by Jessica Stanhope | Jun 19, 2022 | Biodiversity, Greenspace Exposure, Physiotherapy Education
Adapt your physiotherapy practice for positive environmental health Environmental physical therapy is an emerging field that describes the relationship between health (specifically physiotherapy) and the environment. The environment encompasses climate change,...
by Sarah Schwab | May 23, 2022 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health
Humans are intrinsically and dynamically tied to the environment. Not only do we shape the environment that we inhabit, but the environment also shapes our behaviours. Of particular relevance to physiotherapists, the environment influences human motor behaviour. J.J....
by Filip Maric | Mar 2, 2022 | EcoHealth, Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Planetary Health, SDGs, Students in EPT
As I am writing this, the lands and people of this world are being ravaged by yet another war, adding, what feels like, crisis upon crisis upon crisis. The crisis in Syria is still ongoing. Last year, the IPCC issued its starkest warning about global warming yet....
by Filip Maric | Dec 13, 2021 | Environmental Physiotherapy, Physiotherapy Education, Physiotherapy Research
Environmental and sustainability education is often conspicuous in its absence from public health and healthcare professional programmes around the world. Yet to respond to the diverse and complex social, ecological and health challenges we are facing everywhere today...
by Filip Maric | Apr 6, 2021 | Clinical Practice, Events, Physiotherapy Education, Physiotherapy Research
Ever since we have launched the Environmental Physiotherapy Association it has been our aim to advance the exploration and development of the relationship between physiotherapy, health and the environment in all of its facets. Today we are excited to share yet another...
by Filip Maric | Nov 12, 2020 | Events, Physiotherapy Education
Nearly exactly one year after the first ever Environmental Physiotherapy Roundtable, we are pleased to invite you to the second iteration of our livestream discussion on environmental physiotherapy. At the 2nd Environmental Physiotherapy Roundtable, representatives...
