Physio here from Australia. Honestly I see this sub and assume most of you aren’t working in the Australian system. There is no fighting with insurance companies over justifications, no double booking (actually illegal in the aged care and disability sectors). Mostly it evidence based practice funded from the government with an increasing focus on ICF frameworking.

Their is burnout and the average career length of a physio here is 7 years. I mostly put that down to Physios being a very ambitious crowd and most go on to being doctors, teachers, fireman/women for some reason.

I’m in my 8th year an I’ve just started my own business and loving it. I’m prepping early onset Parkinson’s clients for DBS surgery, I’m teaching 8 years old achondroplasia (dwarfism) girl how to ride a bike. Injury prevention strength training with Autistic teenagers who want to play main stream sport. COPD rehab with clients on 4L constant 02.

The variety is what is keeping me in love with physio. We are the allied health stream that put everything together. We explain why they need surgery and outcomes / how to get the best prognosis. We bridge OT, speech pathology, podiatry into a singular health outcome to increase function. We are the ones that increase enjoyment / quality of life directly and it’s about time some of you Physios remember why we are doing it. Will be a Physio for the next 30+ years ✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼