Members and consumers alike can follow APTA on Twitter at the following accounts:
@APTAtweets - Updates for APTA members, potential members, and those interested in the association.
@APTAadvocacy - Updates on adovocacy related issues affecting PTs and PTAs.
@APTAsa - Updates from students for students.
@MoveForwardPT - Physical therapy-related information to consumers and the general public.
@PTJournal - Updates from APTA's official, peer-reviewed journal PTJ.
APTA also provides updates at its major national events: CSM | Annual Conference | NSC
Twitter 101
Users can view tweets without creating a Twitter account just by clicking the links above. Users with Twitter accounts have the ability to opt-in to receive tweets on their mobile devices. (cell phone, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.). Standard text messaging rates may apply.
Twitter FAQ
Twitter Search - See What People are Tweeting About
Twitter Terms & Symbols
Tweet - A message of 140 characters or less, sent via Twitter.
RT - Retweet. A forwarded tweet authored by another Twitter user.
@ - Prefix used to reference a Twitter user, such as @aptatweets.
# - Hashtag. A prefix that allows tweets about one subject to be located by performing a Twitter search. Search for #APTA to see all tweets using that hashtag. In the future, APTA will use the hashtag #CSM to reference its Combined Sections Meeting, etc.