Physio Academy Online Courses

Whether you’re a new graduate, an advanced practitioner, a specialist, or somewhere in between; there is a Physio Academy course to suit you. Browse our full offerings below, or filter by interest or career level. If you’re unsure of where to start, take our ‘CPD Self Assessment Quiz to receive a tailored learning pathway recommendation.

Our Online Courses

Choose from our range of learning activities including webinars, online micro-learning modules and blended learning (online and practical courses). All of our courses are eligible for CPD points in NZ.

Courses are designed to better fit in with busy clinician lifestyles by providing:

  • Flexibility to complete courses from home or work in your own time.
  • The most up-to-date clinical skills supported by current evidence.
  • Facilitating the translation of your knowledge into practical skills to help your patients.
  •  Immediate results and feedback on pre- and post-course quizzes.
  • Cutting edge, interactive learning activities using clinical scenarios that consolidate your clinical reasoning.
Learn anywhere, apply everywhere with Physio Academy.
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Back Pain 201: Advanced Assessment

Dr Mark Lasletts' 10 hour course on advanced clinical assessment of LBP. Improve your screening, differential diagnosis and treatment of low back pain/sciatica patients. Course includes practical tips for the clinic setting.

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All Levels

12 months

10 hours

Pain 101

We will cover the definition of pain, nociception and the protective mechanism normal resting state, nocifensive behaviour, the transition of acute to persistent pain as well as two take-home applications.

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All Levels

12 months

3.5 hours

FlexiLearn

Tailored CPD learning packages for your clinical team.

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All Levels

12 Months

Varies

Shoulder Academy Membership

Subscribe, Learn and Thrive. Join our community of physiotherapists and become confident in managing shoulder conditions with access to latest evidence, live QA's, clinical resources, online community support, preferential booking and discounts.

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All Levels

Membership

Ongoing

Enhancing Muscular Performance Physiotherapy Bundle

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%!

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All Levels

Lifetime of site

Shoulder Course

This is a series of five online modules covering all aspects of shoulder screening, diagnosis and management.

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All Levels

Lifetime of site

56 hours

Back Pain 101: Basic Assessment & Treatment

Designed for physiotherapists who have graduated recently or are starting to learn management of back pain patients. You will learn practical hands-on assessment & management that goes beyond international guideline principles.

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All Levels

12 months

10 hours

BP304: Diagnosis and Treatment of Lumbar Facetogenic Pain

Full review of current scientific evidence for reliability, validity of the clinical assessment for lumbar facetogenic pain with video case studies & evidence for non-surgical treatment interventions.

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Advanced

12 months

6 hours + reading

Graduate Academy

Join our community of physiotherapy graduates to get support and learn essential clinical and professional skills to start your career with confidence.

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Novice

Ongoing

Subscription

Shoulder Essentials Online Course

Master assessment, differential diagnosis and rehabilitation for frozen shoulder, rotator cuff related pain and traumatic shoulder instability. Update on latest evidence including use of injections and referral criteria.

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All Levels

12 months

4 hours

Rotator Cuff-Related Pain | Masterclass

Comprehensive coverage of evidence-informed, clinical best practice for advanced MSK clinicians on pathoaetiology, differential diagnosis, non-surgical management, and rehabilitation of atraumatic rotator cuff pain.

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Advanced

12 months

3.5 hours

Concussion Rehab: Objective Measures for Return-to-Function

How to be objective in your assessment when returning people back to work, school, and sport after concussion.

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All Levels

12 months

1 hour

Management of Chronic Athletic Groin Pain

Understand current terminology and pathomechanics underlying groin pain in athletes. Recognize key tests and measures indicative of athletic groin pain in athletes and apply new treatment and exercise strategies to maximize return to sport.

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All Levels

12 months

5.5 hours

Traumatic Shoulder Instability

Latest evidence relating to the pathomechanics, clinical and imaging diagnosis, referral criteria and rehabilitation of traumatic shoulder instability.

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Novice

12 months

1 hour

Post-Professional Education in Physiotherapy: Gaps, Challenges & Future Directions

Hear a panel discussion with Physio Academy instructors and Specialist Physiotherapists on the past, present and future of post-professional physiotherapy education. Are we keeping up with changing healthcare roles and learning needs?

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All Levels

12 months

1 hour

Deconstructing Non-Specific Low Back Pain

Is this the end for ‘non-specific low back pain’? Find out why it should be considered a ‘failed experiment’. Find out how we can do better for many patients with a specific diagnosis of LBP.

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Novice

12 months

1 hour

Rotator Cuff-Related Pain

Latest evidence relating to the diagnosis, non-surgical management and referral criteria for atraumatic RCRP with a specific focus on physiotherapy rehabilitation guidelines and clinical decision-making.

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Novice

12 months

1.5 hours

Frozen Shoulder

A summary of latest evidence relating to the pathoaetiology, diagnosis and non-surgical management of frozen shoulder with a specific focus on physiotherapy rehabilitation guidelines and clinical decision-making.

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Novice

12 months

1.5 hours

MSK Foundations

Essential skills for the early career physiotherapist. Learn the basics of red flag screening, differential diagnosis and treatment planning. Learn while you work with short micro-learning modules.

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Novice

3.5 hours

MSK Foundations | Red Flags

This course aims to give early career physiotherapist the knowledge and skills to help recognise and interpret red flag indicators of potentially serious pathology and to take appropriate action.

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Novice

12 months

1.5 hours

Full ACL Tear Non-Operative Workshop

Comprehensive look at research comparing surgical vs non-surgical management including assessment and rehabilitation of ACL tears.

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All Levels

12 months

6 hours

ACL Tear Non-Surgical Management Course - Practical

Master practical skills to manage an ACL injured patient from initial presentation to return to high-level activity - without surgery!

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All Levels

12 months

1 hour

ACL Tear Non-Surgical Management Course - Theory

Extensive review and synthesis of the best Surgical Versus Non-surgical ACL tear management literature

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All Levels

12 months

1 hour

ACL Tears Healing Without Surgery: Is the Game Changing?

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.

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All Levels

12 months

1 hour

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