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Aug 1, 2020/Feature
Advances in robotics and exoskeletons help patients and offer clinicians additional tools.
Physical therapy saves money and achieves results that help patients get and stay healthy. But too often, insurance requires copays that effectively reduce access. This must change.
Jun 10, 2021/Perspective
This PT encourages others in the profession to expand the bounds of what PTs can be.
Feb 4, 2026/Article
Efforts from APTA members and staff led to 26 million-plus people having direct access to physical therapist services – and that's just one of the 21 regulatory policy changes APTA staff advocated for in 2025. In 2025, APTA members and staff successfully advocated for meaningful payment reforms with
Awards
This award recognizes a member who has demonstrated superior writing skills in one or more articles published in Physical Therapy, and who has collaborated with or encouraged others to make similar contributions to PTJ: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal.
Sep 15, 2026/Podcast
Listening Time — 16:16 Podcast Platforms Icons In 2015, France implemented a major reform of physical therapist education by extending programs from three years to five years and by revising the curriculum to embed evidence-based practice in clinical training. Listen as Associate Editor Jason Beneciuk,
Apr 28, 2021/Perspective
How do we address the "disconnect" between the academy and the clinical environment?
Oct 1, 2017/Feature
Every state has much to offer physical therapists and physical therapist assistants. It may be quality of life. Employment opportunities. Regulatory and business friendliness. Or any of dozens of other features. Where you decide to practice depends on which factors mean the most to you. Here is PT in
Mar 17, 2025/News
Legislation averts government shutdown and provides six-month extension on telehealth but abandons dozens of health care providers facing payment cuts.
Feb 1, 2017/Feature
Few recent graduates were exposed to classes in financial literacy while they were in school. Most educators think they should have been.
