by Soraia Micaela Silva | Nov 9, 2026 | Disability, Environmental Issues and Health Impacts, Environmental Physiotherapy, WHO ICF
When physiotherapists talk about “the environment”, are we talking about the same thing? Perhaps not. And perhaps that is exactly what makes this conversation so important. Environmental Physiotherapy has challenged our profession to think beyond the...
by Clement Noel | Oct 1, 2026 | Clinical Practice, Environmental Physiotherapy, Professional boundaries, Professional identity
When I first became interested in planetary health and environmental physiotherapy, I found myself asking the same question that I now hear from many colleagues: “Interesting. But what does that have to do with physiotherapy?” If I am honest, I was not being...
by Katja Siefken | Sep 6, 2026 | Active Transport, Environmental Physiotherapy, Physical Activity
We know that physical activity is good for us. Moving more can prevent disease, support mental health and wellbeing, and help us stay healthy across the life course. Promoting physical activity is therefore central to public health and to the work of many health...
by Kerstin McPherson | Jul 2, 2026 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education
If we know that climate change is real—and that it represents the greatest threat to health, affecting every person on the planet—why is there still no urgency to modify, change, and adapt physiotherapy curricula? If planetary health truly matters in health education,...
by Cuisle Forde | Jun 19, 2026 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education
Physiotherapy education varies across Europe. Some variation is driven by differences in the professional remit of physiotherapists between jurisdictions, and some by the specific needs of health systems and populations, but one thing we all share is the need to...
by Katherine Roberts | Jun 4, 2026 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Occupational Health
Our first-ever Vlog comes from Kathy Roberts, a practicing Occupational Health Physiotherapist in the UK, and Honorary Clinical Academic Fellow at the University of Exeter. Kathy is particularly interested in education and research, and the role of physiotherapy in...
