Why Join Now

Your career deserves momentum. Joining APTA connects you directly to leadership opportunities, member-only education, and a national network of peers. Membership ensures you are eligible for recognition programs, volunteer leadership roles, and the latest tools to advance your career. Most importantly, it strengthens our collective voice in policy and payment, ensuring PTAs are recognized and supported at every level of practice. Now is the moment to connect your career to the future of the profession.

Recognition and Voice

PTAs are being recognized like never before. Expanded representation in governance, award programs, and advisory groups ensures that PTA contributions are visible and valued across the profession. These new pathways highlight the impact PTAs make every day in patient care, education, and leadership—and ensure their voices help shape the future of physical therapy.

Policy Progress

APTA advocacy is opening doors for PTAs across care settings. Recent wins include general supervision in private practice under Medicare Part B, expanded recognition in VA and DoD systems, and inclusion in Medicare telehealth services. These changes strengthen PTA utilization, create new career opportunities, and improve patient access to care. Ongoing state-level improvements to practice acts further advance how PTAs contribute. Together, these policy shifts signal growing recognition of PTAs’ essential role in delivering quality, team-based physical therapy.