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Jul 24, 2020/Perspective
The ADA facilitated vast improvements in the ability of the physical therapy profession to improve the health of patients.
Mar 18, 2022/Perspective
Have you had a looking glass moment? Are you open to the truths and different possible realities that are reflected through the looking glass? A moment of pausing and reflecting can have a lasting impact.
Apr 1, 2016/Column
For a determined young man, "graduation exercise" takes on new meaning.
Mar 29, 2019/News
Sometimes physical therapy doesn't just heal an injury, it changes the course of a patient's life for the better. Colleen Rapp, a press operator for the Denver Post, thought her physically demanding job was exercise enough—until she got a wholistic view of her health status from her physical therapist
Apr 16, 2019/Review
Average student attendance in PE classes hasn't dropped since the mid-1990s—but then again, it hasn't increased either and remains below recommended levels.
Jun 17, 2025/Article
The Big Picture of Aetna’s Policy Change In response to ongoing advocacy efforts by APTA, Aetna has updated its physical therapy policy to provide unrestricted direct access to physical therapist services. Effective June 17, Aetna will no longer require a referral or signed plan of care for physical
Dec 18, 2019/News
"The Good Stuff" is an occasional series that highlights recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day. Enjoy! Making inclusion happen: Kendra Gagnon, PT, PhD, describes
Aug 30, 2018/Policies & Bylaws
House position: The physical therapist has oversight of all documentation regardless of the setting in which physical therapist services are provided and shall comply with jurisdictional documentation requirements.
APTA's internships are designed to give Physical Therapy students and graduates experience with their professional association and are intended to benefit the intern as well as APTA.
Apr 14, 2019/Perspective
My APTA experience has lived up to the hype!