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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JPTA wins award for World Physiotherapy Congress 2025
Congratulations to JPTA for receiving the Japan Excellent Conference Award 2025
WHPA calls for urgent global action to protect health personnel from violence and persecution
WHPA warns of a troubling and sustained escalation in violence, intimidation and persecution of health professionals.
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.
