by Karime Mescouto | Sep 19, 2023 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy
If you are a healthcare professional like me, I am sure you have heard about the biopsychosocial model of health. This model was proposed by George Engel in 1977 to challenge the prevailing biomedical approach in psychiatry, as well as medicine, more broadly (Engel,...
by Sarah Schwab | Oct 4, 2022 | Disability, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy
A complete, humanized description of disability requires consideration of context (e.g., physical environment, social interactions, background life), and the factors contributing to function and disability should be sought at the interface of an individual and their...
by David Nicholls | Sep 2, 2022 | Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy
Here’s a question to ponder: When you think about the physical therapies — touch, movement, exercise, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, and so on — do you naturally think about one human doing something to or for another? If you do, you’re not alone, because almost the...
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 David Nicholls | Aug 31, 2021 | Environmental Philosophies, Environmental Physiotherapy, Planetary Health
During the brilliant August EPT Agenda 2023 participating institutions meeting organised by Filip and bringing five invited speakers together to talk about the integration of planetary health, environmental and sustainability perspectives into occupational therapy,...
by Nadja Thöner | Feb 25, 2021 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Philosophies
Wie eine deutsche Physiotherapie-Zeitschrift (1) im Juli 2020 veröffentlichte, sind in der Forschung Therapiemethoden in der Erprobung, die eine weitere Elektrifizierung der Physiotherapie zur Folge hätten. Die zunehmende Elektrifizierung von Lebenswelten verändert...
