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Apr 19, 2026/Event
Walk the Halls of Congress. Advocate for Payment Reform. Join 250 physical therapists in Washington, D.C., April 19-21 for three days of direct advocacy. Meet face-to-face with members of Congress and their staff to advance payment policies that strengthen your practice. Registration and housing deadline:
Mar 6, 2023/Review
Study compares patients discharged to skilled nursing, inpatient rehabilitation, and home health facilities.
May 1, 2017/Feature
Tactical athletes-firefighters, law enforcement officers, and military personnel-make it their mission to keep Americans safe. Across the country, PTs are committed to returning the favor.
Feb 1, 2018/Article
Last year, CMS proposed significant changes in the home health and skilled nursing settings, seeking to improve the value of payment in postacute care. PTs and PTAs must understand what's behind these efforts, what they need to do, and what may lie ahead.
May 13, 2025/Article
Dan Staats, PT, DPT, shares how clinical curiosity sparked a business — and what every attendee can learn from his entrepreneurial journey.
Sep 1, 2025/Article
In this month’s column, APTA President Kyle Covington, PT, DPT, PhD, explores how innovation drives progress — and PTs and PTAs are leading the way.
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.
Apr 1, 2018/Feature
This APTA Magazine article recaps results from an APTA member survey that explored the amount of time PTs spend engaging in coordination-of-care activities without receiving payment.
Apr 28, 2023/CPG
This guideline was created by an American Physical Therapy Association volunteer guideline development group and covers clinical information and accepted approaches for physical therapist management of glenohumeral joint osteoarthritis.
Jun 17, 2021/Podcast
Dr Dias and his coauthors provide an antidote to the barriers that make it difficult to apply clinical practice guidelines to patients.
