About Us
Dr. Phillip Hughes has a special expertise in treating shoulder conditions.
He has published papers in international peer-reviewed journals on shoulder diagnosis and treatment and lectured on shoulder conditions, around the world. He sees people from around Victoria and from interstate for their shoulder pain.
Phillip has presented his research and spoken on shoulder issues at National and International conferences.
He often consults to provide second opinions or for people who are failing to respond in other settings.
Phillip also works very closely with Melbourne’s best shoulder surgeons for a team approach to their patients’ issues.
In addition to assessing and treating disorders of the shoulder, Phillip has spent 12 years teaching shoulder diagnosis and treatment at university, involving both undergraduate and postgraduate physiotherapy students.
Phillip is one of Australia’s leading physiotherapists, and a professional leader. He is the the immediate past chair of Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia, the largest special interest group of the Australian Physiotherapy Association.
Conference presentations
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia 13th Biennial National Conference, Sydney 2003
Is it safe to teach ‘safe’ lifting techniques to workers?
- Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomy Annual Conference, Hobart 2010
Measurement of subacromial impingement of the rotator cuff.
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Australia 19th Biennial National Conference, Brisbane 2011
Measuring subacromial pressures: implications for clinical testing of shoulder impingement.
- Australian and New Zealand Association of Clinical Anatomy Annual Conference, Sydney 2012
Differentiation of the two heads of infraspinatus during functional testing.
- International Congress of Shoulder and Elbow Physiotherapists, Nagoya Japan 2013
Clinical aspects of EMG activation patterns around the shoulder.
- Shoulder and Elbow Physiotherapists Australia, National Conference 2013 Measuring subacromial pressure and infraspinatus activity: implications
for diagnosing rotator cuff pathology.
- Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators Conference, Melbourne 2020
Mask-EdTM: Fad or innovation?
- Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators Conference, Melbourne 2020
Seeing through the fog: a needs analysis for a learning and teaching community of practice
- Australian Physiotherapy Association national Conference, Brisbane 2023
Physiotherapy: The hands-on profession
Publications
- Most clinical tests cannot accurately diagnose rotator cuff pathology. Australian Journal of Physiotherapy 2008 (54):159-170
- The Neer sign and Hawkins Kennedy test for shoulder impingement. Journal of Physiotherapy 2011 (57):260
- Measurement of subacromial impingement of the rotator cuff . Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport 2012 (15):2-7
- Isolation of infraspinatus in clinical test positions. 2014 Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport (17):256-260
- Identifying shoulder testing positions and movements that isolate infraspinatus from supraspinatus. 2015 Therapy Reviews 20(2):73- 85Physical
- Mask EdTM - A scoping review. Focus on Health Professional Education March 2020
