World Physiotherapy Day
Next: September 8, 2027
For the people who get you moving again.
The story
Where it comes from
World Physiotherapy Day has been marked on 8 September since 1996, the date World Physiotherapy (then the World Confederation for Physical Therapy) was founded in 1951. It recognises the contribution physiotherapists make to keeping people mobile and independent.
How it's celebrated
Member associations in more than 120 countries run public health checks, free posture and mobility clinics, fun runs and awareness campaigns on a yearly theme.
Did you know
- Modern physiotherapy grew rapidly during the First World War and the polio epidemics that followed, when large numbers of people needed rehabilitation.
- World Physiotherapy represents around 700,000 physiotherapists worldwide.
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