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Sep 23, 2024/Policies & Bylaws
House position: The association believes digital health technologies, digital therapeutics, and AI have the potential to augment physical therapist practice.
Dec 1, 2025/Article
Exploring the benefits, evidence, and potential drawbacks of using shockwave therapy to support patient recovery.
Oct 26, 2022/Policies & Bylaws
House position: States APTA's support for access to physical therapist services in the prenatal and postpartum periods as the standard of care to improve health outcomes and prevent comorbidities and health disparities.
Apr 20, 2020/Podcast
New grad James Newman, PT, DPT, talks about his experience transitioning from working in an outpatient setting to working in acute care in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. James will share how life as a physical therapist has changed for him and the sacrifices he and his colleagues have had to make
May 6, 2019/Podcast
A group of 24 people from the U.S. went to a rural town in Guatemala to renovate an old building and create a new physical therapy clinic—providing rehabilitation services to people who in most cases had never received that kind of health care before.
Sep 20, 2019/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the rights of patients and providers in physical therapy in relation to communicable and/or infectious diseases and conditions.
Oct 18, 2019/Podcast
In this PTJ podcast, The 50th McMillan Lecturer Dr. Thomas McPoil, shares personal insights behind and beyond the lecture; for instance how he envisions allowing specialization to begin before completion of professional education.
May 10, 2023/News
APTA member surveys show profession returning to pre-pandemic norms, with some lingering changes.
Jun 8, 2023/News
The Foundation for Physical Therapy Research will add to its funding portfolio when CoHSTAR winds down in 2025.
Nov 23, 2021/News
The Education Leadership Partnership report outlines a vision that prepares PTs and PTAs to meet the needs of individuals and communities.