Browse our list of resources below to upskill in this area.
Try our Competency Self-Assessment Quiz and rate your confidence on the 7 core physiotherapy competencies. If you find areas where you need to upskill, add these to your Professional Development Plan.
Physio Academy Learning Resources:
Online and other learning resources from Physio Academy instructors.
Online Courses
with Physio Academy Instructors
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Traumatic Shoulder Instability
CourseCost: $25 | Access: 12 months | Latest evidence relating to the pathomechanics, clinical and imaging diagnosis, referral criteria and rehabilitation of traumatic shoulder instability.
$25
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The Role of the Physiotherapist in Concussion
BundleAccess: 12 months. Become confident in the physiotherapy assessment and management of concussion including the cervical spine, autonomic system, oculomotor and vestibular systems.
$120
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Management of Chronic Athletic Groin Pain
CourseCost: $195 | Understand current terminology and pathomechanics underlying athletic groin pain. Recognise key clinical tests and measures for athletic groin pain. Apply new treatment and exercise strategies to maximize return to sport.
$195
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Enhancing Muscular Performance Physiotherapy Bundle
Bundle$295 USD. | Access: Lifetime of the site. | Purchase this bundle to get access to all four of our online courses! By purchasing through this bundle, you save 15%!
$295
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Optimising Strength and Power: A Connective Tissue Approach
CourseAccess: Lifetime of site | Cost: $95.00 USD | This course will teach you about the muscle-tendon properties that underpin force production and how to assess those properties to help you design rehabilitation programmes that target specific tissues.
$95
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Eccentrics, Concentrics and Isometrics Unpacked
CourseAccess: Lifetime of site | Cost: $90.00 USD | This course is an in-depth look at the mechanical relationships, namely length-tension and force-velocity, that influence mechanotransduction and protein synthesis.
$90
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Shaping and Shifting Muscle
CourseAccess: Lifetime of site | Cost: $90.00 USD |This course will introduce and extend your knowledge in muscle hypertrophy, architecture and fibre type.
$90
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Movement Screening, Landings and Asymmetry
CourseAccess: Lifetime of site | Cost: $90.00 USD | Learn and apply the essentials of movement competency screening, assessment of landing mechanics and limb asymmetry assessment for rehabilitation to help minimise injury risk and optimise performance.
$90
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Diagnosing and Addressing Asymmetry
CourseCost: $90 USD | Learn to assess interlimb asymmetry using jump and hop tests including the use of force plate technology and diagnose specific muscle performance deficits to guide your rehabilitation.
$90
Webinars
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Sport and Exercise Webinar Package
BundleFour Sport and Exercise Webinars for just NZD $25. Access 12 months │ Learning time 1 hour each │ CPD certificates provided.
$25
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Clinical diagnosis of concussion. Is the current model in Aotearoa / New Zealand working?
CourseFREE | Access: 12 months | Listen to an in-depth exploration of the issues surrounding concussion diagnosis in physiotherapy, including critical insights into clinical practice, professional challenges, and funding considerations.
Free
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Concussion Rehab: Objective Measures for Return-to-Function
Course4.7 average rating (3 reviews)$20 | Access: 12 months | How to be objective in your assessment when returning people back to work, school, and sport after concussion.
$20
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What’s New in Concussion Rehab?
Course4.4 average rating (12 reviews)$20 | Access: 12 months | Latest evidence and clinical advances in the assessment and management of concussion. Find out how these advances will influence your understanding of concussion and directly affect your clinical practice.
$20
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ACL Tears Healing Without Surgery: Is the Game Changing?
Course4.8 average rating (4 reviews)$20 | Access: 12 months | A long-held belief in musculoskeletal injury management is that ACL tears never heal. This misconception is now being heavily questioned. Hear the latest evidence and the implications this has for the management of ACL tears
$20
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The Female Athlete: Special Considerations In Musculoskeletal Injury Management
Course5.0 average rating (7 reviews)$20 | Access: 12 months | Kylie Cox presents an overview for Physiotherapists on the special considerations of the female athlete in musculoskeletal injury management.
$20
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Decision-Making at Pinnacle Events
CourseCost: $20 NZD | Access 12 months | Listen to Chelsea Lane talk about challenges for the sports physiotherapist and what is your hidden ‘super-power’ when it comes to decision-making in pressure situations.
$20
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The Tricky Scapula
Course4.5 average rating (2 reviews)FREE | Access 12 months | Scapula dyskinesis can be ‘tricky’ to treat and some people have persistent pain or shoulder instability despite extensive treatment. Is sensory perception the forgotten link in rehabilitation?
Free
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Osteoarthritis – Beyond Wear and Tear
Course4.4 average rating (8 reviews)Cost: $20 NZD | Access 12 months | Is osteoarthritis due to ‘wear and tear’? Is running bad for OA? What should we be telling our patients and what can physiotherapy do?
$20
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Lumbar Bone Stress Injury: Diagnosis and Rehab
Course5.0 average rating (4 reviews)Cost: $10 NZD | Access 12 months | Learn about diagnosis - new imaging techniques, the decision-making process regarding surgical vs non-surgical management and rehabilitation and return-to-sport guidelines for athletes with lumbar stress injuries.
$20
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Demystifying the Paediatric Shoulder
CourseCost: $20 | Access: 12 months | In this webinar, Eloise dives into what makes children different and talks about specific conditions, growth factors and injuries, and how you might assess and manage them.
$20
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Force Plate Fundamentals for Physiotherapists Webinar
Course4.3 average rating (18 reviews)FREE | Access: 12 months | This webinar is an introduction to force plates for physiotherapists with practical examples of force plate analysis of jump performance and clinical applications for rehabilitation in sports and community practice.
Free
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Managing High Performance Teams: Kumbaya or Lord of the Flies?
CourseFREE | Access: 12 months | In this webinar, Chelsea talks about Vice President of Athletic Performance and Sports Medicine (Atlanta Hawks) managing high performance physio, S and C and support teams in the NBA.
Free
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Eccentric Loading: Rehab vs Performance Webinar
CourseAccess: 12 months | Join JC in a webinar unpacking the physiology and mechanics of eccentrics and stretch-shorten cycle, and their application to musculotendinous function, assessment and programming for different rehab and performance goals.
Free
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The Acromioclavicular Joint in Sport
CourseCost: $20.00 NZD | Access: 12 months | Dr Ian Horsley discusses the management of ACJ traumatic injuries and the differential diagnosis, along with rehabilitation strategies that include the scapula and thoracic spine.
$20
Practical Courses
For a list of our upcoming practical courses, dates and locations click here. 
Other Learning Resources
New Zealand Law
Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights |
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1996/0078/latest/whole.html |
Health Information Privacy Code |
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Retention of Health Information Regulations |
http://legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1996/0343/latest/DLM225616.html |
NZ Physiotherapy Board Resources
Physiotherapy Board Standards of Practice
A full list of the Physiotherapy Standards can be found here.
Sports Physiotherapy Practice Standards |
An outline of the standards expected of those practicing in the area of sports physiotherapy in NZ. Sports physiotherapist practice standard – Physiotherapy Board (physioboard.org.nz) |
Giving advice about medications: |
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Physiotherapists administering prescription medicines |
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Physiotherapists practicing in a defined field of interest: |
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Serious event: |
https://www.physioboard.org.nz/standards/physiotherapy-standards/serious-event-standard |
Sexual and emotional boundaries: |
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Sports Physiotherapy Code of Conduct |
To download click here. |
Practice Thresholds |
The Physiotherapy practice thresholds describe the threshold competence required for initial and continuing registration as a physiotherapist in both Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. https://www.physioboard.org.nz/standards/physiotherapy-thresholds |
Physiotherapy New Zealand Physiotherapy Board Resources
Physiotherapy Board Complaints Processes: |
https://www.physioboard.org.nz/about-us/complaints-notifications |
To register a complaint or concern: |
https://www.physioboard.org.nz/about-us/complaints-notifications/register-a-complaint-or-concern |