What can physiotherapists learn from COVID-19 about the importance of accessing outdoor spaces?

by Jessica Stanhope | Feb 3, 2022 | Clinic Design, Clinical Practice, Greenspace Exposure

For many of us, COVID-19 has meant restrictions on what we do and where we go. These restrictions may include lockdowns, which prevent us from leaving our homes, through to supervised quarantine, often in hotels. These restrictions have been criticised because of the...

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...

Co-creating health and wellbeing

by Pamela Kipps Hansford | Jan 4, 2022 | Aquatic PT and bluespace exposure, Clinical Practice, Patient perspectives

“At least I can still become an Adaptive Surfer!” As I surface in ICU a flash of hope captures my imagination, lifts my spirits, and draws me forward with the promise of adventure. Lying flat ‘splat’ on my back my worldview is limited to perforated ceiling tiles and...

Using Data to Build Sustainability in Physical Therapy

by Eric Robertson | Nov 5, 2021 | AI, robots & digital health, Clinical Practice, Environmental Sustainability

Recently, you may have seen the widely published editorial in hundreds of health journals calling for emergency action on climate change. While the focus of that editorial was primarily external to healthcare, calling on governments to do more overall, we would be...

How physiotherapists can contribute to achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals in low- and middle-income countries

by Woyram Kofi-Bediako | Oct 24, 2021 | Clinical Practice, SDGs

The global economic recession following the COVID-19 pandemic, along with changes in climate patterns has magnified already existing global challenges that numerous countries are facing. The urgency to achieve the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has...

Time for a greener hand therapy: a call to arms

by Lisa Newington | Sep 13, 2021 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Sustainability

Over the last decade, many of us have been making the move to a more sustainable way of living. Small incremental steps that collectively add up. Think of the re-fillable coffee cups, tote bags, and widespread shunning of single-use plastic. Consider the food waste...