by Andreas Matzarakis | Oct 19, 2026 | Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Global warming, Heat Stress
Physiotherapists know that bodies do not live in laboratories. A patient walks to the clinic through a hot street, a runner trains in cold wind, an older client stays indoors for days because the air is heavy and the pavement is icy. The weather is part of every...
by Caitlyn Socwell | Feb 3, 2025 | Circular Economy, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, Transdisciplinarity
In 2018, my life was changed forever. My sustainable lightbulb moment happened whilst on a camping trip to regional Victoria, Australia in the Yarra Valley. My small group of friends and I sat on the bank of the Goulburn River at the back of a cherry tree farm –...
by Sibyl Edward | Oct 25, 2024 | Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Physiotherapy, Global warming
How often have you heard a patient say, “This weather… oh, my arthritic knees”! Some patients say that with such conviction, but is there a correlation between weather changes and arthritic pain? Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by synovial inflammation, articular...
by Jessica Stanhope | Sep 30, 2024 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Physiotherapy Research, Planetary Health
In August 2019 the Environmental Physiotherapy Association was launched. In the last 5 years the Association has made huge progress in highlighting the links between the environment and human health, and the role of physiotherapy in protecting, improving and utilising...
by Amanda Maddern | Jul 3, 2024 | Biodiversity, EcoHealth, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, Global warming, Greenspace Exposure, Planetary Health, SDGs
Between the dates of the October 6-8 2023, Brisbane, Australia became home of the Australian Physiotherapy Association’s national conference, IGNITE 2023. I was fortunate enough to attend this conference and was excited and inspired by the keynote presentation titled,...
by Jessica Stanhope | Jun 5, 2023 | Biodiversity, EcoHealth, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Physiotherapy
The environment has long been recognised as a determinant of health (Dahlgren & Whitehead, 2021). While determinants of health may be protective, health promoting or risk factors (Dahlgren & Whitehead, 2021), the narrative regarding the relationship between...
