World Physiotherapy Resources

The theme of World PT day in 2021 was rehabilitation and Long COVID. World PT day is an opportunity for physiotherapists around the world to raise awareness of the crucial contributions their profession makes to keeping people well, mobile and independent. World Physiotherapy created a variety of resources to give concise and reliable information around physiotherapy management and rehabilitation of long COVID. These are available in almost 60 different languages contributing to the World PT Day toolkit.

 

What is Long COVID?

 

Fatigue and Post-Exertional Symptom Exacerbation (PESE)

 

How to use Pacing

 

Activity Diary

Activity Diary” information sheets from World Physiotherapy are available in English, Hungarian and Japanese.

 

Safe Rehabilitation

 

Breathing Exercises

 

World Physiotherapy Briefing Paper

Long COVID Physio led an international and multi-disciplinary collective of 50 experts to deliver the World Physiotherapy briefing paper 9 titled “Safe Rehabilitation Approaches for People Living with Long COVID: Physical Activity and Exercise”. This briefing paper is available in Bosnian, Bulgarian, English, French, Indonesian, Polish, Portuguese - Brazilian, Romanian, Spanish, Urdu and Vietnamese.

 


Date Last Revised: 18th August 2026