WHPA Health Improvement Card available through Physiopedia
- avoid tobacco use and harmful alcohol consumption
- improve diet
- undertake regular sufficient physical activity
- achieve and maintain healthy weight
- manage tension and stress
- access preventive care and screening for preventable illness.
The Buzz of World Physical Therapy Day!
For World Physical Therapy Day we created an entire new section on non-comunicable diseases. In alignment with the United Nations summit on non-communicable disease we wanted to demonstrate the enormous contribution the we, the physiotherapy profession, can make in countering non-communicable diseases. These pages in Physiopedia can be used to publicise our work, educate the public and policy makers about what we do, and try and ensure that people around the world benefit from our skills. Many people do not recognise the contribution physiotherapists make in keeping people healthy and independent, so join us to let them know!! These pages are still open for editing and we welcome continued contributions.
See the pages here:
In addition we joined in the World Physical Therapy buzz on twitter, we were:
- tweeting amongst ourselves using the hashtags #WPTD2011 #PhysioPT
- tweeting to the people of the world using the hashtags #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy
Navigate back to September 8th on any of these hashtags to see what the profession was tweeting about on World Physical Therapy Day 2011. I wonder what technology we will be using next year…?
It’s World Physical Therapy Day, join in!!
Today is World Physical Therapy Day and we are telling the world about the impact that physiotherapists can have on global health. In alignment with the United Nations summit on non-communicable disease we want to demonstrate the enormous contribution the we, the physiotherapy profession, can make in countering non-communicable diseases. Let’s all get together in Physiopedia to show the world how we can contribute.
Here’s how you can join in:
- If you don’t already have an account, register for one today.
- Once you have an account you will be able to edit pages in Physiopedia.
- Go to our Global Health special interest area and see the section on Non-Communicable Diseases.
- Choose one of the NCDs to contribute to, click on that link, and make your contributions to that page by clicking on the Edit tab.
Following the international collaborative effort to create these pages in Physiopedia we can then use them to publicise our work, educate the public and policy makers about what we do, and try and ensure that people around the world benefit from our skills. Many people do not recognise the contribution physiotherapists make in keeping people healthy and independent, so join us to let them know!!
On twitter let’s also:
- tweet amongst ourselves using the hashtags #WPTD2011 #PhysioPT
- tweet to the people of the world using the hashtags #physiotherapy #physicaltherapy
Let’s have a conversation, create a buzz, talk to the world!
Featured in September 2011
Each month we feature some our most valued contributions to Physiopedia in the preceding months. We are very grateful to all these contributors in September 2011.
Featured Project
AGILE Project
This is a collaborative effort from AGILE to engage online alongside people with similar interests to develop the Older People section of Physiopedia. It had been developed on their behalf by Bhanu Ramaswamy and is based on work by the group to update their Physiotherapy and Older People: A resource for student and newly qualified physiotherapists booklet.
Featured Contributor
Dr Elaine Lonnemann
This month we wanted to feature Dr Lonnemann’s amazing efforts in engaging her pre and post registration students, and clinicians to contribute to their own learning through the use of Physiopedia. We are very grateful for Dr Lonneman’s tireless contributions! See her projects here, here, here and here.
Featured Article
Adhesive Capsulitis
This month we wanted to highlight another page that was created by DPT students as part of a recent project at Texas State University, it is a great example of comprehensive evidence based article.
Featured Sponsor
PhysioTools
Thanks to PhysioTools for becoming a Gold Sponsor. PhysioTools provide exercis software designed to support your client’s program of exercise and care.
