The 7th edition of the Porto International Hip Meeting (PIHM2022) took place on 1 and 2 July. The President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists Order, António Lopes, participated in this two-day event of updating and discussion about hip pathology, namely in a session that valued the importance of the Physiotherapist in the rehabilitation process of patients with hip dysfunction and the team relationship with Orthopaedists: "being two distinct and complementary professions makes us naturally partners and we can develop our activity focused on what is essential, which is the provision of better care to our users", he said.
With the support of the international panel of Orthopedists from the General Organizing Committee of PIHM2022 , Jorge Cruz de Melo, Fernando Leal, Paulo Rego, Manuel Ribas, Ana Castel, Pedro Dantas, Lafayette Lage and Carlomango Cardenas, the session dedicated to Physiotherapy, which was held for the second time within the scope of this event, was attended by four organizing members - Álvaro Magalhães, Baltazar Moutela, Nelson Azevedo and Paulo Oliveira - and the Scientific Committee, with five members - Duarte Pereira, Fernando Ribeiro, Nuno Cordeiro, (1st Vice-President of the Board of the Order of Physiotherapists), Rui Gonçalves and Rui Torres.
In the referred session, which had five round tables under the themes 'Hip Surgery', 'Sports', 'Surgery as a last resource', 'The future of Physiotherapy and Orthopaedics', as well as the presentation of real cases: 'My hip story', the importance of the Physiotherapist in all phases of the intervention process of patients with hip dysfunctions was presented and discussed, namely in the evaluation and definition of treatment and intervention objectives; in the support to the patient in the decision process of procedures and treatment plan and in the preoperative and postoperative follow-up in inpatient or outpatient.
In his speech, the President of the Portuguese Physiotherapists' Association, António Lopes, also focused on the challenges of the profession and of the physiotherapists in meeting the needs of all the patients that use their services.
