About Long COVID Physio

Long COVID Physio is an international peer support, education and advocacy, patient-led association of Physiotherapists living with Long COVID and allies. We work internationally across advocacy, policy, guideline development and research. Our education outputs are for anybody living with Long COVID and people wanting to learn more.

Long COVID Physio was founded in November 2020 by Physiotherapists living with Long COVID from the United Kingdom (UK) and United States (US).

The founding objective for Long COVID Physio is to provide peer support for physiotherapists, support workers and other allied health professions (AHPs) living with Long COVID.

Our expanding objectives for Long COVID Physio are to:

• provide and participate in education on Long COVID, disability and rehabilitation.

  
  
  

• provide patient and public involvement (PPI) in research, participate in establishing research agendas, and engage in research outputs.

  
  
  

• provide community driven advocacy in Long COVID from the voices of physiotherapists living with and affected by Long COVID.

  
  
  

• engage in regional, national and international policy and guidelines on Long COVID.

  
  
  

• engage in regional, national and international implementation of healthcare models for Long COVID rehabilitation.

Values and principles of Long COVID Physio include; collaboration, partnership, evidence informed approaches, non-discrimination, inclusion, and meaningful engagement of communities living with and affected by Long COVID.

Meet our leadership team including the executive board and committees (July 2023 to July 2025).

Read about our inaugural executive board (July 2021 to July 2023)

Read our constitution.
Read about our work.

Long COVID Physio partners with the following organisations as strategic alliances for the purpose of connecting to create change in Long COVID peer support, education, advocacy, research and other activities:

Terms of partnership

Date Last Revised: 23rd June 2023