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.
Blurring the Boundaries: Complex Adaptive Systems, Sense of Self, and Our Collective Evolution
At the first-ever Environmental Physiotherapy Festival 2023 I held a presentation beginning with a brief introduction on complex adaptive systems- a...
Taking the first steps: Environmental Strategies for a Continuing Educational Institute
The McKenzie Institute International provides a postgraduate series of courses to musculoskeletal physiotherapists, chiropractors, and other health...
Student opinions: Should physiotherapists learn about environmental sustainability?
When I told some of my peers that I was doing my dissertation on environmental sustainability in physiotherapy, I got lots of comments like “But…...
The power of trees
Trees are the lifeblood of the earth. Their roots run deep in the soil and resemble the veins and arteries of our planet, sustaining and nourishing...
You Are Going to Provide PT Services in a Wilderness Area-What’s in Your Backpack?
Over the last few years, there have been several reports describing the role of PTs in wilderness environments (Beattie P, 2021 & 2022; Young B,...
Los límites planetarios: cuando el planeta dice ¡Basta!
¿Sabes cuáles son los límites planetarios? Tras el extraordinario progreso de las Ciencias de la Tierra y de los sistemas naturales durante las...
Giving the right names to emerging areas of environmental physiotherapy practice
As our understanding of the many different connections between physiotherapy and the environment continues to grow, and we advance research and...
Avantouinti: Incorporating traditional Finnish Winter Swimming into Physiotherapy for treating Chronic Pain
Diving into the world of science for the first time did not feel much more different than jumping into ice-cold water for the first time. Both...
The EPA Student Assembly
Students have been a critical part of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association since day one. The unquestionable passion of physiotherapy...
Is it time to rethink what we mean by ‘therapy’? Prof David Nicholls keynote from the EPT Festival 2023
Given that the word therapy makes up half of our profession’s name, you might think physiotherapists would have developed a thorough understanding...
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