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Continuing Competence is the ongoing possession and application of contemporary knowledge and abilities commensurate with an individual's (physical therapist or physical therapist assistant) role within the context of public health, welfare, and safety.
Dec 10, 2025/Article
Collecting and sharing workforce data is essential for enabling APTA members to make informed decisions about their careers and practices. By understanding demographic, workforce, and income trends, as well as challenges faced across practice settings, APTA provides the profession with actionable insights
May 13, 2021/Podcast
In this episode, experts explore how the mind and body intersect in the healing process, and how physical therapists and physical therapist assistants can provide better patient care by understanding the body's response to stress and trauma.
May 1, 2019/CPG
This guideline covers the diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation of adult patients with transient ischemic attack, stroke, or subarachnoid hemorrhage.
May 1, 2020/CPG
These guidelines address the prevention, diagnosis, risk assessment, and treatment of hypertension in adults and children, including new guidance on the management of resistant hypertension and the management of hypertension in women planning pregnancy.
Oct 1, 2022/Article
As more states legalize cannabis for both medicinal and recreational use, the chances are increasing that PTs and PTAs will treat patients who use it.
Jun 1, 2022/Podcast
CPT codes play an important role in describing services and procedures performed by health care providers and ultimately in the payment for those services.
Dec 11, 2025/Policies & Bylaws
Board policy: Describes APTA's Board of Directors' authority and responsibilities for establishing and appointing members to designated groups.
Dec 1, 2025/CPG
This guideline provides recommendations related to patients undergoing ankle and foot surgery.
Oct 1, 2025/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Physical therapist management may prevent the need for or reduce the use of medications. Physical therapist management includes counseling patients and clients on the need for, and the benefits and risks of, medication, and supplements.
