Ep 267: Clean air for musculoskeletal health, with Débora Petry Moecke
11 May 2026

Ep 267: Clean air for musculoskeletal health, with Débora Petry Moecke

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How often do you think about the air quality in the clinic or outside when you're exercising? Perhaps you live and work in a part of the world where you're fortunate to have good air quality most of the time. For many people though, that's not the case.


Air pollution from wildfires in increasing, and it has serious implications for everyone's health. Today, Dr Débora Petry Moecke (Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, University of British Columbia) explains how to support clean air in the clinic to protect patients' health.


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RESOURCES


Wildfire smoke and its impact on physical therapy practice: https://www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2025.13546


IQAir (real-time air quality data from around the world): www.iqair.com