by Shaun Cleaver | Jan 8, 2024 | Aquatic PT and bluespace exposure, Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Greenspace Exposure, Nature-based interventions
As our understanding of the many different connections between physiotherapy and the environment continues to grow, and we advance research and education across the breadth of environmental physiotherapy (EPT), the many implications this has for physiotherapy practice...
by Sandra Hernegger | Dec 17, 2023 | Aquatic PT and bluespace exposure, Environmental Physiotherapy, Nature-based interventions, Students in EPT
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 experiences are somewhat challenging and at the same time can be life changing for patients and physiotherapists. With this...
by Laura Haase | Aug 22, 2023 | Aquatic PT and bluespace exposure, Community Health, SDGs
How hard is it to come into action, specifically concerning environmental issues? If you’re honestly planning to save the world, it could be pretty hard! Couldn’t it? But even if you don’t care about the environment on a daily basis in your job or...
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...
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,...
