Whole-person approaches for managing Long COVID in both primary care and private settings will be explored, offering physiotherapists practical strategies for comprehensive patient care. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the key clinical presentations, including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM), along with the necessary screening techniques and strategies for accommodating these conditions within physiotherapy practice. Integration of biopsychosocial factors in the management of fatigue and multi-system symptoms will be emphasised. The session will also address the acute management of COVID-19, including early referral pathways and rehabilitation approaches aimed at minimising the risk of developing Long COVID.
Jack Reeves, APAM, is a Lecturer in Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy at the UTS Graduate School of Health and a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney (USYD). His PhD research evaluates the effectiveness of pulmonary telerehabilitation for people with persistent respiratory sequelae following COVID-19. Jack has had many COVID-related roles during the course of the pandemic. He worked at Newmarch House, the site of one of the first significant COVID outbreaks in Australia; managed acute patients in the COVID Intensive Care Unit and COVID respiratory ward; supported individuals in mandatory hotel isolation as part of an Allied Health Support Team; conducted PCR testing for incoming passengers at domestic and international airports as well as in the community through testing clinics; provided vaccinations for the community during the NSW lockdown; and more recently, worked as a physiotherapist in a Post-COVID Respiratory Clinic while also treating post-COVID patients in pulmonary rehabilitation.
Sophie Shephard (she/her), MACP, is an integrative Titled Pain Physiotherapist and founder of Vive Pain & Fatigue, an online private practice specialising in complex pain, fatigue, and invisible illnesses. She has extensive clinical experience supporting individuals with conditions like fibromyalgia, Long COVID, ME/CFS, POTS, and Ehlers-Danlos/Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders. Her approach is grounded in trauma-informed, neurodiversity-affirming, and person-centred care, shaped in part by her own lived experience of ME/CFS. Soph is a current PhD candidate, with transdisciplinary research interests spanning rural health equity, social justice, psychologically informed practice, neurodivergence, suicide prevention, and the management of complex pain and fatigue conditions. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and presents regularly at national and international conferences. Her recent invited speaking engagements include the 2025 Global Ehlers-Danlos Society Conference (Mental Health & Neurodivergence; Innovative Models of Care), guest lecturer at City, University of London (Person Centred Care in Radiography), and the 2025 Australian Pain Society Conference (Pain in Autism/ADHD). She is also part of a current international research collaboration exploring the intersections of pain, fatigue, and invisible illnesses in neurodivergent and gender-diverse groups.
Cardiorespiratory, Pain and Occupational Health National Groups
01/07/2025
2.0 hours
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