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APTA Patient Action Center

APTA's Patient Action Center contains letters focused on the patient impact of certain federal issues and bills.

Finance Committee

Aug 1, 2025/Open Access

The Finance Committee is appointed by the APTA Board of Directors. The detailed charge outlining the roles and responsibilities of this committee is provided below. 

The Balancing Act

Feb 1, 2024/Feature

Discover how those in the physical therapy profession are working to create better harmony between their work and home lives.

Rock Your World

Sep 1, 2019/Column

Want to get your priorities straight and help your clients do the same? It’s about time. Literally.

6 Tips to Creating an Innovative Physical Therapy Business Concept

Jun 6, 2017/Perspective

I created a formula to help you develop a successful and innovative business concept.

Washington Post: Female PTs Will Spend Last 4 Weeks of 2017 Working 'For Free'

Nov 7, 2017/News

According to a recent article in The Washington Post, that's when female PTs start working for free for the rest of the year while their male counterparts continue to get paid. And that disparity is actually a bit smaller than the one faced by most women in the workforce.

Study: Optimal Exercise Dose for Knee Disorders Still Unclear

Mar 13, 2018/Review

Authors examined 45 “fair-quality” studies and found that “optimal dosing is still unclear."

Physical Therapy Education Leader Rosemary Scully Dies

Aug 26, 2019/News

Physical therapy thought leader Rosemary Scully, PT, EdD, FAPTA, whose tireless passion for learning left a lasting imprint on physical therapist clinical education, has died. She was 83 years old. Scully was born in West Virginia and earned her first degree—a baccalaureate in physical education—from

Small-Scale Study Finds Large-Scale Debt Among Recent DPT Grads

Dec 31, 2019/Review

A limited study finds high debt-to-income ratios among PTs -- higher than newly minted family medicine physicians and veterinarians.

2018 NEXT: 'You're Changing People's Lives' NEXT 2018 Attendees Told

Jun 28, 2018/News

Professional beach volleyball player Gabrielle (Gabby) Reece told attendees at the opening event of NEXT 2018: "To serve others and help other people is a really important thing. You're changing people's lives."