South Australia & Northern Territory
2025 Meetings
- Tuesday 8 April - SafeWork SA Health Monitoring Forum
- Tuesday 1 July - ReturnToWorkSA meeting
Details of other 2025 SA/NT Branch educational meetings TBC
In case you missed it....
Recordings from previous presentations can be accessed below
SA Branch Council Members
Chairperson: Dr Bill Panayiaris (anzsom.sant@gmail.com)
Secretary: Navneeth Rajgopalan
Treasurer: Dr Bill Panayiaris
Nurse Representative: Tamara Whitehead
UPCOMING MEETINGS
EXTERNAL EVENT: Occupational injury rehabilitation evening
ANZSOM and AFOEM members are invited to attend an Occupational injury rehabilitation evening at Sportsmed Stepney on Tuesday 10 June 2025 - SAVE THE DATE!
Topic: The current use of technology for professional sport rehabilitation and its use in occupational injury rehabilitation
Date/time: Tuesday 10th June 2025, 6.00PM
Venue: Sportsmed Healthcare Hub (physio gym), 32 Payneham Road, Stepney SA
Registrations will open soon - stay tuned for more information.
Topic summary
Michael Heynen (Clinical Director Physiotherapy), Ryan Kelly (Principal Physio) and Matt Muir (Head of Exercise Physiology) will discuss and demonstrate the use of technology (including force plates and dynamometers) to accurately measure a patient’s strength, balance and agility and the use of hard data to construct a tailored treatment plan.
SA/NT Branch meeting with ReturnToWorkSA
ANZSOM has a strong partnership with ReturnToWorkSA, with our annual meetings providing an excellent opportunity to discuss legislative changes and updates and project status reports,
as well as the opportunity to speak one-on-one with representatives from RTWSA.
Our next Branch meeting with ReturnToWorkSA will be held on Tuesday 1 July 2025 - SAVE THE DATE!
Date: Tuesday 1 July 2025
Time: 5.30pm for a 6pm start
Venue: RTWSA Building, 400 King William St, Adelaide
Cost: Free
More details to follow.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
Using Virtual Reality to enhance pain education outcomes
Ben Sheat
Date: Thursday 21 March 2024
Effective communication approaches: A guide for health professionals
Annette Tonkin
Date: Thursday 2 November 2023
Biomechanics of lumbar spine segments: Effects of multiaxial repetitive lifting and overload/herniation injuries
A/Prof John Costi
Date: Thursday 16 February 2023
Risk management in the mining industry
Terrance Lewis
Date: Thursday 24 February 2022
Men's mental Health: challenges, issues & tools
Dr Cate Howell OAM
Date: Monday 10 May 2021
Working from home: the new challenges for health professionals
Shan Needham
Date: Monday 28 September 2020
Permission to Move: A refreshingly simple approach to chronic pain
David Moen
Date: Thursday 25 August 2020