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Mindfulness: How It Can Help Patients, PTs, and Students

Feb 1, 2017/Feature

Physical therapists increasingly are using mindfulness in their interventions.New research supports its benefits.

Reentering the Physical Therapy Workforce

Thinking about returning to a career as a PT or PTA? Here's how to get started.

Robotics and Sensors

Sensing technologies and robotic interfaces have tremendous potential for physical therapy.

PTJ Author Interview: Value of Integrating Primary Care Physical Therapy

Jun 16, 2026/Podcast

Listening Time — 28:38 Podcast Platforms Icons Join Editor-in-Chief Steven George, PT, PhD, FAPTA, as he talks with Alyson Cavanaugh, PT, DPT, PhD, MPH, and Micah Wong, PT, DPT, about their recently published scoping review. The review mapped the current literature on the implementation of primary care

Transforming Society

We empower the physical therapy profession to make a deeper impact in the world around us.

Coding Win: New Caregiver Education Codes Available to PTs in 2024

Nov 15, 2022/News

APTA, AOTA, and ASHA successfully made the case for codes that can be applied to caregiver education for patients with functional deficits.

Five Ways Physical Therapists Can Make an Impact on the Opioid Crisis

Oct 14, 2021/Perspective

Five ways that PTs can help patients and clients who are taking opioids, or who are at risk for or already have OUD.

Physical Therapist Workforce Legislation Introduced in the U.S. House

Oct 2, 2025/News

APTA-championed legislation, which would help bolster the physical therapy workforce, especially in rural and underserved areas, was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives this week by Reps. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., and Morgan Griffith, R-Va. If enacted, this legislation would add PTs to the

Foundation-Funded Research Opportunities Include Focus on Greater Diversity

Jan 4, 2021/News

Two new offerings aimed at researchers from underrepresented groups are among the programs now accepting applications through Feb. 15.

About APTA

APTA is an individual membership professional organization representing member physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students of physical therapy.