MOVING EARTH
The Environmental Physiotherapy Association Blog features regular news, events and ideas on all things Environmental Physiotherapy.
The contributions presented in this blog do not necessarily represent the opinions and values of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association as such. Rather, they represent the thoughts and work of contributing authors and through these, an open and ongoing discussion of what an environmentally aware and responsible is, could and should be.
Please use our contact form if you are interested in contributing to Moving Earth: The Environmental Physiotherapy Association Blog. Contributions in any language and any format on all potentially related topics welcome! Please see our contribution guidelines at the bottom of this page. We appreciate your help in developing and advancing an environmentally aware and responsible physiotherapy profession across research, education and clinical practice.
Training beyond the health sciences to promote ecologically grounded physiotherapy
Humans are intrinsically and dynamically tied to the environment. Not only do we shape the environment that we inhabit, but the environment also...
Environmental physiotherapy at the bottom of the Arctic Sea
A little over one year ago, one of our first-year physiotherapy students at UiT The Arctic University of Norway wrote a fictional account of a...
A student project to increase active transport use at a university campus
In their final year of training, undergraduate physiotherapy students at the University of South Australia develop their skills and knowledge in...
Access to nature is an important health issue
Nature and outdoor recreation are important for public health. As a health promotion endeavor, physiotherapists should engage in public health work...
Launching our new EPIC Environmental physiotherapy in the clinic resources
Environmental physiotherapy has made great strides as the newest field in our profession over the last two and a half years thanks to the incessant...
A physiotherapist by profession, an environmentalist by passion
I was born and raised in Malta, a small island found in the middle of the Mediterranean that is hit with extreme currents from the North (coming...
Launching the environmental physiotherapy education inspiration-base
As I am writing this, the lands and people of this world are being ravaged by yet another war, adding, what feels like, crisis upon crisis upon...
Healthpunk Vol 2 – Call for Stories
After the incredible success of Physiopunk Vol 1 - Speculative fiction for future physiotherapies, I am really excited to share this Call of Stories...
Is Environmental Healthcare Feasible for the U.S. Healthcare System?
U.S. American healthcare is a huge business. The U.S. “spends the most of any nation by far on its health care system, nearly one-fifth of GDP,...
What can physiotherapists learn from COVID-19 about the importance of accessing outdoor spaces?
For many of us, COVID-19 has meant restrictions on what we do and where we go. These restrictions may include lockdowns, which prevent us from...
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Moving Earth – Soft contribution guidelines for blogposts:
Text, video, audio, image and other types of contributions in any language are all welcome.
If you contribute a text, we will need the following:
- max 1000 words
- 3-5 jpg images (landscape format, high resolution, either from your private collection or licensed as ‘free to share and use’, sent as email attachments)
- use of references possible, but not mandatory (always depends on your topic). If you do use references, please do so using a consistent format, preferably APA6th
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- profile picture of yourself
- your current title and role
- max 50 word (2-3 sentences) text about yourself (check existing blogposts for some examples)
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We appreciate your effort and support in developing and advancing environmental physiotherapy in all of its facets, and look forward to reviewing your draft contribution!