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APTA Practice Advisories are a structured approach to help physical therapists and physical therapist assistants understand and respond to emerging issues in clinical practice. It offers clear guidance to ensure that PTs and PTAs remain informed, prepared, and supported while confidently integrating
Aug 6, 2025/Open Access
Feb 25, 2026/Resource
Extracorporeal shockwave therapy, or ESWT, is a noninvasive treatment that utilizes sound waves to reduce pain and promote tissue healing, although its exact therapeutic mechanism remains unclear.
Learn how APTA advances issues impacting our profession and patients at the state level.
Explore key resources designed to help PTs and PTAs strengthen interprofessional collaborative practice in clinical care.
May 1, 2016/Feature
An upcoming summit will explore the implications and goals of recognizing the movement system as the core of physical therapist practice, education, and research. Meanwhile, here's some background to bring you up-to-date.
Jul 1, 2016/Feature
Clinical reasoning skills can be strengthened at any age and at any experience level. Here's advice for both the recent graduate and the experienced practitioner.
Mar 1, 2016/Feature
When the directors of rehabilitation for 3 large health care systems realized they faced common challenges, they developed a strategy to address them.
May 1, 2016/Column
A clinical instructor identifies disturbing student behaviors.
