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WHO Guideline for Non-surgical Management of Chronic Primary Low Back Pain in Adults in Primary and Community Care Settings: Executive Summary

Dec 7, 2023/CPG

This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on nonsurgical interventions for chronic primary low back pain (CPLBP) in adults, including older people, that can be delivered in primary and community care settings to improve CPLBP-related health and well-being outcomes.

Tell Your Patient's Story: Tips for Defensible Documentation

May 6, 2019/Article

It helps to consider two questions: Why now? And why you?

Minority Health Month: Health Disparity Issues in the News

Apr 19, 2021/Roundup

A roundup of recent media coverage with a focus on access and social determinants of health.

Health Emergency Extended: Tips and Resources for Your Practice

Jul 29, 2020/Roundup

With a new extension of the PHE, now's a good time to refresh your knowledge of what it all means for PTs, PTAs, and telehealth services.

Recommended Reading for Understanding Ethics in the Profession

Feb 16, 2023/Article

The Ethics and Judicial Committee picked their top 10 articles of relevance for PTs, PTAs, and students in 2023.

A Boy Riding a Bike, Not a Boy With a Disability

Mar 20, 2017/Perspective

The bike represented opportunity. And it was FUN.

Advisory: PTs, Telehealth, and the Coronavirus

Mar 9, 2020/News

Wondering whether you can provide PT services via telehealth during the COVID-19 outbreak?

Ethics and Professionalism

APTA is the definitive source for standards of ethics and professionalism in the physical therapy profession.

Family Violence

Apr 1, 2020/Open Access

PTs and PTAs have an ethical responsibility to act in cases of suspected abuse of a family member, obligations clearly spelled out in the Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapist (4D) and the Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant (4D). NOTE: If you have an immediate question