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APTA Practice Advisory: Primary Care Physical Therapy

Oct 16, 2025/Resource

Primary care physical therapy highlights the role of physical therapists as integral members of a patient’s primary care team. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants should familiarize themselves with the specific roles, scope, and competencies that define primary care physical therapy.

Leaders from Wyoming, Ohio, Minnesota, and Indiana Honored for State Advocacy Efforts

Sep 20, 2019/News

Recognition of the importance of direct access to physical therapy for consumers, updating decades-old practice acts, and making it easier for patients to obtain handicapped parking plates and placards were among the accomplishments of this year's APTA State Legislative Leadership Award winners, The

Building Our Community

We connect you with peers who share your passion for advancing the profession and transforming society.

Global Physical Therapy Day of Service

Oct 9, 2021/Event

Join thousands of PTs, PTAs, and students of physical therapy and expand your passion outside of the clinical walls by serving your community.  Saturday, Oct. 9, 2021. 

Institutionalizing Inventiveness

Mar 1, 2020/Feature

A growing number of schools that offer DPT and pre-physical therapy programs are exposing their students to strategies for inventing and innovating, from concept to production and marketing. And the programs' goals reach well beyond the invention itself.

The Myths and Mysteries of Post-Intensive Care Syndrome

Apr 1, 2021/Feature

PICS occurs following an episode of acute care. No one is quite sure why, yet it affects more than 3 million people annually.

Viewpoints

Feb 1, 2017/Magazine

International Volunteering

Viewpoints

Aug 1, 2017/Magazine

My Role in a University Sports Medicine Department

Setting The Foundation

Sep 25, 2018/Perspective

If I can manage to maintain a very real patient-centered perspective, I know I'll find success.

APTA-Backed Bipartisan House Bill Takes Aim at PTA Differential

Oct 13, 2021/News

The SMART Act would delay implementation, spare rural and underserved areas, and relieve PTA supervision burdens.