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Tools To Advance Your Professionalism

Sep 1, 2019/Open Access

Use these resources to understand professionalism and support your ongoing development.

Supervision Under Medicare

Learn how to stay in compliance with Medicare while providing supervision to students, PTAs, and physical therapy aides.

Unilateral Vestibular Hypofunction (UVH)

Jun 27, 2017/Clinical Summary

This clinical summary provides the clinician with information to care for individuals with UVH across the Patient-Client Management model.

The Future of Physical Therapist Education

Feb 1, 2015/Feature

As health care continues to evolve rapidly, so will the physical therapy profession and the ways students are educated. What will physical therapist education look like in 10 or 20 years? Experts weigh in.

Becoming a Leader in Our Profession

Mar 20, 2017/Perspective

This training forced me to acknowledge weaknesses in my leadership skills, of which I was previously unaware.

Study Bolsters the Case for SMART Act

Sep 7, 2022/News

Policy research cosponsored by APTA reveals potential savings through eased PTA and OTA supervision requirements.

CDC Issues 'Call to Action' to Address Treatment Gaps for Children Experiencing TBI

Feb 27, 2018/News

The CDC sees TBI in children as a public health problem with a ripple effect—not only are children receiving inconsistent care at the time of injury, but variation in rehabilitation and recovery approaches can lead to disability that lasts through adulthood.

Study: PTs, Family Physicians Similar in Knowledge of LBP Management

Dec 10, 2018/Review

When it comes to management of low back pain, PTs know just as much—and sometimes more—than the family practice physicians who often are sought for primary care.

Fighting the Opioid Crisis: APTA Releases White Paper Pointing the Way to Better Policies on Nondrug Pain Treatment

Jun 20, 2018/News

No lasting gains can be made until policymakers embrace the value of nonpharmacological approaches to chronic pain.

PTJ Author Interview With Jason Silvernail: Defining Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy

Sep 24, 2024/Podcast

Editor-in-Chief Steven George talks with Jason Silvernail about his perspective paper on defining orthopaedic manual physical therapy (OMPT) as a subspecialty of the profession.