Historian's talk focuses on massage and history of physical therapy
Kay Nias, a Medicine Galleries Research Fellow based at the Science Museum in London, recently gave a talk on massage and the history of physiotherapy.
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WHPA urges COP31 to put health at the heart of climate action
WHPA members call for health professionals and resilient health systems to be prioritised in global climate action
Japanese Physical Therapy Association celebrates 60 years
Marking the 60th anniversary of physiotherapy in Japan, reflecting on the past and looking to the future.
WCPT condemns airstrikes on hospitals in Syria
WCPT and other members of the World Health Professions Alliance have condemned the continuing targeted attacks on hospitals in Idlib province, in Syria’s north-west.
Call for abstracts for first global transplant sport conference
The first international transplant sport research conference calls for abstract submissions and transplant athletes’ videos.
Learning to be a new board
In her August blog, WCPT President Emma Stokes writes about the members of the new WCPT Executive Board.
WCPT appoints consultants for project in Tajikistan
Find out about the three consultants contracted by WCPT to develop and deliver a project in Tajikistan.
Physical therapy: helping people take control of chronic pain
Chronic pain and the role of physical therapists is the theme of World Physical Therapy Day on 8 September 2019.
