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APTA Practice Advisory: Primary Care Physical Therapy

Oct 16, 2025/Resource

Primary care physical therapy highlights the role of physical therapists as integral members of a patient’s primary care team. Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants should familiarize themselves with the specific roles, scope, and competencies that define primary care physical therapy.

Viewpoints

Jul 1, 2018/Magazine

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Save Up to 29% on HPSO Liability Insurance

APTA members can save up to 29% on their liability insurance, which provides broad coverage designed for physical therapists.

Historic Physical Therapy Leader Geneva Johnson Dies

Oct 15, 2021/News

A founder of the nation's first graduate program in physical therapy, Johnson's influence is still being felt throughout the profession.

Ethics In Practice: Ethics Under Pressure

Nov 1, 2023/Column

Insights from real-life stories of moral distress in physical therapy.

Lachman Test – Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Tears

Jan 28, 2014/Test & Measure

Measures amount of anterior tibial translation with respect to the femur; used to detect tears in the ACL

APTA President’s Note | Meeting Patients Where They Are

Jul 1, 2025/Column

APTA President Kyle Covington says “meeting patients where they are” is a movement—PTs are making real impact, one connection at a time.

State Laws and Regulations Governing Dry Needling Performed by PTs

Jul 18, 2025/Resource

This map displays the states that specifically allow dry needling by PTs, states that prohibit the intervention by PTs, and states in which a clear opinion has not surfaced.

APTA's Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry Again Receives QCDR Designation for MIPS Reporting, Adds New Measures

Jan 21, 2020/News

APTA's Physical Therapy Outcomes Registry has been approved for the fourth year in a row by CMS as a qualified clinical data registry.