| | From the President and Secretary General Over the past month many reports from the London 2012 Olympic Games have highlighted the role of physical therapists in sport. With the Paralympic Games now underway disability is being brought to public attention in a high profile, positive and inspiring way. Physical therapists are instrumental in working with people and populations to optimise functioning and minimise disability. WCPT works with the profession and international organisations to advance the rights of disabled people. To access relevant disability resources visit the WCPT website at www.wcpt.org/node/27545. World Physical Therapy Day provides the opportunity to promote the profession and build further on the recent positive stories. Join in and celebrate on 8th September. Kind regards
Marilyn Moffat and Brenda J Myers If you would like to use all or part of this e-letter for your own newsletters/websites then please feel free. We need your assistance to reach the profession around the world, so please send this e-update to your members World Physical Therapy Day Look out next week for the launch of our photo competition as part of WCPT's World Physical Therapy Day celebrations. We will be asking everyone to get into a creative mood! Whether or not you have already planned activities to celebrate the 8th September here are some last minute ideas to mark the day: For more ideas and to access the World Physical Therapy Day toolkit go to www.wcpt.org/wptday-toolkit. Many of the materials are now also available in Portuguese and Spanish, thanks to several member organisations and volunteer translators. Good luck with all of your activities and events and we look forward to receiving your reports and photos! Physical therapy in the spotlight With many reports on the teams at this month's London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics including the physical therapist/s, this international sporting event has succeeded in highlighting the vital role the profession plays in sports. If you are interested in sports physical therapy see www.biomedcentral.com/series/asnem to access an article collection covering recent advances in sports medicine that have both broad interest and high clinical relevance to athletes, physicians, general practitioners, physical therapists and other sports and exercise specialists. You may also be interested in finding out more about the WCPT subgroup, the International Federation of Sports Phyical Therapy at www.wcpt.org/ifspt. Last month The Lancet published a Series on physical activity. The Series reviews current levels of physical activity and trends worldwide including why some people are active and why some are not, evidence-based strategies for effective physical activity promotion, and how a multi-sector and systems-wide approach that goes way beyond health will be critical to increase population-levels of activity worldwide. Go to www.thelancet.com/series/physical-activity All articles are available free of charge and many will have a direct relevance to the activities that are being held around the world to mark World Physical Therapy Day. The International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) is launching a web-based teaching and educational resource on 4th September. The Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) e-learning will specifically address the current lack of professional development opportunities for health professionals involved in SCI management. For more information go to www.iscos.org.uk/elearning. Educata has added two new courses on the topic of diabetes looking at the vital role physical activity plays in its prevention and treatment, and the demand for PTs that can competently respond to this need www.wcpt.org/node/29540. Educata have also made available for free an article on exercise and type 2 diabetes at www.educata.com/articles.aspx. Cervical manipulation app A new iPhone/iPad app from the Australian Physiotherapy Association aims to facilitate informed consent relative cervical manipulation. The app includes a patient education fact sheet, an 80-second video, informed consent labels, clinical guidelines and VBI assessment and cervical treatment flowcharts. The app is available for AUD$2.99 from the iTunes App Store. Find out more at www.wcpt.org/node/29535#manipulation_app. WCPT South America Region: next week is the South America Region Congress (5th - 8th September). To view registration fees and the preliminary programme go to http://wcptsar2012.jimdo.com/. The congress will take place in Margarita Island, Venezuela. IFOMPT Conference 2012: the International Federation of Orthopaedic Manipulative Physical Therapists (IFOMPT) Congress is to be held in Quebec City, Canada from 30th September - 5th October 2012. To register now or view the full programme go to www.ifomptconference.org. WCPT European Region: the Physiotherapy Education Congress 2012 will be held in Vienna, Austria 8th - 9th November 2012. http://congress2012.physioaustria.at. WCPT AWP Region: the Fifth Asia Western Pacific Regional Congress will be held in Taichung, Taiwan, 6th - 9th September 2013. Please email wcpt.awp@physiotherapy.asn.au for further details. INFORMATION
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