Contributors
Brigitte Bröttcher
Brigitte Böttcher, former specialist physiotherapist for psychosocial medicine in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). She completed her education as a physiotherapist in the GDR in the 1960s at the state technical college at Heinrich Braun Hospital in Zwickau and then worked in the inpatient and outpatient sectors in Dresden for many years. Because of her great interest in the history of physiotherapy in her home region of Saxony and in the GDR in general, she has built up what is probably the largest collection of materials relating to this history in Germany. She was also the initiator of Physio-In e.V., an association concerned with developing new perspectives for community-oriented physiotherapy inspired by historical predecessors.
Cameron MacDonald
Dr MacDonald received his initial Physical Therapy (PT) education in Australia at Sydney University, and his Doctoral Degree in PT from Regis University in Denver, CO. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Orthopedics and Geriatrics in the USA. He has also obtained Fellowship status in Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapy (OMPT). He has received multiple national research awards from the APTA, AAOMPT and JOSPT. He has taught across the USA, internationally in multiple settings and continues with an active research agenda. He spent 20+ years in clinical practice in a primary orthopaedic setting/s. He is the Director of the Regis Fellowship in OMPT and the Orthopaedic Residency, instructing in manipulative therapy, specific exercise and dry needling in all primary regions of the body. He is an assistant Professor at the Regis School of Physical Therapy. He is the current Chapter President. His current PhD studies from the University of Newcastle, Australia, are on the genesis of manual therapy for all primary professions.
Dave Nicholls
Dave Nicholls is a Professor of Critical Physiotherapy in the School of Clinical Sciences at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. He is a physiotherapist, lecturer, researcher and writer, with a passion for critical thinking in and around the physical therapies. David is the founder of the Critical Physiotherapy Network, an organisation that promotes the use of cultural studies, education, history, philosophy, sociology, and a range of other disciplines in the study of the profession’s past, present and future. He is also co-founder and chair of the International Physiotherapy History Association Executive, and founding Executive member of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association. David’s own research work focuses on the philosophy, sociology, and critical history of physiotherapy, and considers how physiotherapy might need to adapt to the changing economy of health care in the 21st century. He has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, many as first author. His first book – The End of Physiotherapy (Routledge, 2017) – was the first book-length critical history of the profession. A second sole-authored book – Physiotherapy Otherwise – was published in early 2022 as a free pdf/eBook (available from https://ojs.aut.ac.nz/tuwhera-open-monographs/catalog/book/8). He was co-editor on the first collection of critical physiotherapy writings – Manipulating Practices (Cappelen Damm, 2018) – and was the lead editor for the follow-up – Mobilising Knowledge (Routledge, 2020). He is also very active on social media, writing weekly on contemporary critical physiotherapy issues (criticalphysio.substack.com). He has taught in physiotherapy programmes in the UK and New Zealand for over 30 years and has presented his work around the world.
David Poulter
David Poulter is a British trained Physical Therapist. He emigrated to Australia in 1986 where he ran a private practice specializing in treating musculoskeletal problems. He obtained his Diploma in Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy in 1992. On completion of his diploma course, he moved to New Zealand to teach the McKenzie Institute International Diploma course. David spent 3 years working alongside Robin McKenzie, whilst developing the McKenzie diploma program. In 1995 he moved the McKenzie Diploma course to Coon Rapids, Minnesota, to its new home at Two Rivers Center. David was the McKenzie Institute International Director of Education from 1996-1998 inclusive. He taught the diploma course from 1995-2000 at the Two Rivers clinic and for NovaCare after 1998. He was a Senior Faculty Member of the US McKenzie Institute from 1995-2000, and a senior faculty member of the McKenzie Institute International from 1992-2000. After leaving the McKenzie Institute, David developed and taught his own courses based on the “Patient Centered Model.” He has presented his two main courses “Patients have all the Answers”, and “Telling isn’t Teaching” in Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Greece, Ireland and the USA. He also developed and presented nationally and internationally two courses on “Spinal Differentiation” and “Manual techniques in a Patient Centered Paradigm.” David is a British trained physiotherapist currently living and working in the Minnesota, USA. He has presented at numerous MSK conferences in both the USA & internationally. He specializes in treating pain related musculoskeletal issues, patient empowerment and self treatment. He has extensive experience in treating people with pain conditions of the spine, shoulder, hip, knee, and post surgical pain related issues. David is currently working as a consultant through his own company MT3. He is a treating Physical Therapist, clinical mentor, author and educators living in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, USA
Elisavet Anastasiadi
Elisavet was born in Greece and qualified in Athens as a physiotherapist. She has since worked and studied in England and Greece. Elisavet specialized in Musculoskeletal physiotherapy at Brighton University and have since worked in the NHS in England and privately in Greece. She have a teaching role in the Greek university of Physiotherapy in Athens and in a private College where she teaches BSc Physiotherapy students. Elisavet am a Phd candidate at the University of Brighton and her main interest is the therapeutic relationship. For the past two years she has been doing volunteer work as a physiotherapist at a clinic addressed to socioeconomically vulnerable people.
Fiona Jenkins
Dr Fiona Jenkins is Executive Director for Therapies Health Science in Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. Fiona is a physiotherapist with significant clinical, managerial and leadership experience. She joined Cardiff and Vale UHB in 2010. Fiona has a PhD in Social Sciences related to NHS Management and completed the INSEAD NHS / Leadership Centre Clinical Strategists’ Programme, she also holds an MA (Distinction) in Management (Exeter University). Fiona is also a Companion of the Institute of Healthcare Management. She is also a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Her Executive portfolio includes: National lead roles: Chair of Wales Eye Care steering group, SRO for procurement of a national eye care record for Wales, Chair Wales Respiratory Health group and Chair Wales Stroke Improvement group, NHS representative of the Ministerial Veteran’s expert group. Cardiff and Vale UHB lead roles: Executive lead for Stroke, Eye Care, End of Life, Falls, Learning Disabilities, Armed forces and Veterans, Medical Equipment, Decontamination, Nutrition and Musculoskeletal services. In addition Fiona is accountable for leading the 1800 Therapists and Healthcare Scientists in the organisation. Fiona lectures both nationally and internationally, and is an Executive member of the International History Physiotherapy Association. She is also co-editor/author of a series of “The Allied Health Professions Essential Guides.”
Geraldo Barbosa
* Graduated in Physiotherapy from the Federal University of Pernambuco. Recife 1965 * Bachelor in Social Communication (Public Relations) ESURP - Recife 1977 * Founding Partner of the Pernambuco Association of Physiotherapists APERFISIO. President in 1966 * President of the Regional Council of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy of the First Region 1978 * Effective Counselor - Federal Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy 1984 * Professional Merit Commendation (Medal and Diploma) 1999 * Member of the Commission of Honor of the 60 Years of the Federal University of Pernambuco UFPE 2007 * Heirs of Aesculapius - History and Professional Organization of Physiotherapy - (Author). Recife 2009 * Columnist of Nova Fisio Magazine Rio de Janeiro / Brazil * Physiotherapist and Public Manager: Ministry of Health / INAMPS (Recife), State Health Secretariat of Pernambuco and Municipal Health Secretariat of Recife 1966/2012
Giuseppe Verde
A past Physiotherapist in the Sciacca Spa, Giuseppe Verde has developed a scientific interest which led him to the publication of Fisioterapia e Riabilitazione alle Terme (Spa Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation) in 1998. In the same year he was a participant of Cura Aquarum in Sicilia, an international meeting that took place in Siracusa where he reported on 'Ancient hydrothermal practices in the territory of Sciacca (Aquas Labodes). Giuseppe published several articles on different reviews about the history of the Sciacca Spa and the rehabilitation practiced in it. In 2000, Giuseppe published Il termalismo di Sciacca dalla preistoria al XX secolo (Spa topics in Sciacca from prehistoric times to the XX century), as a result of a systematic survey on the various spa aspects in this Sicilian town. In 2004, he published Historiography of the Sciacca Spa. Four thousand years in the most ancient spa area of Sicily. In 2019, Antipodes Publishers in Palermo issued his book on Antiche Terme di Sicilia (The ancient Spas of Sicily).
Glenn Ruscoe
Glenn is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist working in private practice in Perth, Australia. A strong advocate for the profession, Glenn has been heavily involved in leadership of professional associations and regulatory boards. Currently he is Managing Director of the Registry Operator of the .physio domain top level extension.
Gwendolen Jull
Dr Gwendolen Jull AO is an Emeritus Professor in Physiotherapy at The University of Queensland, Australia. She is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist and Fellow of the Australian College of Physiotherapists. Her career has combined teaching, research and clinical practice. Her research has principally been concerned with the diagnosis and management of idiopathic neck pain, cervicogenic headache and whiplash associated disorders and quantifying the dysfunction in the cervical motor system as a basis for research informed therapeutic exercise for the rehabilitation of neck disorders. Gwen has taught extensively nationally and internationally and has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles, 40 book chapters, three textbooks, as well as editing the 3rd and 4th editions of Grieve’s Modern Manual Therapy (now Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy). Her most recent text was published 2019 ‘Management of neck pain disorders: A research informed approach Elsevier, UK’. Gwen is also co-editor of the international journal, Musculoskeletal Science and Practice.
Joan McMeeken
Professor Joan McMeeken AM is the Foundation Professor and was Foundation Head of the School of Physiotherapy and Associate Dean Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne from 1991 to 2006. She is a Professorial Fellow of the University. Her previous research and clinical interests included physiotherapy education and accreditation, health promotion and health management through education, injury prevention and rehabilitation. She continues to play a major role in the recognition, registration and accreditation of university and tertiary academic programs in Australia and internationally, now with the World Confederation of Physical Therapy. Her current historical interests include work on a current Australian Research Council grant, Diggers to Veterans: Risk, Resilience and Recovery in the First Australian Imperial Force and the history of the physiotherapy profession. In 2018 her book Science in Our Hands Physiotherapy at the University of Melbourne, 1895–2010 was published.
Magda Fourie
I qualified in 1978 and became a member of the South African Society of Physiotherapy (SASP) since then. As previous President of the SASP, I became very involved in the management and strategic vision of the SASP and the profession. Currently I am part of the committee and the history project for the centenary celebrations planned for 2024.
Maria Calatayud
Maria Calatayud is an equine physiotherapy practitioner from Valencia, Spain. Maria is currently a PhD student in the Physiotherapy department of the CEU Cardenal Herrera University. Her Masters degree in Physiotherapy and Veterinary Rehabilitation was gained from IACES (Madrid), accredited by the University Physiotherapy School Garbí (University of Girona). Since 2014 Maria has been the Coordinator of the Special Interest Group in Animal Physiotherapy from the General Council of the Official Colleges of Physiotherapists of Spain. Maria has presented multiple papers and posters on the topic of equine myofascial trigger points and has travelled the world attending educational programs on animal health.
Marilyn Moffat
Dr. Marilyn Moffat, a recognized leader in the United States and internationally, is a teacher, a consultant, a researcher, an author, and a practitioner. She is a Full Professor of Physical Therapy at New York University, where she directs both the professional doctoral program (DPT) and the post-professional graduate master's degree program in pathokinesiology. She maintains a private practice in the New York area. Dr. Moffat is a Past-President of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (now World Physiotherapy), a Past-President of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and past Editor of Physical Therapy, APTA’s official publication 'Physical Therapy'. Amongst her many publications are two books for the lay audience - American Physical Therapy Association’s Book of Body Maintenance and Repair and Age-Defying Fitness. She also completed a 4-book series known as the Musculoskeletal Essentials, Cardiovascular/Pulmonary Essentials, Neuromuscular Essentials, and Integumentary Essentials for physical therapy clinicians and students. Dr. Moffat has received numerous national and international awards and has had 3 awards named after her – the Marilyn Moffat Leadership Award of the American Physical Therapy Association, the Dr. Marilyn Moffat Distinguished Service Award of the New York Physical Therapy Association, and the Marilyn Moffat Service Award of the North America/Caribbean Region World Confederation for Physical Therapy. She is a Catherine Worthingham Fellow of the APTA. Nationally she has received the APTA’s Mary McMillan Lecture Award (the highest award of APTA), the Lucy Blair Service Award, Outstanding Service Awards from the New York Physical Therapy Association and from the APTA, the Howard A Rusk Humanitarian Award from the Word Rehabilitation Fund, the United Cerebral Palsy Citation for Service, the Sawadi Skulkai Lecture Award from Mahidol University in Bangkok Thailand, New York University's Founders Day Award, the University of Florida's Barbara C. White Lecture Award, the Massachusetts General's Ionta Lecture Award, the APTA Minority Affairs Diversity 2000 Award, the APTA Section of Health Policy's R. Charles Harker Policy Maker Award, and the Ambassador Award from the National Strength Conditioning Association. She was also a recipient of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy Mildred Elson Award in recognition of her international leadership. She is also currently on the Board of Directors of the World Rehabilitation Fund and is a member of the Executive Committee and also on the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research.
Nicky Wilson
Patricia Grohne
Patricia Grohne qualified with an Orthopaedic Nursing Certificate (ONC) and Diploma in Physiotherapy in 1967 from England before immigrating to Vancouver, Canada in 1969. In the eighties, she co-authored a book on Physiotherapy Department Planning, and upgraded to a BSR (PT) from UBC. As a volunteer, she has held many positions. Obtaining her Diploma in Peer Counseling in 2004, she worked as a Thomas Int. Consultant for small businesses. More recently, Patricia and the Physiotherapy History of BC Advisory Committee collaborated with PABC to publish their findings online: https://bcphysio.org/about-us/our-history In 2020, Patricia received an Award of Excellence in Lifetime Accomplishments by PABC and a Medal of Distinction from the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) in 2021.
Rob Jones
Dr Robert Jones PhD, MPhil, BA, FCSP, Grad.Dip.Phys, CIHM, MMACP Honorary Life Fellow of Brighton and Fellow Plymouth Universities Rob is a Director and Trustee of Moorfields Eye Charity and a member of Moorfields Hospital FT Governors Council, he is Chair of the non-executive Governance and Remuneration Committee and chair of the Governor Governance committee. Rob is co-director of JJ Consulting Healthcare Management, which specialises in providing management/ leadership services across the UK and internationally including service reviews, surveys, coaching, masterclasses, workshops and presentations. He is joint author/editor of seven books on management and leadership topics for the AHPs and has published twenty-five papers and articles in peer reviewed journals and other publications. His published work includes clinical, management, leadership, IM&T and health policy topics and his most recently published peer reviewed paper is an in-depth history of blind and partially sighted physiotherapy in the UK. He is also an executive member of the International Physiotherapy History Association. Rob has lectured and led masterclasses in many countries around the world and extensively throughout the UK. He has presented at five WCPT Congresses including leading three international symposia. He has substantial clinical and professional experience and was a former Chairman of CSP and the first physiotherapy representative to the health care professions Regulator, the HCPC. He successfully completed the Clinical Leadership and Strategists programme at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, and has been a member of several UK Department of Health Working Groups. He has a doctorate in management, MPhil in social policy and BA in Humanities specialising in philosophy, history and english. Rob is also a Fellow of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and a Companion of the Institute of Health Care Management.
Sandra Schiller
Sandra Schiller obtained her M.A. and PhD from the History Department at Heidelberg University (Germany), specializing in the social history of the family and in national identity from a postcolonial perspective. She has been a lecturer in Occupational Therapy, Speech & Language Therapy and Phyisotherapy at HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hildesheim/Holzminden/Goettingen, Germany since 2002. Sandra’s teaching and research interests are in the areas of Ethics and Diversity, Community Development and historical gender research in Physiotherapy. She is a member of the inaugural IPHA Executive.
Sarah C. Marshall
Sarah C. Marshall is a Faculty Lecturer at the School of Physical & Occupational Therapy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Sarah is a former President of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and is a founding member of the International Physiotherapy History Association. She has been a physiotherapist for over three decades, and enjoys lecturing, studying and debating on topics such as health promotion, seniors’ health, and the value of healthy lifestyles. Sarah’s interest in history is linked to her middle name: Catherine Marshall was Sarah’s great-aunt, and a suffragist in the UK in the early years of the 20th century.
Seth Peterson
Dr. Peterson is a clinician interested in clinical reasoning, differential diagnosis, and spinal pain. He owns a private practice in Tucson, maintains adjunct faculty roles, and is a regular presenter at national conferences. He has over 25 peer-reviewed publications, hosts several podcasts, and was named an Emerging Leader by the American Physical Therapy Association.
Snjezana Schuster
Snježana Schuster is a physiotherapist and archaeologist. She obtained her PhD in the field of bioarchaeology, where she conducted interdisciplinary research encompassing social-humanistic, natural and biomedical sciences on historical populations. Her work involved comparing these populations with contemporary ones in the context of pathological changes in the human spine. With years of experience, she worked as a physiotherapist in the Clinical Hospital in Zagreb, Croatia, specializing in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, women's health, and sports physiotherapy. She initiated the first column, "Historical Corner for Physiotherapists," in the Croatian journal Fizioterapija. Currently, she serves as an associate professor at the Department of Physiotherapy (University of Applied Health Sciences) and Faculty of Kinesiology, at the University of Zagreb, Croatia.
Susan Waller
Theresa Flynn
Theresa Flynn qualified with BA Physio (1986) Trinity College Dublin, MAppl Science SHWW (2001) UCD and Dip Leadership (2023) UCC. She currently works as Senior Physiotherapist in Ergonomics at St Vincent's University Hospital. She was Hon Secretary of Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists (1990-92) and has been involved in many committees over the years particularly in Chartered Physiotherapists in Occupational Health and Ergonomics. She is currently a board member of the ISCP. She was a member of the organization committee for the ISCP 40 years Celebration and gave a presentation on the development of the profession in Ireland at these celebrations.
Wajida Perveen
Dr. Wajida Perveen is a Physical Therapist from PAKISTAN with diverse experiences as academician, clinician and a researcher with professional experience in Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation. She is an eminent scholar and reviewer in many national and international peer reviewed journals and conferences. Within World Physiotherapy, she is an active member of subgroups and global communities of physiotherapy practice.