Healing Outside Clinic Walls: Harnessing the Environment in Pain Care

In this episode of the Modern Pain Podcast, host Mark Kargela explores the intersection of environmental considerations and physiotherapy with Filip Maric, Founder of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association, and Jessica Stanhope, a Research Fellow at the University of Adelaide. The discussion delves into the environmental blind spots in physiotherapy practice, emphasizing the importance of incorporating natural environments into treatment settings. The episode highlights research linking green spaces to better health outcomes, such as reduced pain and arthritis, and examines how physiotherapy education can integrate environmental awareness. The conversation invites clinicians to contemplate the physical environments patients interact with, both inside and outside clinical settings, and consider innovative ways to make impactful changes in their practice.***Helpful LInks***Environmental Physiotherapy Association  *********************************************************************📸 - Follow us on Instagram  -  https://www.instagram.com/modernpaincare/🐦 - Follow us on Twitter -  https://www.twitter.com/modernpaincare/🎙️ - Listen to our Podcast - https://www.modernpaincare.com____________________________________Modern Pain Care is a company dedicated to spreading evidence-based and person-centered information about pain, prevention, and overall fitness and wellness