Sally Anderson

@ProfRobNewton Agreed @ProfRobNewton. Ironically for APA, a client (also a physio student) alerted me to this significant scope-creep... pot kettle black comes to mind. The direction by this group is alarming. australian.physio/inmotion/teach…

Forty+ years working in the field of exercise science and I cannot believe that this turf war between allied health professions is still being perpetuated. This is so damaging to Australian health care. I was very disappointed and frustrated this week when the Australian Physiotherapy Association released a “factsheet” denigrating Accredited Exercise Physiologists (AEPs) with a series of inaccurate and misleading statements. AEPs are the most qualified and experienced allied health professional for assessment, prescription, and monitoring of clinical exercise. AEPs are especially effective in supporting patients with chronic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, overweight and obesity, osteoporosis, sarcopenia, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, COPD, stress, anxiety, and depression. It should be noted that these are the diseases causing most of the health burden in Australia and clinical exercise has been proven through extensive research to be one of and in some cases THE most effective treatment. AEPs receive far more university education, training, and clinical practice in exercise than ANY other medical or allied health profession. University degrees in exercise physiology are accredited by the professional association, Exercise & Sports Science Australia (ESSA), under stringent requirements. AEPs must be graduates of accredited degrees and meet yearly requirements to retain accreditation. Medical and allied health professionals should be referring patients to an AEP for clinical exercise because it is a highly complex and specialised field. A cardiologist would never attempt to manage chemotherapy for a patient with cancer. For safety and effectiveness, it is crucial that medical and allied health professionals work within their scope of practice. It is also critical that we don’t denigrate other accredited professions. The President of Exercise and Sports Science Australia has released a statement essa.org.au/Public/News_Ro… Here is a link to the APA factsheet australian.physio/advocacy/valui… @ESSA_NEWS @apaphysio

@ElliottSale Yes yes yes @ElliottSale thank you

I’ve been researching women since 1998 (25 years) & working in elite sport for the last 10 years. Not once have I ever heard a man refer to ‘women as small men’. I have also never encountered a man who has stood in my way of perusing high-quality research/practice.

‘Every study is a great pilot for the next study you do…’ Gaz ⁦@GaryJSlater⁩ shares the success of his team of researchers

@bendesbrow And now it’s on repeat

Twitterverse Q#1 Does anyone even know a girl called Sussudio? Let alone have her on your mind…

@timmosey The best. Could watch it hundreds of times over, just like the first.

Top Gun What a film!

@TStellingwerff @smartabase @GaryJSlater

The onslaught of software facing the modern sport scientist (as collected by @smartabase ). Interesting that I still do most of my athlete programming using a bespoke spreadsheet made live into Teams...

@bendesbrow @chicogomes10 @Griffith_Health Well done Emily!

Congratulations to @chicogomes10 and Emily McCaul, recognised for academic and professional excellence at tonight’s @Griffith_Health - School of Health Sciences and Social Work awards. Well done to both (soon to be) graduates.

@bendesbrow @Griffith_Uni @Griffith_Health Fantastic Benny D!!! Congratulations :)

It’s not every day you get promoted to Professor! So grateful to my girls for being my biggest supporters and to all my students, colleagues and mentors who have been my academic collaborators/inspiration. Time for a “sports” ginger beer 😉 @Griffith_Uni @Griffith_Health

So many positive things we can do to reduce risk. Thanks WCRF for putting it all together for us.

@bendesbrow Your appreciation of it makes me smile Ben :)

Been riding past this orange trumpet creeper the last 2 weeks - it makes me 😊 Anyone else have a plant of the month they want to share?

Pete Evans kicked off Facebook for repeated COVID-19 misinformation. Christmas has come early theaustralian.com.au/nation/chef-pe…

Be like Peter Norman 💙🇦🇺

Well said @CroweTim

Too funny. Love it when someone can't contain laughter

@johnhmillman You use extra virgin olive oil @johnhmillman

Now that I’m home I’m figuring out all the little things that annoy me. Hard butter is at the top of that list. How do you properly spread that on toast?

@lizzycabrera97 I’ll be there lady!

Come get rowdy tomorrow second after 11 show court 3!!! 💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽

Apparently not a good idea to get smashed after a workout if your goal is to build muscle 😃 ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Thank you The Chemical Brothers for spending too many hours with me at the gym on @Spotify. You are my #1. #spotifywrapped open.spotify.com/wrapped/6c3d0a…

love this guy... .such a good point as women's records are often dismissed when we discuss men's sport.... makes my heart happy that this is being pointed out again and again, its time the media started rephrasing things ...

IAAF releases Consensus Statement on Nutrition for Athletes: ‘Only 5 supplements have an evidence base for performance in sport.’ Great work from ⁦@LouiseMBurke⁩ & colleagues ⁦@theAIS⁩ ⁦@sportaustralia⁩ ⁦@iaaforg⁩ ⁦@AthsAust⁩ iaaf.org/news/press-rel…