{"id":1059,"date":"2025-10-29T13:48:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/2025\/10\/29\/world-copd-day-november-19-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:48:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T13:48:01","slug":"world-copd-day-november-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/2025\/10\/29\/world-copd-day-november-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"World COPD Day \u2013 November 19, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wprt-container\">\n<p>World COPD Day is organized by the <a href=\"https:\/\/goldcopd.org\/world-copd-day-2025\/\">Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)<\/a>\u00a0in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cShort of breath, think COPD\u201d.<\/p>\n\n<p>COPD is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, yet it is often underdiagnosed or misdiagnosed. The evidence is clear: earlier diagnosis and treatment leads to better outcomes \u2013 improved symptoms, lung function, and quality of life.<\/p>\n<p>Physiotherapists have a vital role in COPD management, including:<\/p>\n<p>Pulmonary rehabilitation<br \/>\nExercise prescription to improve strength and endurance<br \/>\nManagement techniques<br \/>\nSupporting self-management and behaviour change<\/p>\n<p>On this World COPD Day, let\u2019s raise awareness and ensure those with symptoms like persistent breathlessness, chronic cough, or frequent infections get assessed early.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pedro.org.au\/english\/browse\/evidence-in-your-inbox\/\">Stay on top of the latest evidence with PEDro.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/pedro.org.au\/english\/world-copd-day-november-19-2025\/\">World COPD Day \u2013 November 19, 2025<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/pedro.org.au\/\">PEDro<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World COPD Day is organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)\u00a0in collaboration with health care professionals and COPD patient groups throughout the world. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cShort of breath, think COPD\u201d. COPD is one of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physio"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glennruscoe.physio\/newswebsite2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}