Ep40: World Physiotherapy Congress Special: Asking Physios Around the World about Pain

About this episode

This episode features interviews with physiotherapists from around the world discussing pain at the 2025 World Physiotherapy Congress in Tokyo.

This episode is produced during the 2025 World Physiotherapy Congress in Tokyo, Japan. I interviewed physiotherapists around the world about pain. Content: (00:01:59) Nicola - United Kingdom(00:11:54) Helen - Switzerland(00:18:52) Mio - Japan(00:20:23) Edgar - Columbia(00:30:28) Marcia - Canada(00:43:31) Rosi & Leila - Indonesia(00:45:07) Nirit - Israel(00:52:56) Mike Landry - World Physiotherapy President Episodes 8 and Episode 25 are also interviews with clinicians about pain. They are recorded during the Canadian Physiotherapy Association Congresses in 2023 and 2024. Mike Landry also spoke about World Physiotherapy in Episode 28. Paincast is dedicated to bringing together researchers, clinicians, and students to discuss topics related to pain and physiotherapy. The primary purpose is to facilitate knowledge translation and critical thinking. Some episodes posit themselves as more educational than others, and some more opinionated than others. The listener is encouraged to listen critically. While there is an effort to incorporate research evidence, and the topics are always researched by the host, we recognize there is room for improvement and there is expertise in the…

People in this episode

Guests: Nicola, Helen, Mio, Edgar, Marcia, Rosi, Leila, Nirit, Mike Landry

Topics covered

• physiotherapy
• pain management
• global perspectives
• interviews
• World Physiotherapy Congress
• knowledge translation

Keywords

• physiotherapy
• pain
• interviews
• global
• congress
• healthcare
• science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: World Physiotherapy

Places: United Kingdom, Switzerland, Japan, Colombia, Canada, Indonesia, Israel, Tokyo, Japan

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