#1. In what year did Dr Edward Playter of Canada advocate ‘physiotherapy first’ before drug treatments?
In 1894 Dr Edward Playter gave a presentation at the last semi-annual Meeting of the Rideau and Bathurst Medical Association, in Ottawa, Canada titled, “Physiotherapy First: Nature’s Medicaments before Drug Remedies; Particularly Relating to Hydrotherapy”. In the article he claimed to have coined the word physiotherapy, but in reality he had just anglicised it.
#2. A founder of the Australasian Massage Association (later the Australian Physiotherapy Association) Frederick Teepoo Hall migrated to Australia from which country?
Frederick Teepoo-Hall was an Anglo-Indian who trained in India as a medical auxiliary – a second tier medical practitioner whose role was to treat Indians. He migrated to Melbourne in the late 1800s and became a leading masseur/physiotherapist.
#3. What was the name of the American Physical Therapy Association when first founded in 1921?
The American Women’s Physical Therapy Association was formed in 1921 but within a year changed its name to the American Physiotherapy Association. It was not until 1947 that it became the American Physical Therapy Association.
#4. Which was the first higher education institutions in Colombia to offer professional training in physiotherapy?
The Colombian School of Rehabilitation (ECR) was one of the first higer education institutions in Colombia to offer professional training in physiotherapy.
#5. Who invented Swedish Massage?
Whilst Ling is credited as the founder of the Swedish system of exercise, which included massage, it was only ever a relatively minor part of his gymnastic regime. The modern scientific development of massage began with Dutch physician Johann Mezger. The two treatments merged in practice and Mezger’s massage became erroneously known as Swedish Massage.
#6. Which physical therapy method was used in ancient Egypt, India and Greece?
Heliotherapy describes the use of sunlight for the treatment of skin diseases. Phototherapy comes from artificial light, which like magnet therapy was not available in ancient times. Hippotherapy refers to the use of horses, usually their rocking motion, in therapy.
#7. Which event most significantly contributed to the growth or emergence of physiotherapy as we know it today?
Industrialisation raised concern for injured workers which gave physiotherapy a start. It gave impetus to the armies of the First World War to use physiotherapy to rehabilitate injured soldiers. The great numbers of injured soldiers overwhelmed the medical profession’s ability, resulting in a need for masseuses, masseurs and other newly trained auxiliary personnel to fill the gap. The Polio epidemic followed in a number of countries and ensured the ongoing need for physiotherapists after the war.
#8. In which decade was the Physio Ball invented?
In the early 1960s, Aquilino Cosani, an Italian plastics manufacturer created what he termed the ‘Pezzi Ball’, a large inflatable ball whose sole purpose was to aid in gymnastic exercise. Within a decade of his creation, the Pezzi ball was being used by physiotherapists across Europe for a range of different applications from cerebral palsy to spinal injuries.
#9. Who was the inaugural president of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy?
CEO of the American Physical Therapy Association, Mildred Elson, was a prime driver behind the WCPT initiative with Muriel Neilson, General Secretary of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Miss Elson was elected first President of WCPT.
#10. What was the main factor that promoted the development and recognition of physiotherapy in Colombia during the mid-20th century?
Major poliomyelitis outbreaks in Colombia occurred in the mid-20th century, with significant outbreaks noted in 1953 and specifically in Cali in 1956.
#11. Which ancient Greek philosopher is considered the first gymnast and teacher of gymnastics?
Pythagoras is regarded as the first gymnast and teacher of gymnastics. He understood the significance of physical exercise for the comprehensive development of the individual and human life. With insight into nature and the effects of movement, he recognised how to incorporate movement education into intellectual and moral formation.
#12. Which Asian nation formed the continent’s first physiotherapy professional association in 1945?
The Iranian Physiotherapy Association was founded in 1945 from local physiotherapists who had trained in Britain and returned home.
#13. Why is July 5th celebrated as Physical Therapy Day in Mexico?
The first Association of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation (AMTFR) was formally established on the 5 of July 1955. It later changed its name in 2002 to Asociación Mexicana de Fisioterapia (AMEFI).
#14. Which African Country was a founding members of World Confederation for Physical Therapy in 1951?
The South African Society of Physiotherapy was one of the eleven founding member associations of the World Confederation for Physical Therapy on 8 September 1951.
#15. Which former Yugoslavian state’s physiotherapy association maintained independence from the national association and continues today?
The Association of Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists was formed in Yugoslavia in 1956. Following the nation’s breakup in 1995 new physiotherapy-specific associations were formed in the new nations, except the Association of Physiotherapists of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia. It had formed in 1954 and remained independent. Since 1991 it has been known as the Association of Physiotherapists of Slovenia.
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