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26/10/2025

Can you spot Mitch & Hiuy in the crowd? AKA just two Aussie respiratory physios happy to be learning from the best of the best ☺️☺️

What’s next on the conference horizon? ⬇️⬇️

20/10/2025

Another huge win at this year’s ERS for our bronchiectasis patients ! Thanks to The Limbic for the foot notes. You can check out the 185 guideline via the European Respiratory Journal. 🤓

JD, Haworth CS, Flume P, et al. European Respiratory
Society Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Adult Bronchiectasis. Eur Respir J
2025; in press (https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01126-2025

20/09/2025

Breathing & Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

It was my absolute pleasure to take part in the Australasian EDS echo education series this week highlighting the often overlooked role of breathing and breathing patterns in EDS.

Thanks to Nicole Frost and the ECHO team for putting on a great month of inspiring content 🎉

19/09/2025

Teaching day 🎓🎓

Today Mitch worked with this fabulous group of physios. The goal - to develop a group of expert cardiorespiratory physiotherapist providing evidence based services in private practices all around the country! 🎉

Thanks to all who joined us for a great day of learning.

07/09/2025

Happy World Physiotherapy Day 💚🤍💚

Throwback to our very own Director, Mitchell Taylor, presenting at July’s World Bronchiectasis Conference! 👨🏻‍⚕️

This year’s theme is about and addressing through a tailored approach exercise program.

Did you know that respiratory physios can…
📝Prescribe airway clearance techniques to minimise the risk of exacerbations
📈 Reduce symptom burden and risk of fraitly in bronchiectasis through a tailored exercise program

Don’t forget that movement helps move the mucociliary escalator ‼️

Do you prescribe exercise programs along with airway clearance?

05/09/2025

More emphasis now than ever on the importance of reducing hospital admissions in people with COPD. An article that outlines the risks of a cardiac event post hospitalisation. 🫁 ❌

“Every healthcare encounter for people with COPD should be seen as a chance to address and mitigate both COPD and any underlying cardiovascular disease, as well as the pathophysiological connections between the two”

23/08/2025

Super excited to see all the hard work the bronchiectasis community has put in coming to fruition with Brensocatib being approved in US.

We worked on the phase 3 Aspen trial for Brensocatib for almost 3 years so have seen the positive impact it can have first hand.

Hopefully approval in Australia not too far behind.

14/08/2025

It was out of the clinic today for Mitch working with the Connected Health Alliance team spending the day exploring EDS literally from head to toe. Savita Sandhu, Dr Megan Thomas, Samantha Slatem, Romy O., Janet Hunter, Mark Westaway, Tamara Woods, Danielle Stone, Sophie Schneider & Nicole Frost bringing together their knowledge, curiosity and the humility to openly share both what they know and what they don’t know as we seek to improve clinical care of those with hashtag & other hashtag .

Representing clinical research, medicine, dietetics, lymphatic therapies, osteopathy, speech therapy and physiotherapy (including respiratory and pelvic sub specialties), this team shares a passion for driving the progress our patients need. hashtag

24/07/2025

Professional Development!

If you're looking to up skill you're in luck. 👉👉👉

1) Breathing Pattern Disorders/Dysfunctional Breathing
- BradCliff Level 1
- World leaders in breathing pattern disorders
- 6 week course starting 27th August

2) Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy in Private Practice
- Gain a deeper understanding of the physiology of lung diseases and evidence based treatments
- Practical implementation of airway clearance and pulmonary rehabilitation
- Full day course Sept 19th

3) Respiratory physiotherapy in neuro disability
- APA 1 hour lecture

21/07/2025

A big thankyou to Hiuy for her amazing coverage of the 2025 World Bronchiectasis Conference!

You can find Hiuy at our Hurstville clinic on Fridays.
She consults in English, Mandarin and Cantonese (how amazing!)
Ph 9570 4800 for appointments.

18/07/2025

The team are in an absolute conference hangover!

Thank you to the organisers for a fruitful event and here’s a summary of the 4 pillars of bronchiectasis management from a patient perspective. 💪🏼💊🍎 🫁

15/07/2025

Day 2 of World Bronchiectasis Conference was all about non tuberculous mycobacteria - here’s a publication about the role of hypertonic saline in with a mention of physiotherapy and the active cycle of breathing 😎

Huiberts A, Zweijpfenning SMH, Pennings LJ, et al. Outcomes of hypertonic saline
inhalation as a treatment modality in nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease. Eur Respir J 2019;
54: 1802143 [https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02143-2018].
https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.02143-2018 Eur Respir J 2019; 54: 1802143
https://publications.ersnet.org

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