by Pat Camp | May 11, 2026 | Disaster relief and humanitarian emergenciess, Environmental Physiotherapy, Respiratory health
The 2023 wildfire season in Canada was the most destructive on record, burning over 15 million hectares —more than double the previous record. This rise in wildfire frequency and intensity poses significant challenges to public health and the entire healthcare system....
by Astrid Polzer | May 5, 2026 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Nature-based interventions
Seit 2024 bin ich Teil des Herausgeber:innen-Teams der MSK – Zeitschrift für muskuloskelettale Physiotherapie. Die Fachzeitschrift fokussiert sich in jeder Ausgabe auf ein Schwerpunktthema, welches mit drei Artikeln aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven beleuchtet wird....
by Marianne Eliassen | Mar 27, 2026 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Nature-based interventions
How can physiotherapists contribute to meaningful aging through outdoor activities? And what happens to professional identity when physiotherapists move beyond the clinic and into nature? These were some of the key questions we sought to explore in our project on...
by Jessica Stanhope | Mar 26, 2026 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Nature-based interventions
Ever wonder how other allied health professionals are integrating nature-based approaches into their practice? We conducted a survey of allied health professionals in Australia who were interested in nature-based approaches to find out what they were doing, what...
by Shawn Rundell | Mar 24, 2026 | Disability, Environmental Physiotherapy, Nature-based interventions
Playing in and gaining exposure to nature improves child health and well-being, healthy child development, and academic performance, and encourages children to be stewards of the environment. Children with disabilities often have difficulty accessing nature for a...
by Emma Swärdh | Mar 2, 2026 | Advocacy, Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health
In my role as a lecturer in the physiotherapy programme at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, I have spent some years working at the intersection of planetary health, environmental physiotherapy, and sustainable healthcare. As the teacher responsible for these topics...
