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Survey: HIIT Tops the List of Fitness Trends for 2018

Jan 9, 2018/News

According to an international survey of exercise professionals, high intensity interval training will be the strongest trend in 2018, outpacing wearable technologies, which held the number 1 position in 2017.

Inaction by Congress Triggers No-Exceptions Therapy Cap in 2018

Dec 22, 2017/News

Congress has recessed without addressing the Medicare therapy cap in any meaningful way. The inaction is particularly disappointing for APTA and other stakeholders given that a bipartisan agreement had been reached to permanently end the hard cap.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, January 2018

Jan 17, 2018/News

"The Good Stuff" is an occasional series that highlights recent, mostly local 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.

Study: To Avoid LBP, Runners Should Think Deep

Jan 19, 2018/Review

Even though they are keeping fit, up to 14% of American runners experience low back pain each year.

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in Local News, December 2017

Dec 13, 2017/News

"The Good Stuff," is an occasional series that highlights recent, mostly local 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.

Get the Latest on the Future of Payment—And the Now of Home Health

Jan 4, 2018/News

The association offers 2 opportunities to learn about the payment landscape in 2018 and beyond: one focused on the bigger picture and another that zeroes in on changes to home health services.

Study: Early Physical Therapy for Neck Pain Associated With Lower Imaging Rates, Opioid Prescriptions, and Overall Cost

Dec 4, 2018/Review

Researchers have identified an association between early consultation with a PT and lower rates of opioid prescription, imaging, and injections.

Draft HHS Report Backs Nonpharmacological Pain Management, Calls for Better Payer Coverage of Physical Therapy

Jan 8, 2019/News

Much like an APTA white paper on opioids and pain management published in the summer of 2018, a draft report from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says that it's time to address the gaps in the health care system that make it difficult to follow best practices in addressing pain—including

Study: More Evidence for Early Post-TKR Exercise Interventions 'Urgently Needed'

Feb 5, 2019/Review

You might think that the most effective early postoperative exercise interventions for TKR have been pretty well established by now. You'd be wrong,

New APTA Policy Priorities Push for a More Wellness-Oriented, Value-Based, and Accessible Health Care System

Feb 8, 2019/News

APTA's newest advocacy roadmap puts the current state of health care in the United States in stark terms—and commits the association to working for change. Describing the United States as being "at a crossroads," the association's 2019-2020 Public Policy Priorities document characterizes the country's