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Dec 1, 2020/Feature
You're invited to multiple events to mark APTA's 100th birthday and the future of physical therapy.
Apr 1, 2026/Article
Three new reports — on demographics, income trends, and administrative burden — are being used to drive meaningful change.
Jun 1, 2026/Article
What we learned together during the largest educational and networking physical therapy event in the country.
Apr 1, 2026/Feature
The meeting featured answers to member questions, advocacy updates, and insights on how APTA’s Strategic Framework supports the profession.
Apr 1, 2026/Column
How a moment in eighth grade set one clinician on the path to physical therapy.
Being problem-solvers is part of the job description for physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. In each edition of Success Story, APTA members share their insights into an issue they faced at work and the creative solution they used to address it. This installment features AbbyMarie Leibrand,
Karin Silbernagel, PT, PhD, FAPTA, discusses how her evidence program has illuminated how tendons heal, adapt, and respond to load — reshaping clinical frameworks.
Every profession has a defining challenge — the one issue that shapes its future more than any other. For us, that challenge is payment.
Jun 1, 2026/Column
In this issue of APTA Magazine, we focus on the second pillar of APTA's Strategic Framework for 2030: Empowering Our Members. The goal of this pillar? To provide a professional home for all PTs and PTAs. This is not an abstract goal. It's a daily practice — one that shows up in how we listen, how we
CJR is a payment model being tested for episodes of care related to total knee and total hip replacements (MS-DRG 469 and 470) under Medicare. One track of the CJR model qualifies as an Advanced APM under QPP.