Newfoundland & Labrador Physiotherapy Association

09/26/2024

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08/08/2024

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 - awesome cause (and delish ….) 😁

Janeway Physio Crew enjoying DQ Blizzards on Miracle Treat Day!!

05/06/2024

Join us at the 2024 NLPA AGM as we announce the First Annual NLPA Award winners.
National Physiotherapy Month 2024.

05/06/2024

05/06/2024

05/06/2024

May is Speech and Hearing Month 👄👂

The Association of Allied Health Professionals is proud to recognize and celebrate Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP’s), Audiologists, and Auditory-Verbal Therapists (AVT’s) for their invaluable roles and dedication towards helping people communicate, here in our province and throughout the country.

The theme of Speech and Hearing month is “Communication is…” to help raise awareness of how vital communication is in our everyday lives and the importance of issues related to speech, language, swallowing, hearing, and balance.

Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists, and Auditory-Verbal Therapists are incredibly skilled, talented, and highly educated health professionals who work with children, adults, seniors, and families. They are experts in their fields, providing evidence-based care to individuals across the lifespan by identifying, assessing, and treating a range of speech, language, communication, hearing, balance, and swallowing disorders.

The profound impacts these health professionals have for the people they serve cannot be understated and extends beyond rehabilitation and recovery. Communication is the essence of human connection – thank you to our Speech-Language Pathologists, Audiologists and Auditory-Verbal Therapists for all you do.

05/03/2024

Happy National Physiotherapy Month to all the amazing Physiotherapsits out there!

03/26/2024

We’re excited to introduce the 2024 NLPA Awards program. We all know a deserving clinician, mentor, administer, innovator, educator and/or assistant!! Check out the categories and nominate a deserving Physiotherapist before April 15th. Awards will be presented at the AGM in May

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02/13/2024

Well done ! We’re advocating for the same privileges in NL 🤞🏻

PEIPA President, Sheila MacMurdo, had an in depth discussion with CBC News: Compass last evening surrounding Physiotherapists ordering diagnostic imaging on PEI! The PEIPA has been advocating for this initiative for years. Advocacy is moving in the right direction and we are hopeful to follow in the footsteps of Nova Scotia and allow P.E.I. Physiotherapists to work to their full of scope of practice.

The full interview can be found on The CBC compass webpage!

02/13/2024

02/09/2024

Starting in early Spring, all qualified physiotherapists in Nova Scotia (including those working in private practice), will be able to refer patients for x-rays.

www.nshealth.ca/news-and-notices/physiotherapists-across-nova-scotia-will-soon-be-able-request-x-rays

“This announcement will optimize the scope of practice for Nova Scotia physiotherapists who work in private practice and as a result, improve timely access for patients needing general radiography,” says Monica MacDonald, President of the Nova Scotia Physiotherapy Association. “It will save patients from unnecessary additional appointments to get a requisition if an x-ray is deemed necessary. We are excited to better support our patients and help them efficiently navigate the healthcare system.”

It is encouraging to see reductions in system barriers that will expedite diagnosis and treatment, in turn leading to improved outcomes for patients.

Physiotherapists working to their full scope of practice are able to help alleviate the strain on our healthcare system.

02/09/2024

The Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and the Association of Allied Health Professionals (AAHP) are pleased to announce that they have reached a tentative agreement. AAHP represents over 750 vital health care professionals working in all areas of the health... Read More about Provincial Govern...

02/06/2024

Thanka Ryan for the shovelling segment! Great education.

It’s tempting to dig into what’s at the end of the driveway without warming up, but shovelling without stretching can be a bad combination. Registered physiotherapist Ryan Sparkes runs through his routine and offers up some tips to prevent injury while hoisting that shovel.

01/18/2024

01/18/2024

𝗗𝗿. 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴: 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵

Dr. Angelica Lang (PhD) knows most of the people she sees have to keep working, even if they have shoulder pain.

BY RESEARCHERS UNDER THE SCOPE

Go to the link in the link below to listen to the podcast.

https://medicine.usask.ca/news/2024/dr-angelica-lang-shaping-the-future-of-shoulder-health.php