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Sustainability in orthopaedic physiotherapy and rehabilitation

Sustainability in orthopaedic physiotherapy and rehabilitation

by Annie Palstam | Nov 8, 2022 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, SDGs

With the goal of decarbonization and carbon neutrality in the health sectors of many countries by 2050, health professionals must implement systemic changes in clinical practice to reduce carbon use, whilst meeting equity targets and improving health outcomes. Methods...
An evidence-based guide for decarbonizing physiotherapy clinics

An evidence-based guide for decarbonizing physiotherapy clinics

by David Duindam | Oct 25, 2022 | Clinic Design, Clinical Practice, Environmental Sustainability

Climate change is the largest threat to human health and wellbeing globally (WHO, 2021). The healthcare industry itself currently contributes to fuelling the climate crisis with its emissions and material consumption (Karliner et al., 2020). There has been much...
Nature as co-therapist: Physiosail and the connection between disability and environment

Nature as co-therapist: Physiosail and the connection between disability and environment

by Christina Groll | Oct 13, 2022 | Aquatic PT and bluespace exposure, Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy

The definition of disability and disabled people depends on the model used. The most widely used model in the health system is the “medical model”. It assumes disability as an individual mental or physical impairment that is independent of environmental...
Sommerhitze: Eine Gefahr für Ihre Patient*innen?   Physiotherapeut*innen für Gesprächsrunde gesucht

Sommerhitze: Eine Gefahr für Ihre Patient*innen? Physiotherapeut*innen für Gesprächsrunde gesucht

by Johanna Nickl | Jul 28, 2022 | Clinical Practice, Global warming, Physiotherapy Research

Gemeinsam mit meinem Forschungsteam forsche ich zu Gesundheitsschutz bei Hitzeextremen in Deutschland (Projekt HAP-DE – Analyse von Hitzeaktionsplänen und gesundheitlichen Anpassungsmaßnahmen an Hitzeextreme in Deutschland, gefördert vom Umweltbundesamt)....
Observations from being an environmental coordinator at a Norwegian hospital

Observations from being an environmental coordinator at a Norwegian hospital

by Pal Vermedal-Skjold | Jul 4, 2022 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability

Three years ago I was appointed as “environmental coordinator” of the physiotherapy department at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway, in addition to working full time as a physiotherapist in the burns centre of the hospital. The goal is for every...
Launching our new EPIC Environmental physiotherapy in the clinic resources

Launching our new EPIC Environmental physiotherapy in the clinic resources

by Filip Maric | Mar 24, 2022 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, SDGs

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 efforts, passion and collaboration of an incredibly quickly growing critical mass of environmental physiotherapy...
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