Strengthening rehabilitation services in Ukraine through workforce development and professional collaboration
A meeting with Ukrainian rehabilitation stakeholders from Ministries, professional associations and universities held in Poland earlier this month gave the opportunity to make progress towards advancing the rehabilitation professions in Ukraine, in response to the growing need for rehabilitation services…
Everything is BIGGER in Texas, including an appreciation for Physiopedia!
Two of our Physiopedia team members were able to attend the annual Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) Conference in October, and what a trip it turned out to be! It was a privilege to meet and chat to so many…
Yara Peterko elected as Vice President of the Council of Occupational Therapists in European Countries
During their 11th General Assembly last week in Ljubljana, Slovenia, the Council of Occupational Therapists in European Countries (COTEC) voted on members of their committee, electing Physiopedia’s Yara Peterko as the new Vice President. As the European organisation for occupational…
The Practice Management Survey 2023
It’s that time again, we are opening up our 2023 Practice Management Survey, in preparations for our regular end of year report. This survey will focus on our strengths and… The post The Practice Management Survey 2023 appeared first on…
Physical Therapy’s Oscar Winning Film
On the 75th anniversary of its production we look back at the profession’s 1949 Oscar winning film. ‘Toward Independence’ is a 1948 American short documentary film about the rehabilitation of military veterans with spinal cord injuries. In 1949, it won…
Physiotherapy is Handling: Then and Now
The seminal paper “Physiotherapy is Handling” was presented by Joyce Williams at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) Founders’ Lecture at the CSP Annual Congress in 1985 and was reproduced in the Physiotherapy Journal in February 1986 (Vol.72, no.2). Joyce’s…
The Glass Room
Physiotherapy gymnasiums are rarely located within architectural splendour but for a short period in communist Czechoslovakia, a hospital physiotherapy department was located in one of the great buildings of European modernism. UNESCO World Heritage Listed Villa Tugendhat was built in…
Interview with a Russian physiotherapist, soldier, spy and double agent
My name is Olga Capatina. I was born in Moldova, in the North, on the banks of the Dniestr in 1955. My parents were also Moldavian. In fact, they were Romanians before WWII, but after the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact Moldova became…