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Training beyond the health sciences to promote ecologically grounded physiotherapy

Training beyond the health sciences to promote ecologically grounded physiotherapy

by Sarah Schwab | May 23, 2022 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health

Humans are intrinsically and dynamically tied to the environment. Not only do we shape the environment that we inhabit, but the environment also shapes our behaviours. Of particular relevance to physiotherapists, the environment influences human motor behaviour. J.J....
Access to nature is an important health issue

Access to nature is an important health issue

by Steffen Torp | Apr 6, 2022 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Greenspace Exposure

Nature and outdoor recreation are important for public health. As a health promotion endeavor, physiotherapists should engage in public health work and policymaking to secure the public (and thereby patients) easy access to green and blue environments. This piece...
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...
Launching the environmental physiotherapy education inspiration-base

Launching the environmental physiotherapy education inspiration-base

by Filip Maric | Mar 2, 2022 | EcoHealth, Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health, SDGs, Students in EPT

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 crisis. The crisis in Syria is still ongoing. Last year, the IPCC issued its starkest warning about global warming yet....
New Physioplus course on sustainable healthcare and environmental physiotherapy

New Physioplus course on sustainable healthcare and environmental physiotherapy

by Srishti Banerjee | Jan 18, 2022 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, SDGs

Climate change and sustainability are at the forefront of current events. According to the United Nations, we are experiencing accelerated global warming due to human activities and it will take a united effort to slow this trend. Hypothetically if global health care...
Physiopunk – Speculative fiction for future physiotherapies

Physiopunk – Speculative fiction for future physiotherapies

by Filip Maric | Dec 13, 2021 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Physiotherapy Research

Environmental and sustainability education is often conspicuous in its absence from public health and healthcare professional programmes around the world. Yet to respond to the diverse and complex social, ecological and health challenges we are facing everywhere today...
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