Numerous physiotherapy institutions and departments carried out several events around the country to celebrate World PT Day 2020. Most of the activities centred round this year’s “Rehabilitation after COVID-19” campaign.
Activities included:
- displaying this year's World PT Day infographics and posters
- consultations using telehealth
- digital awareness programmes
- drawing competitions
- encouraging maintaining physical and mental fitness when staying at home
- essay writing
- Facebook Live sessions
- patient demonstrations
- poster presentations
- surveys
- symposiums
- talks on benefits of using telerehabilitation
- tree planting
- webinars
- yoga demonstrations
Reports were received from the following organisations:
- Indian Association of Physiotherapists (IAP)
- IAP Women Cell
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Patna
- Andhra Pradesh Physical Therapists Association (APPTA)
- Ashok & Rita Patel Institute of Physiotherapy (ARIP), Gujarat
- Baranagar Physiomax Organisation, Kolkata
- BEE Health Studio, Chennai
- College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Gujarat
- Department of Physiotherapy In Cardiovascular and Respiratory Sciences of DVVPF' S College of Physiotherapy, Ahmednagar
- GEMS College of Physiotherapy, Andhra Pradesh
- Gujarat state government physios
- HealthCare atHOME
- Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center (IKDRC), Gujarat
- J.S.S College of Physiotherapy, Mysore
- Mobility Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, West Bengal
- School of Physiotherapy, RK University, Rajkot
- Shri Suleshwari College of Physiotherapy, Gujarat
- Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Physiotherapy, Chennai
- SRM College of Physiotherapy, Tamilnadu
- VAPMS College of Physiotherapy, Visakhapatnam
Additional organisations shared how they marked the day via Twitter:
https://twitter.com/GGPA17/status/1303227714648727552?s=20
https://twitter.com/SagarSathwara81/status/1303266061265977344?s=20
https://twitter.com/DMSundargarh/status/1303363739723292680?s=20
