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Feb 1, 2019/Column
A godmother debates whether to weigh in.
Feb 1, 2024/Column
Insights from real-life stories of moral distress in physical therapy.
Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws
HOD P08-22-14-18: States APTA's support for equitable processes to include individuals with disabilities entering and within the profession of physical therapy.
Apr 1, 2025/Feature
PTs make the case that data standardization could drive improvements in patient care.
May 14, 2020/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the role of physical therapy in health management for people with chronic disease.
APTA supports the inclusion of dry needling in regulatory frameworks, accompanied by appropriate educational qualifications for PTs to engage in the intervention.
Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Physical therapist management may prevent the need for or reduce the use of medications. Physical therapist management includes counseling patients and clients on the need for, and the benefits and risks of, medication, and supplements.
Dec 22, 2020/CPG
These guidelines focus on physical, psychological, and pharmacological interventions for the management of primary and secondary chronic pain in children 0 to 19 years of age.
Apr 1, 2016/Feature
Clinical ladder programs afford PTs and PTAs opportunities to advance their careers and enhance their paychecks while remaining in direct patient care.
Nov 1, 2020/Feature
The journey for PTs who were born and educated in other countries often has been geographically long and professionally challenging.