As part of the celebrations for World Physiotherapy Day (8 September), which this year focuses on lumbago (low back pain) and the role of physiotherapy in its assessment and treatment, the Order of Physiotherapists, in partnership with the School of Health of the Setúbal Polytechnic Institute, is starting to expand the SPLIT Programme, which is aligned with the Directorate-General for Health's National Health Plan 2030.

World Diabetes Day - which falls on 14 November - was established in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The Portuguese Order of Physiotherapists welcomes the fact that it is now part of the World Physiotherapy, and the European Region, succeeding, in a consensual manner, the Portuguese Association of Physiotherapists, which was admitted in 1963.