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Defining Moment | Kindness Spreads Kindness

Jun 1, 2025/Column

An unexpected reunion between a PT and a patient 59 years later reveals the enduring power of human connection in healing.

'Bedrest is Bad': New #everyBODYmoves Campaign Combats Hospital Immobility

Jun 30, 2019/Interview

Sometimes health care providers need to be reminded about their role in promoting movement.

Study: Manual Therapy Works as Well, And Sometimes Better, Than Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Mar 6, 2017/News

Researchers found similar improvement in self-reported function and CTS symptom severity for both surgical and physical therapy patients after 1 year, but the physical therapy group reported more significant gains in the first month.

PTs, PTAs Could Be 'Exempted' From Receiving Additional COVID-19 Leave

Apr 3, 2020/News

A final rule from the Department of Labor includes PTs and PTAs among the health care providers whose employers — depending on the setting — could opt to deny expanded sick and FMLA leave.

Final 2023 Outpatient Payment Rule Is Good News for Rural Emergency Hospitals

Nov 18, 2022/Review

This rule doesn't directly affect physical therapy payment, but it covers other services that could impact PT practice.

From PTJ: Seeing PT or Chiropractor First for Low Back Pain Is Less Costly

Nov 10, 2023/Review

Patients who first sought care from a physical therapist or chiropractor had fewer opioid prescriptions and MRIs after diagnosis.

Dry Needling: Getting to the Point

May 1, 2015/Feature

Dry needling by physical therapists is a hot topic. What's fact? What's fiction? Take a look beneath the surface.

Individualized Rehab Effective for Frail Elderly With Acute Heart Failure

May 24, 2021/Review

A new study points to evidence that exercise rehabilitation works for a patient population that's sometimes excluded from rehab research.

Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Jun 25, 2017/Clinical Summary

CP is a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain.

APTA's PT Moves Me Campaign: Spreading the Word About the Profession

Jul 14, 2021/News

More students than ever, from more diverse backgrounds than ever, are learning why becoming a PT or PTA might be right for them.