by Filip Maric | Nov 18, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Events, Greenspace Exposure, Nature-based interventions, Physiotherapy Research
One year after the first-ever Environmental Physiotherapy Festival, we arranged an international online symposium on ‘Putting nature-based health and therapy into practice’. This symposium featured four 90-minute sessions with presentations by a wide...
by Srishti Banerjee | Nov 6, 2024 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Environmental Sustainability, Physiotherapy Education, Physiotherapy Research
Building on insights into the carbon footprint of research and education, I am following my recent post with a list of actionable strategies to reduce ecological impact while maintaining the integrity of scientific inquiry and knowledge dissemination. From...
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 Steffen Torp | Oct 15, 2024 | Advocacy, Environmental Physiotherapy, Greenspace Exposure, Nature-based interventions
Many physiotherapists recommend that their patients actively use nature to aid in recovery. It is important to engage in primary prevention and health promotion efforts to secure easily accessible natural spaces, such as old, pristine forests. This may include...
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 Dana Tostenson | Sep 11, 2024 | Clinic Design, Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy
In physiotherapy, where the focus is on the patient’s pain, and restoring optimal function, there is a tendency for a myopic view of rehabilitation. While the greatest attention should be given on providing a quality assessment and intervention, the environment where...
