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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.
Apr 30, 2024/Podcast
Recommendations, tips for implementation, and more.
Aug 28, 2019/News
September is National Pain Awareness Month—a perfect opportunity to spread the word about the important role physical therapists (PTs) and physical therapist assistants (PTAs) play in the management of pain, and the unique knowledge they bring to the table. Need a reminder of why patient access to physical
Aug 29, 2025/Resource
Ambient scribe tools refer to systems that operate discreetly in the background and use artificial intelligence to automatically capture, transcribe, and summarize patient-provider interactions into structured clinical notes. As these scribes becomes more prevalent in health care, PTs and PTAs using
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Oct 1, 2019/CPG
Guidance for the management of common clinical questions for patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). These recommendations update the 2015 guideline.
Nov 18, 2019/Perspective
If I wanted to see the profession move forward, I could not just sit back and watch it happen.
Jul 17, 2019/Perspective
The networks I was forming would maximize my reach within this profession today and in the future.
Jun 1, 2020/Article
As the country moves to reopen gradually, rules, regulations, policies, and recommendations are swiftly being amended, but valid concerns remain about how to safely run an outpatient facility during a pandemic.
Jan 30, 2018/News
New Medicare cards are coming beginning this April, and, along with them, new beneficiary identifiers that don't rely on social security numbers (SSNs).