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  • Octogenarian to compete in first 5km race thanks to long-term physio support

    After four years of physiotherapy Ann Rowe, a care home resident who used a wheelchair, has taken part in her first 5km race at the age of 87.

    News — 31 August 2017 - 4:49pm
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    Octogenarian to compete in first 5k race thanks to long-term physio support
  • The government launches a national programme to help career break physios in England to re-join the workforce

    The CSP has welcomed the government’s launch on 28 August of a national scheme to help physiotherapists and other allied health professionals (AHPs) on career breaks to return to work.

    News — 31 August 2017 - 3:39pm
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    The government launches a national programme to help career break physios in England to re-join the workforce
  • First for Wales: physio to study on ACCP course

    Tom Bromfield is set to become what is believed to be the first physiotherapist in Wales to study on an advanced critical care practitioner (ACCP) programme.

    News — 29 August 2017 - 12:25pm
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    First for Wales: physio to study on ACCP course
  • Return to work scheme welcomed by CSP

    A new scheme to help physiotherapists and other AHPs return to work is important but needs to be part of a wider drive to give the NHS the workforce it needs, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy said today.

    Press release — 28 August 2017 - 11:29am
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  • Physio represents Britain in World Mountain Running Championships

    A British physiotherapist battled against thunderstorms, torrential rain, and 150 competitors during an international mountain-running race.

    News — 24 August 2017 - 1:38pm
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    Physio represents Britain in World Mountain Running Championships
  • Guernsey physio staff set up therapy garden project for patients

    Neurological physiotherapists at a hospital in Guernsey are helping to set up a ‘therapy garden’ and a gardening group for long-term rehab patients.

    News — 22 August 2017 - 12:22pm
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    Therapy garden physios
  • Physio runs Highland marathon to help patients cycle underwater

    A physiotherapist has run 26 miles across the Scottish Highlands to gain funds for a specialist hydrotherapy bike.

    News — 18 August 2017 - 12:13pm
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    Physio runs Highland marathon to help patients cycle underwater
  • 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.

    News — 17 August 2017 - 3:46pm
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    Physio health screenings are a key part of major sporting games
  • 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.

    News — 10 August 2017 - 2:45pm
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    Horse rider physio uses sporting empathy while volunteering at world athletics championships
  • 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. 

    News — 9 August 2017 - 5:15pm
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