About Mandy Goodyear

Fiveways Physiotherapy Owner and Principal Physiotherapist, Mandy Goodyear, is a highly qualified local Brisbane Western Suburbs resident, who is committed to continuous learning in the interest of providing the best possible outcome for patients of the practice.

Qualifications

B.Sc (Physiotherapy)
B Sc (Med) Hons in Sports Science
Lymphoedema Management Level 1
Lymphoedema Management Advanced

Registration

Allied Health Practitioners Register of Australia (AHPRA)

Accreditation

The Australian Physiotherapy Association
The Australasian Lymphology Association             

Research

Mandy is currently researching observed breast oedema following wide local excision (WLE) and radiation in relation to climatic variations in hot and cold weather. She will be presenting a paper comparing subjective reporting of breast sensation and variation in hot and cold weather with objective measurements of breast oedema using the BLYSS questionnaire at the World Council of Physical Therapists Conference in Cape Town, South Africa in September 2024.   

Mandy is also one of a group of Allied Health Lymphoedema experts who are developing a national management protocol for breast reconstruction with DIEP

Recent Conference Attendance

Australian Lymphology Association Conference 2024

• Plenary sessions stimulating thinking on effects of lymphoedema in third world populations and families of children with lymphoedema
• American research into breast oedema
• Biomedical research into normal lymphatic behaviour and developing tools to measure and understand abnormal lymphatics

International Lymphoedema Framework – Nottingham (June 2023)

• International lipoedema management and protocols
• Opportunity to consult with international suppliers about new products, such as garments and fabrics, less represented in Australia
  
• New publications from the British Society of Lymphoedema and Lymphoedema patient Matt Hazeldine (founder of Lymphoedema United
• New Delfin moisture measuring tool

Australian Physiotherapists Association (October 2023)

• Workshop and management of post-operative breast surgery – both tissue saving and mastectomy
• Hivamat – new machine with deep oscillation enhancing technology

Clinical Oncology Society of Australia (November 2023)
Mandy presented a poster session about her investigation of objective measurement of observed and subjectively reported  breast oedema.

Australian Lymphology Association (May 2022)

• Problems of breast oedema, trunk oedema, lipoedema, and the challenges surrounding the measurement of changes in patient’s condition

Recent workshops attended

• Hip Anterior and posterior pathology presented by International expert teacher on Hip management, Dr Alison Grimaldi
• Compression garments for differently shaped limbs
• New fabrics available
• Use of garments layering for good compression but easier donning
• Hip academy with anterior and posterior hip paths, presented by Dr Alison Grimaldi
• EOS whole body scans. These scans deliver information about vertebral alignment in weight bearing and is highly relevant to those with chronic neck and back pain. EOS scans are available via referral to Queensland X-ray