audience:clinical
Understand centriacinar and panacinar emphysema, hyperinflation, flattened diaphragm, barrel chest, pursed-lip breathing and evidence-based physiotherapy management.
audience:clinical
Learn to interpret spirometry step by step: FEV1, FVC, obstructive and restrictive patterns, bronchodilator response, GOLD staging and loops.
audience:clinical
Learn how to distinguish chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma–COPD overlap and bronchiectasis using pathology, clinical features, PFT findings and physiotherapy implications.
audience:clinical
Learn how physiotherapists identify and manage atelectasis, postoperative atrial fibrillation and brachial plexopathy after CABG, including the causes of left-lower-lobe atelectasis.
audience:clinical
Dry needling is the insertion of a thin filament needle into a myofascial trigger point without injecting any substance.
audience:clinical
Explore how modern evidence is reshaping sternal precautions after cardiac surgery. Learn the principles of Keep Your Move in the Tube (KYMITT), current research, and practical physiotherapy advice for post-sternotomy patients.
type:evidence-summary
This blog compares the two different kind of loading used for the management of lateral elbow tendinopathy, distinguishes the established findings from prevailing assumptions, and translates the conclusions into practical guidance for exercise prescription.
audience:clinical
Learn the Phase II post-CABG rehabilitation protocol for weeks 4–12, including FITT exercise prescription, beta-blocker target HR, return to work and psychosocial screening.
type:protocol
Learn how to diagnose the common posterior-canal variant of Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) by means of the Dix-Hallpike test and its treatment with the Epley maneuver, set out sequentially, together with the supporting evidence and the relevant safety considerations.
audience:clinical
A day-by-day Phase I physiotherapy protocol after CABG, covering positioning, breathing exercises, mobilisation milestones, sternal care and red flags that pause progression.
type:practice-mgmt
A defensible discharge note concludes the episode, communicates the outcome, and, when executed well, demonstrates that the decision to discharge was sound.
audience:clinical
Learn the complete pre-CABG physiotherapy protocol, including respiratory assessment, 6MWT, IMT, incentive spirometry, cough training and viva points.