Trauma-focused physiotherapy

The impact of traumatic stress reactions on presentation and engagement with health care is significant, yet often overlooked by health care providers. This presentation will highlight the ways in which traumatic stress impacts the body, cognitive function, behaviour, and interpersonal interactions in the health care setting drawing distinctions between complex trauma and post traumatic stress disorder.

Shifting the treatment paradigm to more sensitively respond to the needs of trauma survivors in physiotherapy settings can result in enhanced clinical outcomes, improve commitment to sometimes confronting treatment regimes, and ultimately contribute to more satisfying interactions for both the consumer and practitioner. This presentation will highlight key approaches to enable early identification of trauma responses and outline practical strategies that facilitate trauma-sensitive care to enable more successful engagement with this often challenging and under recognised cohort.

Presenter

Allyson Browne is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at the Medical School of UWA with over 20 years clinical experience working in rehabilitation and acute surgical settings in major public hospitals and private practice across Australia assisting people adjust to traumatic injury and chronic disease.  She has a well established track record establishing psychological services in major public hospitals, has led multiple national multidisciplinary grant-funded research projects targeting the improvement in models of care across adult traumatic injury, burns, chronic pain, acquired brain injury as well as paediatric settings.  She is a sought after lecturer and continues to provide clinical training and supervision to health practitioners at all career stages.

Host

Musculoskeletal and Pain National Groups

Date of Live Event

15/08/2023

CPD Hours

1.0 Hours

Please note: The content of this Lecture on Demand (LOD) was captured via a recording of a live lecture at the APA premises. Due to the nature of the event and the recording method, this LOD may not have captured some of the questions/comments from live audience. Your purchase of this module indicates your acceptance of this.