The Tenerife Primary Care Management recently held a working day for its physiotherapy professionals to exchange experiences and knowledge. Data on care and prevention activities from the past year were presented at this meeting.
Between October 2025 and September 2026, the management's physiotherapy teams, affiliated with the Canary Islands Government's Health Department, served 31,369 patients, conducted 72,313 appointments, and performed 21,963 interconsultations. The island has fifty physiotherapists and 37 consultation rooms in health centers, plus six professionals in units in Tacoronte, Icod de los Vinos, and La Vera.
The event was attended by the Director of Nursing for Primary Care in Tenerife, Begoña Jacinto del Castillo, who highlighted the professionals' work in improving the quality of care.
Clinical sessions included the approach to cervicalgia, led by Ana María Valverde, a physiotherapist at the Casco-Botánico Health Center, and a session on therapeutic exercise prescription, led by Carlos Esparza, a physiotherapist at the Tacoronte Health Center.
In addition to consultations, prevention and health promotion activities were analyzed, including 286 group courses on physical activity, ten on climacteric, ten on preparation for parenthood, five on caregiver support, five on addiction prevention, and two on healthy habits. For older adults, four physical activity courses, thirteen on caregiver support, and eight on active aging were offered, totaling over 7,000 hours of community activities.
The pilot project ‘FRAIL +AP’, launched in November 2025, has assisted over two hundred patients aged seventy and older with frailty and fall risk issues, conducting four hundred assessments and more than one hundred group sessions. This multidisciplinary project aims to improve quality of life and prevent disability.
The Health Department is strengthening physiotherapy in Primary Care as part of the Strategy for the Impulse of Primary Care in the Canary Islands, +AP. The goal is to enhance prevention, health promotion, and family and community care, benefiting users with expanded services.
