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Apr 1, 2016/Feature
APTA is committed to the triple aim of health care. The association's proposed coding reforms are just one way-but an important one-of achieving it.
Sep 19, 2022/Video
If you've ever wanted to share your experience as a PTA with a wider audience, you're not alone. Our guests, Ken Gonzalez, PTA, and Laura Stevens, PTA, host a podcast where they discuss all things related to the PTA profession and their professional journeys.
Oct 13, 2021/Video
Your time is valuable. Five minutes and a ball are a good place to start to address soft tissue mobility. Joe Holder, University of Penn grad, Nike master trainer, wellness coach, and Hyperice athlete, will take you through a guided lower extremity soft tissue maintenance routine you can do almost anywhere.
Nov 10, 2026/Article
The 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule final rule includes meaningful progress toward modernizing payment for physical therapist services, featuring changes to practice expense calculations that should improve the values of many PT services over time. But Medicare also finalized conversion factor reductions
Oct 1, 2022/Feature
Many patients are returning for services after putting physical therapy on hold because of the pandemic. PTs need to be ready to assess and treat.
Jun 15, 2013/Test & Measure
Measures disorders of the upper limbs; change or function over time.
Oct 22, 2014/Test & Measure
Single-Leg Stance
APTA's Physical Therapist Centralized Application Service provides a simplified application process for prospective Doctor of Physical Therapy students.
Effective Aug. 30, 2024, at the conclusion of the 2023-24 application cycle, the Physical Therapist Assistant Centralized Application Service ended. APTA thanks the PTACAS work group — PTA program faculty, admissions committee chairs, and program directors — who helped create application content, set
Dec 1, 2025/Article
APTA's new report highlights the association's ongoing fight for direct access.