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State Advocacy for Imaging Orders by Physical Therapist

Mar 12, 2026/Resource

This resource was developed to help APTA state chapters advocate for explicit authority for physical therapists to order imaging for patients.

Dry Needling: Getting to the Point

May 1, 2015/Feature

Dry needling by physical therapists is a hot topic. What's fact? What's fiction? Take a look beneath the surface.

I See Me in You

Jun 1, 2021/Podcast

Defining Moment: A PT reflects on opening a clinic in an underserved neighborhood.

Total Knee, Partial Disclosure?

Sep 1, 2019/Column

A PT faces a determination at discharge.

Advocacy: Why Should Students Care?

Feb 6, 2019/Podcast

Eliminating barriers to care. Protecting scope of practice. Reducing administrative burden. Those are just some of the issues for which APTA looks to lead change through advocacy. Justin Elliott, APTA’s Vice President of Government Affairs, discusses health care advocacy landscape, including why students

Bylaws of the American Physical Therapy Association

Aug 8, 2025/Policies & Bylaws

Bylaws of the American Physical Therapy Association, adopted by the House of Delegates, describe the organization's structure and how it is governed.

State Laws and Regulations Governing Dry Needling Performed by PTs

Apr 10, 2026/Resource

This map displays the states that specifically allow dry needling by PTs, states that prohibit the intervention by PTs, and states in which a clear opinion has not surfaced.

Chief Executive Officer

May 1, 2024/Policies & Bylaws

Board policy: The CEO is an officer of the Board and in that capacity is authorized to execute or to authorize their designee to execute, on behalf of the association, certain binding agreements and other acts.

Circling Back and Moving Ahead – Defining Moment

Nov 18, 2019/Podcast

Rachel Tavel, PT, DPT, discusses how her travel writer’s journey led her to a career in physical therapy.

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