by Filip Maric | May 3, 2022 | Aquatic PT and bluespace exposure, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Philosophies, Physiotherapy Research, SDGs
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 future in which multidisciplinary teams of natural scientists, physiotherapists and many others were tasked to sail to the...
by Martina Borg | Mar 9, 2022 | Aquatic PT and bluespace exposure, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts
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 from Greece and Italy) and South (from Libya and Tunis). Experiencing an island life, I always felt very close to the sea,...
by Filip Maric | Feb 16, 2022 | EcoHealth, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Justice, Indigenous perspectives, Physiotherapy Research, Planetary Health
After the incredible success of Physiopunk Vol 1 – Speculative fiction for future physiotherapies, I am really excited to share this Call of Stories for what will be our second volume, open to all healthcare professions, all languages, students, clinicians,...
by Polina Boiko | Dec 2, 2021 | Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Planetary Health, Students in EPT
In August 2021, the world received terrible news from the IPCC: the 6th assessment report is their “starkest warning yet” regarding current global climate issues (1). That news is everyone’s business, whoever we are. As a physiotherapist, I have been preoccupied too,...
by Erik Halm | Jun 4, 2021 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts
Die Umwelt und der Mensch können nicht losgelöst voneinander betrachtet oder analysiert werden. Auch wenn Umwelt auf den ersten Blick abstrakt und fern wirkt, hat sie doch durchgehend einen fundamentalen Anteil an der menschlichen Entwicklung im physischen, kognitiven...
by Shaun Cleaver | Mar 29, 2021 | EcoHealth, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Justice, Indigenous perspectives
In the two decades that I have been a member of this profession, I cannot recall an instance when justice was a central topic for physiotherapists. With many physiotherapists self-conceptualizing as experts of movement or physical function, maybe this oversight is...
