Physio health screenings are a key part of major sporting games
Physiotherapists, assistants, technical instructors and physio students provided medical cover and health screenings for athletes with learning difficulties, at a major sporting event this summer.
Horse rider physio uses sporting empathy while volunteering at world athletics championships
Experience as a leading sportswoman ‘definitely helped’ Beth Langley in her role as a volunteer physiotherapist at two world athletic championships in London.
Physios must be on team that follow-ups premature babies, from birth to age of two
Neonatal physiotherapists should be helping to provide developmental support and surveillance assessments to prematurely born children, during the first two years of their lives.
English government to fund more student placements
The CSP has welcomed confirmation that the government will fund clinical placements for an extra 10,000 student nurses, midwives and allied health professionals between now and 2020.
Volunteer therapists help keep organ transplant athletes in sporting shape
More than 850 athletes, all of whom have received a lifesaving organ transplant, were supported by a team of physiotherapists, students and sports therapists at an event last month.
Mid Yorks NHS Trust adopts physio-designed training to prevent falls
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust has launched falls prevention training for staff which recreates real-life situations in allocated sections of actual wards and clinics.
MSK champions could cut sickness absence, says business charity
Businesses need wellbeing champions to promote good musculoskeletal (MSK) health for staff, says charity Business in the Community in its Musculoskeletal Health Toolkit for Employers.
