Numerous physical therapy institutions and departments carried out several events around the country to celebrate World Physical Therapy Day 2019. Most of the activities centred round this year’s “Chronic pain” campaign.
Activities included:
- Series of events on the role of acupuncture in chronic pain
- Chronic pain camps
- Competitions, quizzes and games
- Exercise classes
- Zumba sessions
- Free pain assessment clinics
- Free treatment and awareness camps
- Nutrition talks
- Health talks
- Fitness challenges
- Bike rally
- Road march
- Tree plantation
- Free physiotherapy camps
- Walkathons
- Poster presentations
- Primary health centre visits
- Raffle contest
Reports were received from the following organisations:
- AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences), Patna (PDF)
- Aster MIMS-Calicut in collaboration with Kerala Association of Physiotherapists Co-Ordination (KAPC)-Calicut Branch
- Baranagar Physiomax Organisation (PDF)
- Care Hospitals, Hyderabad
- C.M. Patel College of Physiotherapy (PDF)
- College of Physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Gujarat (PDF)
- Indian Association of Physiotherapists, Bangalore (PDF)
- Indian Association of Physiotherapists, Chennai Branch and Indian Association of Physiotherapists, women
- Indian Association of Physiotherapists, Tamilnadu and Salem Branch and Women Cell (South Zone) (PDF)
- Indian Association of Physiotherapists, Thrissur branch, Kerala State
- Indian Association of Physiotherapy, Women Cell (PDF)
- JSS College of Physiotherapy, Mysore (PDF)
- Maharishi Markandeshwar Institute of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Haryana (PDF)
- Mobility Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, West Bengal (PDF)
- National Institute for Locomotor Disabilities (Divyangjan) (PDF)
- Nopany Institute of Healthcare Studies (NIHS), Kolkata (PDF)
- Prem Physiotherapy & Rehabilitation College, Panipat, Haryana
- Professional Physiotherapist's Society (PPS), Agartala (PDF)
- Rama University, Kanpur
- RK University, School of Physiotherapy, Rajkot, Gujarat (PDF)
- Shri Suleshwari College of Physiotherapy, Gujarat (PDF)
- SRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai (PDF)
- VAPMS College of Physiotherapy, Madhrawada, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
