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In August 1976, Australian physiotherapy underwent one of the most significant transformations in its history. By an overwhelming vote, the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) abolished a long-standing ethical rule that required patients to obtain a medical or dental referral before …
You may have heard the term “derangement” and immediately thought of Robin McKenzie’s Derangement Syndrome. But the story of the term goes back further. McKenzie was strongly influenced by the work of British orthopaedic surgeon Dr James Cyriax, and his …
In his new book, Fisioterapia 1903–2024: Lento reconocimiento como ciencia propia (y hay quien lo niega, todavía) (Physiotherapy 1903–2024: Slow Recognition as a Distinct Science [and There Are Still Those Who Deny It]), physiotherapist Lendoiro-Salvador traces the more than century-long …
Agnes Wenham, a physiotherapist who trained in Sweden and England, was a well-known character in the profession, especially in Johannesburg, where she practised for many years. She moved to South Africa from the United Kingdom as a young woman and worked …
Last week we finally got the chance to talk to Barbara Richardson about the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy’s Oral History Project that she led. You can find more information on the project here. The audio …
This podcast is a different way of keeping up to date with the goings-on with the IPHA. If you prefer the whole-group online meetings, please let us know. We’re hoping these give you all the …
On the eve of the 100th year anniversary of the Armistice following the First World War, it is timely to reflect on how this tragedy provided the opportunity for a fledgling physiotherapy profession to establish …
In 1916, the Photographic Division of the Army in the French Ministry of War published collections of photographs documenting aspects of French involvement in World War I. The collections were grouped by theme and published …
One of the main functions of the IPHA is to be a conduit or link to the various physiotherapy history projects, writings, presentations and events going on around the world. To that end, we’re very …
Hilda Harris commenced as a first-year student at the University of Sydney in 1916. She joined fifty-one students in that year. During the First World War the then Australasian Massage Association, (the association that later …
In 1976 the Australian Journal of Physiotherapy published an article by Prue Galley titled ‘Patient referral and the physiotherapist’. This article was a synthesis of the debates and arguments about whether Australian physiotherapists were ready …
Last week I spoke with Patricia Grohne about some of the work she has been doing with her colleagues to record and celebrate the history of physiotherapy in British Colombia, Canada. As well as this …
The International Physiotherapy History Association has been running for more than a year now, and we have had an executive committee in place since October, so we are nearly a year old as a formal …
We heard last week of the recent death of Brian Davey. I had the good fortune to interview Brian as part of the centenary celebrations for New Zealand physiotherapists in 2013, and it was only …
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