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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Graduate Academy

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

Ongoing

Subscription

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.

Membership

Ongoing

FlexiLearn

Tailored CPD learning packages for your clinical team.

12 Months

Varies

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.

12 months

3.5 hours

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.

12 months

10 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.

12 months

10 hours

Shoulder Course

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

Lifetime of site

56 hours

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%!

Lifetime of site

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.

12 months

6 hours + reading

Sport And Exercise Webinar Package

Four Sport and Exercise Webinars for NZD $25. Access 12 months │ Learning time 1 hour each │ CPD certificates provided.

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.

12 months

3.5 hours

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.

12 months

4 hours

Surgical Management & Post-Operative Rehabilitation of the Unstable Shoulder

Surgical Management of traumatic shoulder instability including clinical examination, imaging, surgical decision-making, surgical techniques & outcomes, followed by post-operative rehabilitation of the unstable shoulder.

12 months

3 hours

Surgical Management & Post-Operative Rehabilitation of the Rotator Cuff

Mr Khalid Mohammed presents a comprehensive course on diagnosis & surgical management of common rotator cuff conditions & Dr Angela Cadogan presents the post-operative rehabilitation following rotator cuff repair surgery.

12 months

3 hours

Surgical Management & Post-Operative Rehabilitation of the Acromioclavicular Joint

Mr Khalid Mohammed (Shoulder &a Upper Limb Specialist) presents on "Surgical Management" of the AC Joint and Dr Angela Cadogan (Physiotherapy Specialist) presents the post-operative rehabilitation of the AC Joint.

12 months

3 hours

Surgical Management and Post Operative Rehabilitation Package

Mr Khalid Mohammed discusses orthopaedic referral criteria, clinical & imaging diagnosis, surgical decision-making, techniques & outcomes. Includes post-op rehabilitation for common shoulder surgeries.

12 months

12 hours

Diagnostic Accuracy Course

Learn diagnostic accuracy, the 2X2 table & calculation of diagnostic accuracy values in 8 hours. Learn the sequence of pattern recognition, SpPIn & Diagnosis by Subtraction as it is used clinically, informing management & further diagnostic workup.

12 months

8 hours

Back Pain 302: Diagnoses and Treatment of the Lumbar Radicular Syndromes

This course covers referred lower extremity pain secondary to nerve root compression, scarring, and/or irritation. Focuses mostly on leg pain associated with lumbar disc herniation.

12 months

15 hours

Medical Imaging: Forearm, Wrist & Hand

This self-paced, online learning course provides a grounding in medical diagnostic imaging concepts for the musculoskeletal system with a focus on the forearm, wrist & hand.

12 months

1.5 hours

Lumbar Bone Stress Injury: Diagnosis and Rehab

Learn about diagnosis including new imaging techniques, the decision making process regarding surgical vs non-surgical management and rehabilitation and return-to-sport guidelines.

12 months

1 hour

Screening for Serious Pathology Webinar

Watch this pre-recorded Screening for Serious Pathology Webinar, available for 14 days. CPD Certificates and handouts available.

12 months

1 hour

Loaded Lumbar Flexion: Friend or Foe

In this webinar with Mark Laslett , find out more about the theory and evidence of the dynamic disc model and make your own mind up about the role of loaded lumbar flexion in rehabilitation.

12 months

0.5 hours

Frozen Shoulder: What's New in Physiotherapy Management Webinar

In this webinar we will overview some of the latest evidence in frozen shoulder research and combine a clinical reasoning framework to provide simple and practical advice for managing people with Frozen Shoulder.

12 months

1 hour

Back Pain 301: Mechanical Discogenic Pain

This course covers basic pathoanatomy of the anterior column and the theory, evidence assessment and management of mechanical discogenic pain.

12 months

20 hours

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