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Draft HHS Report Backs Nonpharmacological Pain Management, Calls for Better Payer Coverage of Physical Therapy

Jan 8, 2019/News

Much like an APTA white paper on opioids and pain management published in the summer of 2018, a draft report from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) says that it's time to address the gaps in the health care system that make it difficult to follow best practices in addressing pain—including

The Good Stuff: Members and the Profession in the Media, December 2018

Dec 19, 2018/News

"The Good Stuff" is an occasional series that highlights recent media coverage of physical therapy and APTA members, with an emphasis on good news and stories of how individual PTs and PTAs are transforming health care and society every day.

Study: Clinic Ball Pits Carry Bacterial Risks

Dec 3, 2018/Review

Children's ball pits often found in fast food restaurants are the stuff of a germaphobe's nightmares. Now it turns out that if not properly maintained, ball pits in physical therapy clinics are capable of inducing shudders too.

PT in Motion Magazine Looks at PTs in Primary Care

Dec 4, 2018/News

The magazine takes an in-depth look at PTs in the primary care space, where they assume roles that range from a "roving PT" member of a multidisciplinary primary care team, to a clinician in private practice who is often a patient's first point of contact with the health care system.

2019 Federal Advocacy Forum Coming March 31; Registration Open Through March 18

Jan 18, 2019/News

When it comes to federal advocacy for the physical therapy profession, the watchword is "new"—new priorities after the end of the hard cap on therapy services under Medicare last year, new challenges that have surfaced in the wake of rulemaking and other changes, and a new Congress that needs to be well-acquainted

Foundation Has a New Name, Logo, and Website

Jan 29, 2019/News

What's in a name? For the organization formerly known as The Foundation for Physical Therapy (Foundation), just about everything. Earlier this month, the Foundation announced a name change for the organization, from the Foundation for Physical Therapy to the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research.

APTA Report on PT, PTA Student Debt Delivers Stark Assessment

Jun 1, 2020/News

The new report says that education debt limits life choices of PTs and PTAs, and describes potential costs as a "deterrent to promising students." But there may be ways to ease the burdens.

JAMA Viewpoint: The 'False Dichotomy' of Hospital Falls Prevention vs Mobility Promotion

Jun 14, 2017/Review

Programs that promote mobility with supervision "may actually help to prevent injurious falls."

'Locum Tenens' for PTs Set to Begin in June

May 15, 2017/News

Just as the new provisions begin, the old term for the concept—"locum tenens"—will be discontinued.

NYT Article Questions Arthroscopic Surgery, Acid Injections for Knee Pain

Jul 5, 2017/News

Brody compares her results with a friend who opted for physical therapy and is now pain-free.