Physio | Pilates | Strength
Professional Education For Exercise Based Physiotherapy
By John Contreras
(APA Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist)
Courses That Help You Bridge The Gap
Move beyond textbook knowledge to real-world clinical mastery with education that integrate clinical evidence with practical application.
Giving you the frameworks, confidence, and skills to develop a thriving exercise therapy Physiotherapy caseload.
Exercise Prescription Essentials
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23-24 May 2026 Melbourne
Master the practical exercise prescription skills that work with real patients and real constraints. Integrate systematic assessment, evidence-based exercise selection, progression, and patient engagement strategies for confident clinical practice.
Bridge the gap between theory and clinical reality with frameworks designed for complex humans and busy practices.
An essential foundation for building successful movement-based practice with immediately applicable strategies.
Move from competent to confident with practical skills that create patient success.
This course is part of The Essentials Series.
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Pilates Training Essentials
4-5 July 2026 Melbourne
Master the clinical decision-making needed to integrate Pilates into your practice. This is the workshop that transforms Pilates from "nice to have" into a clinical reasoning tool you can apply with confidence using systematic progression frameworks, and confident coaching.
A natural progression from completing Exercise Prescription Essentials and an essential addition to your exercise therapy toolkit. Move from Pilates uncertainty to confident clinical integration with practical skills that enhance patient outcomes
This course is part of The Essentials Series.
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Strength Training Essentials
15-16 Aug 2026 Melbourne
Strength training is essential for musculoskeletal and sports rehabilitation. You understand the importance and learned the exercises. Your challenge now lies in how to integrate strength training into clinical practice with systematic program design, progression frameworks, and confident clinical reasoning.
A natural progression from completing Exercise Prescription Essentials and an essential addition to your exercise therapy toolkit. This is the course that bridges the gap between knowing strength training exercises and applying them effectively throughout your patient’s recovery journey.
This course is part of The Essentials Series.
“Build the confident, evidence-based practice you envisioned”
The Essentials Series
Three Steps To Complete Clinical Transformation
Exercise Prescription Essentials
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24-25 May 2026 Melbourne
Pilates Training Essentials
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4-5 July 2026 Melbourne
Strength Training Essentials
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15-16 August 2026 Melbourne
Each course in The Essentials Series can also be attended separately.
Meet John
Designed by APA Sports & Exercise Physiotherapist, John Contreras, each course provides Physiotherapists and health professionals with the tools and know-how, to effectively assesses, plan and progress patients through an evidence guided rehabilitation program towards improved movement, performance and health.
Gain the knowledge to build successful injury rehabilitation programs and an exercise therapy caseload.
Inservice Workshops
Upskill your entire team with on-site education. Cost-effective training that builds consistent clinical approaches across your practice while minimising time away from patient care.
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Learn to bridge the gap between clinical competence and confident practice with exercise adherence focused program design to build and consolidate an exercise therapy caseload.
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Develop expertise in resistance training principles, safe progression frameworks and program design for rehabilitation.
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Integrate Pilates training into your rehabilitation practice with evidence informed exercise selection, progression, programming and application.