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Built by Our Community, Designed for Our Future: Inside APTA’s Strategic Framework for 2030

Feb 1, 2026/Article

Beginning in 2026, APTA is launching a new strategic framework, focused on the pillars of advancing payment, empowering members, and evolving practice. Learn how this will chart the profession's future course, what it means for you, and how you can get involved. When APTA began planning its new Strategic

Success Story | Paddle Up: How One Patient Inspired a Community Through Pickleball

Sep 1, 2025/Column

A team of PTs and educators designed a community-based pickleball program to explore its impact on people with Parkinson’s disease.

Translating Research Into Evidence-Based Clinical Practice

Oct 1, 2023/Feature

Why and how PTs should update their interventions when research shows it will improve treatment methods and benefit patients.

Ethics In Practice: Ethics Under Pressure

Nov 1, 2023/Column

Insights from real-life stories of moral distress in physical therapy.

Emotional Intelligence: An Exercise Harnessing the Power of Music

Jan 18, 2022/Open Access

Have you ever gotten into your car after a rough day at work, turned on your stereo system, and the perfect song for your mood came on?

Physical Activity as a Vital Sign (PAVS)

Aug 10, 2022/Test & Measure

This test measures how many days in the past week physical activity was performed at a moderate or vigorous intensity. It also measures how many minutes of physical activity is performed at this level.

Final 2026 Home Health Rule: CMS Reduces Impact of PDGM Cut

Dec 9, 2025/Article

In this review: Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Calendar Year 2026 Home Health Prospective Payment System Rate Update, etc. Effective date: Jan. 1, 2026 CMS fact sheet The Big Picture In its final 2026 payment rule, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services delivers a cut to home health agency reimbursement

Single-Limb Hop – Achilles Tendinitis

Feb 1, 2014/Test & Measure

Single-limb hopping is part of a test battery comprised of tests for different aspects of muscle-tendon function of the gastrocnemius, soleus, and Achilles tendon complex.

Bipartisan Group of Lawmakers Takes on PTA Differential, Offers Options

May 19, 2021/News

In a letter to HHS, 5 House members say a Medicare 15% payment differential for outpatient PTA and OTA services will harm rural areas.

PTJ Author Interview: Empathetic Communication by Physical Therapists

Feb 24, 2026/Podcast

Listening Time — 25:43 Listen on Apple Listen on Castbox Listen on Spotify In this episode of the PTJ Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, talks with Katrina Monroe, PT, PhD, about her recently published study, which tracked physical therapist-patient conversations over a six-week