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Programme Focus For 2026

Programme Focus & Topic Areas for 2026

The Therapy Show 2026 programme is built around clear learning priorities, delivered across different theatres and formats to support deeper understanding, practical application and confident decision-making.

Rather than siloed topic streams, content is organised around what clinicians need to do in practice - reason, assess, treat, progress and lead - with topics appearing in the most appropriate learning environment.

Specific Conditions & MSK Practice

Primarily delivered in Theatre A and Theatre B

Condition-specific learning remains the foundation of the programme, with sessions designed for greater depth and clearer clinical intent.

Topics include:

  • Shoulder rehabilitation with progressive exercise
  • ACL rehabilitation and return-to-play decision-making
  • Hip impingement and conservative management
  • Tendinopathy of the upper and lower limb
  • Lower back pain across acute and persistent presentations
  • Foot and ankle dysfunction
  • MSK symptoms related to menopause
  • Conservative management of osteoarthritis
  • Running injuries and gait-related presentations
  • Overuse injuries in youth and developing athletes

Sessions focus on assessment, reasoning, progression and outcomes, rather than isolated techniques, supporting practical application across a wide range of settings.

Clinical Reasoning, Assessment & Differential Diagnosis

Delivered across Theatre A & B, MSK Theatre and the Clinical Skills Lab

Clinical reasoning is embedded throughout the programme, with dedicated content exploring how clinicians think, decide and act in complex situations.

Key themes include:

  • Recognising and responding to red flags in MSK practice
  • Clinical reasoning under diagnostic uncertainty
  • Differential diagnosis of shoulder, hip and spinal presentations
  • Evidence-based practice versus influencer-led trends
  • Bias, heuristics and decision-making in clinical care

This content supports safe, defensible and confident practice, with applied learning delivered through both discussion-based and practical formats

Rehabilitation, Movement & Performance

Integrated across theatres and the Applied Practice Arena

Rehabilitation and performance principles are addressed through a practice-led lens, ensuring relevance beyond elite sport.

Topics include:

  • Load management and progression strategies
  • Integrating strength and conditioning into rehabilitation
  • Rehabilitation of professional versus grassroots athletes
  • Concussion recognition and early management
  • Translating performance principles into everyday clinical populations

Content prioritises return to function, progression and context, ensuring performance concepts enhance - rather than dominate - MSK practice.

Applied Practice: Modalities, Techniques & Treatment Application

Delivered in the Applied Practice Arena

Hands-on learning is concentrated in a dedicated space for treatment application, allowing clinicians to practise and refine techniques in context.

Topics include:

  • Shockwave and electrotherapy application
  • Manual therapy approaches and updates
  • Myofascial and soft tissue techniques
  • Scar therapy
  • Acupuncture and dry needling
  • Movement retraining and neuromodulation

Sessions emphasise indications, application and integration, rather than isolated demonstrations, supporting immediate use in practice

Women’s Health & Specialist Populations

Delivered across Theatre A/B, MSK Theatre and Applied Practice formats

Women’s health and specialist population content is integrated throughout the programme, ensuring relevance without siloing.

Topics include:

  • Pelvic health considerations for MSK clinicians
  • MSK presentations post-menopause
  • Pregnancy and postnatal return to activity
  • Adolescent athlete injury patterns

Sessions focus on assessment, adaptation and progression, supporting inclusive, informed care across populations

Business, Leadership & Professional Development

Delivered in the Business & Practice Leadership Theatre

For 2026, business content is firmly rooted in real-world clinical environments, supporting practitioners who are responsible for services, teams or practices.

Topics include:

  • Pricing and value-based decision-making
  • Running and scaling effective practices
  • Marketing and digital presence in a clinical context
  • Building referral networks and collaborative care pathways
  • Leadership and decision-making for MSK service leads

Sessions focus on practical decision-making, leadership confidence and professional responsibility, rather than abstract business theory

How this is different for 2026?

Across all topic areas, the programme prioritises:

  • greater depth over volume
  • clear separation of learning formats
  • practical application alongside evidence
  • assessment and decision-making, not just treatment
  • content you can apply immediately in practice

This structure ensures a more navigable, relevant and rewarding conference experience.

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