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Upcoming Events
IAAPT at World Physiotherapy Congress, Tokyo
Dates: Thursday, May 29, 2025- Saturday, May 31, 2025
Tokyo had previously been announced as the location for the general meeting and congress in 2023. However, travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible to hold these activities in Japan in 2023.
The Japanese Physical Therapy Association (JPTA) has been a member of World Physiotherapy since 1970 and, with more than 107,000 members, is the largest of World Physiotherapy’s 127 member organisations.
Emma Stokes, World Physiotherapy president, said: “We are grateful it has been possible to reschedule the congress in Tokyo from 2023 so that we can be there in 2025. It will be wonderful to welcome congress participants from around the world to Tokyo. Holding our congress in Japan continues our commitment to reach and build physiotherapy communities across the world.”
IAAPT Networking Session
Past Webinars/Events
Note: Recordings of these webinars can be found in the members section
Webinar: “Development, Implementation and Outcomes of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Level 1 Dry Needling Course and Safety Module.”
Date: Wednesday 14th May 2025 at 7pm AEST
Wednesday 14th May 2025 at 9am UTC.
Authors: APA Dry Needling Level 1 are Dr Peter Selvaratnum and Dr Jane Rooney
APA Safety Module are: Leigh McCutcheon, Paula Raymond-Yacoub and Tristan Chai.
Presenters: Dr. David Kelly, Jenny Lucy
Dr. David Kelly will present the historical development of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) Dry Needling Level 1 course. For developing countries wishing to develop an acupuncture or dry needling course this presentation will give the perspective of the time and effort that went into development of a course that has become nationally launched and taught throughout Australia since 2021, and now is being taught internationally.
Jenny Lucy will present the APA Safety Module, which was launched in 2019 and has become the APAs National bench mark of safety in needling, and is the prerequisite for the APA Dry Needling Level 1 course.
The presenters will be available for questions at the IAAPT information booth at the World Congress May 29-31st May 2025, times available will be advertised at the booth.
Dr David Kelly: David is currently a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy, School of Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, where he teaches across the Doctor of Physiotherapy program in the Musculoskeletal field. David also works as a Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist as part of a multidisciplinary team. David was the acting chair of the APA Victorian Acupuncture and Dry Needling Group from 2017-2020, coordinated the University of Melbourne subject Dry Needling for Physiotherapists, and is a presenter for the APA Dry Needling Level 1 program.
Jenny Lucy: Currently the APA’s ADNG International Acupuncture Association of Physical Therapists (IAAPT) Executive Committee member and ex officio on WA ADNG as past Chair and ex officio on National ADNG Committee as past chair. Jenny has held a registered physiotherapy acupuncture qualification in New Zealand since 1998 and a Level 2 Integrative Acupuncture qualification 2023. Jenny is resident and practising in Northam WA and practices using muscle balancing trigenics, rehabilitative exercising, acupuncture and dry needling with all of her clients. Jenny is a tutor and now presenter on the WA APA Dry Needling Course, and was a tutor on the WA Integrative Acupuncture Training course 2022. Jenny was on an expert panel, MyJoint Tai Chi Research Group – UNiMelb in 2023 and holds a postgraduate diploma in Cardio Thoracic Physiotherapy studying under Jennifer Pryor of the Brompton Hospital, UK.
Meridian Newsletter
IAAPT publishes an informative newsletter quarterly which member organizations receive and can also access in the member section of IAAPT’s website. Below are some abridged versions of the Meridian Newsletter.