The Motion & Stillness Blog
Let’s breathe: From mastery to humankind (A brief comment on ‘Living in the Future’s past’)
Yesterday I finally got around to watching the new documentary 'Living in the Future's past: What kind of future would you like to see' by Susan Kucera, produced and presented by Jeff Bridges. On the whole, I really enjoyed the film and believe it is very worth...
World Physiotherapy Day 2019 – All blinders on deck
So yesterday the lead up and theme of this years World physiotherapy day struck me as a particularly curious, yet characteristic moment for physiotherapy. It’s a moment in which I really wish I was an illustrator, because if I was, I would have drawn the following...
The fundamental violence of physiotherapy – Resources from the 7th Critical Physiotherapy Course Session
It's been a real pleasure to present and discuss some of my ideas at the 7th Critical Physiotherapy Course Session a few days ago. If you haven't been able to attend but are interested, all resources are publicly available here. Session abstract: This online session...
Launch of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association (EPA)
With the publication of A call for a new environmental physiotherapy - An Editorial we have now officially launched the Environmental Physiotherapy Association (EPA), the world's first professional physiotherapy association seeking to advance and environmentally aware...
Announcing the first ever online Critical Physiotherapy Course
I'm very excited to be part of this project and can't wait for it to kick off. For more information about the course and how to participate, check out the course announcement on the Critical Physiotherapy Network Blog. The course begins on 21 Feb 2019 and will...
Global warming and the etymological responsibility of physiotherapy
Given the times we live in, it is probably not surprising that I, too, find myself increasingly trouble with the immense issues of global climate change, the human destruction of entire ecosystems, the simultaneous genocide of non-human life on earth, etc., that we...
The heart of physiotherapy
A few weeks ago a facebook post by Mike Stewart and a blogpost by David Nicholls were each looking at the question of 'What lies at the heart of physiotherapy?' in their own way. Being a topic I am really interested in, I thought I'd chip in myself...
Helpful practices for a good, healthy, and happy life
To kick off this page with something simple that needs little explanation or comments, here’s a free download of a poster that I created with the help of the very talented pixiepencil.com. We have put this together earlier this year because it struck me that I needed...