title: Navigation of poor health literacy and persistent pain

09:30

Speaker: Felix Cabrera Manrique

Speaker: Hue Chau

Speaker: Dominic Morosini

Speaker: Nicholas Quain

Title: How can we effectively monitor workload to prevent injury in field athletes?

Title: Digitally delivered exercise for people with knee OA: What is the evidence?

Title: Knee deep in powder: Rethinking ACL management in the mountains

Title: Disrupted sleep, disrupted healing: Evidence for physiotherapy practice

09:50

Break

10:00

Running injuries: Part 1

Exercise in different populations: Part 2

Knee and thigh injuries

The role of physiotherapists in patient care

Speaker: Elliot Meers

Speaker: Medhali Redkar

Speaker: Sam Bhojwani

Speaker: Chelsea Hall

Title: A real pain in the neck: Femoral neck stress fractures in runners

Title: Should Injury Prevention Programs be sex- specific?

Title: Quadriceps strains in female athletes: Risk, management & gaps

Title: The great pretenders: Unmasking sinister pathology in the Emergency Department

10:20

Speaker: Frank Yik

Speaker: Andrew Farrelly

Speaker: Andrew Evans

Speaker: Clarisse dos Reis e Silva

Title: Beyond the band: A comprehensive update on ITB syndrome aetiology and management

Title: The complexity of exercise interventions in patients with hypermobile Ehler's Danlos syndrome

Title: Posterolateral corner injuries: shining a light on the dark side of the knee

Title: First contact, lasting impact: Education in the evolving role of physiotherapists

10:40

Speaker: Madison Vinecombe 

Speaker: Andy Hsieh

Speaker: Benjamin McCartney

Speaker: Joshua Tan

Title: The overlooked role of the soleus in endurance running

Title: End-stage rehabilitation to prepare athletes for deceleration and change of direction demands of sport

Title: Snip it, suture it, or stay out of it: What we know about the management of meniscal root tears

Title: Two professions, one jaw: Collaborative care between physiotherapists and dentists for internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint

11:00

Break

11:10

Running injuries: Part 2

Sports-specific considerations

Foot and ankle

Back pain and injury

Speaker: Chloe Pratt

Speaker: Nicholas Ward

Speaker: Pierre Kovacevic

Speaker: Antonio Mendonca Bezerra

Title: Achilles tendinopathies in recreational runners: What strength parameters actually matter?

Title: The effect of neck muscle function on concussion in contact sports

Title: I have ruptured my Achilles tendon, now what? The long term outcomes

Title: Is desk work a risk factor for lower back pain and which interventions help?

11:30

Speaker: Bishoi Hanna

Speaker: Paul Lee

Speaker: Angus Belgrave

Speaker: Edwin Lim

Title: Beyond the fascia: Evidence based management of plantar heel pain in runners

Title: Preventing shoulder injuries in the overhead throwing athlete - a conundrum

Title: Management of high ankle sprains in athletes: Evidence-based approaches to optimising recovery and return to play

Title: Lumbar spondylolisthesis in older adults: Diagnostic utility of tests and management

11:50

Speaker: Reuben Caley 

Speaker: Zoe Diamond

Speaker: Jacqueline Wingate

Title: Early detection and management of navicular stress fractures: Preventing long-term complications in runners

Title: From turnout to trouble: How to keep hip pain off the ballet stage

Title: "It's only an ankle sprain": How does an osteochondral defect influence management and recovery of acute ankle injuries?

12:10

Speaker: Kristen Eales

Speaker: Lewis Craig

Title: The great debate: The influence of footwear on running performance and injury management

Title: Soft sand running: Considerations for the surf sport athlete

12:30

Conference close