Dr Alison Grimaldi

Principal physiotherapist Physiotec, educator, author, adjunct research fellow UQ. Opinions my own.

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Wondering if Hip Academy is for you? Here's what our members are saying. Access your personal hip physiotherapy learning hub and a global health professional community on your computer, on the go, or live-online.

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📚 Feedback from our Hip Fact Files community!

Thanks to Suzanne Semanson, Physical Therapist & Faculty at Columbia University, NYC, for sharing how Hip Fact Files helps clinicians stay up to date with the latest research. 🌎

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😴 For patients struggling with lateral hip, proximal hamstring or coccyx pain, mattress toppers like the Body Huggar may provide pressure-relieving support and help distribute weight more evenly.
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🔙 Friday Flashback: Are you overlooking gait training in GT/GTPS rehab?

Strengthening is a cornerstone of management, but how patients load their hip during everyday activities, including walking, may also matter. 🤔

📚 Explore the evidence:
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🧠 Lateral hip pain is often assumed to be trochanteric bursitis. But what does evidence say about the soft tissue pathologies most commonly associated with GTPS?
🔎 Explore potential sources of local nociception + what this means for clinical reasoning.
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🧘‍♀️ Helping patients with hip pain stay active isn’t always about saying “stop” or “avoid.”

For yoga, understanding which poses may need modification — and why — can help you provide more individualised advice.

📥 FREE resource for clinicians:
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🧠 Great hip care isn’t always about having the perfect answer. It’s about knowing how to work through uncertainty.
🎓 Hip Academy supports physios with practical education, clinical resources, research insights and expert guidance from Dr Alison Grimaldi

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#FactFriday Increased tibial external torsion may contribute to earlier hip impingement. Toes forward places the hip in relative IR, predisposing to impingement—worse with femoral retroversion. Lower limb malrotation can significantly affect hip load and pain.

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💉 Could local anaesthetic affect cartilage health?

Research suggests some local anaesthetics may harm chondrocytes, particularly at higher concentrations or with greater exposure. Corticosteroids may further amplify these effects.

Guest blog: https://t.co/Dgkto9EIVl

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From research to clinical practice 📚
Dr Alison Grimaldi's research spans gluteal tendinopathy, hip OA, groin pain & hip rehab—advancing how we assess and manage hip conditions.
Browse her publications 👇
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#HipPhysio #MSKPhysio #EvidenceBasedPractice

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Does hallux valgus impair standing balance?👣
Research suggests foot pain, mobility and muscle capacity may be more important than deformity alone. Maintaining foot muscle strength could help support balance & function.
Singup to our online course formore!
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What actually helps PHT patients feel supported in treatment?

Time. Clear explanations. A clinician who's genuinely in their corner.

Read more about what patients say 🗣️

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Have you downloaded your copy yet? 📚
Our 12 Top Hip Papers of 2025 resource highlights key peer-reviewed research shaping hip assessment and management, with clinical insights and takeaways to support your practice.
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#FactFriday Trunk lean alters Rec Fem in gait. Reclined: ↑ stance activity to control posterior COM. Knee extensor moments x 2 greater. Reclined trunk → ↑ anterior hip & knee loads. Address trunk position in gait training.

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Myth: a higher arch = a stiffer, ""better"" foot. 🦶 Evidence shows arch height isn't linked to stiffness, and flat feet are a healthy variation — not a problem to fix. Time to rethink how we assess foot posture. Join our foot & ankle online course! 👣

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PHT may have substantial psychosocial impacts. Living with PHT can mean lost identity, lost social connection & feeling misunderstood.
Learn more in Max Hopes' blog 💭
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Are you treating the pain… or the driver? 🧠
Managing complex hip presentations requires more than focusing on the painful structure. Hip Academy helps physios build clinical reasoning! https://t.co/N37lZGRNvT

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Friday Flashback 🔄
No single clinical test tells the full story in complex hip presentations. Combining patient history, clinical tests and response to intervention helps refine diagnosis and guide management. Read more: https://t.co/PIQ0HD79dQ #HipPhysio #ClinicalReasoning

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Hallux valgus is more than a deformity 👣 Foot muscle strength may support balance and function.
Check out our online foot and ankle course! This course will help you with assessing foot function and prescribing targeted exercises for the foot muscles. https://t.co/0SXoObIagB

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PHT doesn't just slow runners down.

It can make sitting, driving & everyday ADL painful too, due to the compressive loading element.

Here's why 👇
https://t.co/1fwabqKXan