SCI Physiotherapy Guidelines

People with spinal cord injury say that once they have left hospital receiving the right health care, including physiotherapy treatment, can be difficult. One reason for this, is that compared to other health conditions, such as a stroke, a spinal cord injury does not happen to many people. We also know that a spinal cord injury can result in many different problems and experiences. Together, this can sometimes make it difficult for health care professionals to know what the best treatment might be for someone with a spinal cord injury.

An initiative of A/Professor Joanne Glinsky and Professor Lisa Harvey from the John Walsh Centre for Rehabilitation Research at the University of Sydney, and with the support of icare, TAC, NISQ and Lifetime Support, over the past three years a team of physiotherapists, researchers, and people with spinal cord injury across Australia and New Zealand have developed a SCI Physiotherapy Clinical Practice Guideline. This guideline offers up-to-date information on what is the best possible physiotherapy management based on available evidence, and it can be found on – www.SCIPTguide.com

To make sure everyone knows about the guideline and to provide support to physiotherapists on how to follow the recommendations, numerous online and in person activities are being held across Australia and New Zealand. Presentations and workshops will also be happening at the upcoming World Physiotherapy Congress in Dubai, the International Spinal Cord Society ASM in Edinburgh, the Australian Physiotherapy Conference in Brisbane, and the ANZSCoS ASM in Adelaide.

If you are interested to know what activities may be happening near you, please email hello@anzscos.org and we can put you in touch with the relevant people.