Today, 8 September, marks World Physiotherapy Day. In 2026, the World Physiotherapy campaign will focus on the role of physiotherapy and physical activity in the prevention, management and rehabilitation of cardiovascular disease and stroke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for more than 20.5 million deaths a year. Stroke affects 1 in 4 people at some point in their lives, although a significant proportion of the risk can be prevented by adopting healthier lifestyles and reducing risk factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In this context, it is important to emphasise that physiotherapy does not merely intervene after an illness has occurred. Physiotherapists help to identify and reduce risk factors, combat a sedentary lifestyle, promote physical activity and prescribe safe, personalised exercise programmes. When a cardiovascular event or stroke occurs, they also play a key role in restoring mobility, functional ability, independence and participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Physiotherapy therefore supports the entire process, from prevention to rehabilitation, playing a key role in promoting health and improving people\u2019s quality of life. This year\u2019s campaign also provides an opportunity to emphasise the importance of integrating this intervention in a timely and ongoing manner across the different levels of care. See also the dedicated page<\/strong><\/a> World Physiotherapy Day 2026, where the official campaign materials, translated into Portuguese, are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Today, 8 September, marks World Physiotherapy Day. In 2026, the World Physiotherapy campaign will focus on the role of physiotherapy and physical activity in the prevention, management and rehabilitation of cardiovascular disease and stroke.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":14093,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[50],"class_list":["post-15286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-noticias","tag-diamundialdafisioterapia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15287,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15286\/revisions\/15287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ordemdosfisioterapeutas.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}