To mark World Physical Therapy Day, the Malta Association of Physiotherapists (MAP) organised an awareness campaign during Pride March to enhance the awareness of the physiotherapy profession and how physiotherapists can assist in managing chronic pain within the LGBTIQ community.
During these celebrations the MAP held a three hour seminar for its members titled “LGBTIQ+ and Physiotherapy” that focused on current healthcare updates such as legislative changes, the gender clinic and also the programmes that are currently being developed with regards to sexually transmitted diseases in Malta. The session was also supported by health care professionals working at the Malta Gay Rights Movement. Following this session the board members of the association, together with its members, joined Pride March where the message “Ask Me About Physio!” was disseminated and physiotherapists who volunteered on the day provided information on management of chronic pain to the Maltese general public participating at Pride Malta.
