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APTA Media Corps

APTA's Media Corps members serve as a resource for journalists who are working on stories that involve physical therapy.

CMS Seeking Comments on Self-Referral Prohibitions in Stark Law

Jun 26, 2018/News

In its ongoing efforts to decrease regulatory burdens, CMS has turned its attention to a law that, with the exception of physical therapy and a few other treatments and procedures, bars physicians from referring patients to services in which the physician has a financial interest.

2024 U.S. Health Care Leadership Summit: Long COVID Rehabilitation Summary

Oct 2, 2024/Resource

APTA and the Office of Long COVID Research and Practice co-sponsored an interdisciplinary meeting about long COVID rehabilitation.

Physical Therapist's Scope of Practice

Sep 13, 2017/Policies & Bylaws

House position: An individual physical therapist’s scope of practice is influenced by professional, jurisdictional, and personal scopes of practice.

Physical Therapy as a Self-Determined Profession and Autonomous Physical Therapist Practice

Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws

House position: Physical therapists have the responsibility to practice autonomously in all settings, practice environments, and employment relationships.

FSBPT Analysis of Competencies for Dry Needling by Physical Therapists

Jul 10, 2015/Report

In 2015, FSBPT set out to define what PTs must know and be able to do to perform dry needling safely and effectively. This study reveals the answers.

World Health Organization Guidelines on the Management of Chronic Pain in Children

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.

Specialist Certification

Maximize your PT potential by achieving ABPTS board certification in any of ten clinical specialty areas.

This Is APTA: Senora Simpson, PT, DrPH

Feb 26, 2020/Interview

Simpson has been inspiring PTs for over half a century — through her bravery during segregation and as an advocate for people with mental health and intellectual disabilities.

APTA Centennial Website Makes Its Debut

Jul 16, 2019/News

Since its beginnings, APTA has shown what can be accomplished when members are connected and engaged—it's a sense of community at the heart of the association's greatest achievements, and now it's a key element in plans to celebrate APTA's 100th anniversary in 2021. That's where a new APTA centennial