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For 30 years, the epicentre of the Australian fitness industry has been the FILEX fitness convention. FILEX is an annual fitness conference, powered by Fitness Australia, which is held at the International Convention Centre in Sydney. FILEX caters to the educational and networking needs of fitness professionals and fitness business owners and managers, by providing hundreds of educational sessions, which are delivered over three days. FILEX is an annual opportunity for those who work in the fitness industry to learn from the world’s leading experts and operators in areas such as personal training, exercise science, nutrition, physiotherapy, sales and business, special populations, group fitness, sports and strength conditioning, yoga and mind body, and lots more! Time: 2:45-4pm Sunday 22nd April Is It Really A Back Problem? Tools To Identify The Real Issue Thuy Bridges Is back pain really a back problem, or is it actually coming from somewhere else? In this jam-packed session you͛ll learn how problems can be referred from other parts of the body, and what this means for training prescription. You͛ll explore muscle and functional testing procedures for common back pain symptoms; how to recognise symptoms and back pain that͛s coming from other parts of the body; how to interpret test results; the most effective exercises...

Known widely as the pinnacle live event for the Australian fitness industry, FILEX is a three-day educational conference where more than 2000 people who work in fitness come together to learn from the world’s leading health and fitness experts. Join Thuy Bridges as she presents 2 interact and practical demonstrations of spiral mechanics and managing hip conditions. Time: 3.15 – 4.30pm Friday 28th April A3I: An introduction to spiral mechanics Thuy Bridges Is a knee problem really a knee problem, or does it stem from the shoulder? Learn how problems can be referred by other parts of the body and what this means for training. Find out how the neck can create problems at the knee or back; how the big toe can affect the hip or jaw; and how the thorax can affect the foot… Plus, learn how to tell what’s important and what’s not! IL   Time: 8.30 – 9.45am Sunday 30th April C1I: Heavenly hips for the hard to manage client Thuy Bridges Learn how to manage clients with hip conditions such as hip bursitis, hip arthritis and hip surgery. What symptoms are your clients presenting with? Join Thuy to get the lowdown on hip anatomy and assessment, and find out how the hip fits in...

The Central Coast Sevens is a premier tournament attracting local and international teams in the mens and womens competition. PhysioWISE staff and interns volunteered at the full event and ran tutorials for other therapists and players. There may have also been some keen Rugby watching in the down times, too. It was fantastic to see, in October 2016, both the mens and the womens winning teams awarded equal first prize money of $20,000AUD. Thuy Bridges – Head Physio, Director of Ed Sally Ngai – Physio Rebecca Cachia – Physio Stephen Hazell – Physio intern Andrew Chan – Physio intern Kinesio Taping hip to remove pain during squat Kinesio Taping Lats to restore range and strength and eliminate shoulder...

On 25-26 April 2014, Thuy Bridges traded in her usual Oatlands location for Norway, where she presented at the 2nd Annual Norway Symposium – Kinesio Taping, in Oslo. Along with Kenzo Kase – the inventor of Kinesio Tape and the developer of Kinesio Taping method – Thuy was invited as a key speaker to present on low back pain. Her development of new techniques for managing Pelvic Girdle Pain and Low Back Pain using the Active Straight Leg Raise test, fascial concepts and Kinesio Tape has drawn great interest, internationally. The method has been used in the PhysioWISE clinic since its development with great...