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Apr 15, 2026/Open Access
On July 10–11 in Portland, Ore., APTA will host the APTA Payment Advocacy Summit, designed to connect APTA member advocates, PT business leaders, payment experts, and key stakeholders focused on one mission: advancing payment for PTs and PTAs. As payment pressures continue to challenge practice sustainability
Jan 30, 2025/CPG
This guideline, supported by the American Physical Therapy Association, Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Quebec Rehabilitation Network, and Quebec Pain Research Network, provides 25 evidence-based recommendations and 15 consensus recommendations.
Mar 31, 2021/Perspective
Physical therapy is ideally placed to take on the three main tenets of pain treatment and meaningfully impact the lives of patients.
Jul 22, 2024/Policies & Bylaws
House position: Describes the association's position on equitable and inclusive processes for licensure by endorsement for an internationally educated physical therapist.
Dec 7, 2023/CPG
This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations on nonsurgical interventions for chronic primary low back pain (CPLBP) in adults, including older people, that can be delivered in primary and community care settings to improve CPLBP-related health and well-being outcomes.
Aug 29, 2025/Resource
Ambient scribe tools refer to systems that operate discreetly in the background and use artificial intelligence to automatically capture, transcribe, and summarize patient-provider interactions into structured clinical notes. As these scribes becomes more prevalent in health care, PTs and PTAs using
APTA is the definitive source for standards of ethics and professionalism in the physical therapy profession.
Jul 19, 2022/Perspective
Physical therapists have been involved with Special Olympics almost since its inception.
Apr 30, 2024/Podcast
Recommendations, tips for implementation, and more.
Jan 31, 2025/News
Our most popular courses of the year covered topics from payment and pharmacology to telehealth and screenings.
