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Vulnerability and Courage

Jun 1, 2020/Column

For PTs and PTAs, the two never have been more closely intertwined.

Pain Management

The CDC recommends safe alternatives like physical therapy to manage most pain.

Everything You Need to Know About Supervision

Feb 1, 2025/Feature

Changes to Medicare in 2025 will impact requirements for PT supervision of PTAs. Do they make direct supervision obsolete?

PTJ: New CPG Supported by APTA Provides Guidance on PT Treatment of Individuals With Heart Failure

Feb 5, 2020/Review

Nine evidence-based action statements for the evaluation and management of patients with heart failure and two algorithms for clinical decision making.

Getting on Board With Specialist Certification

Jul 1, 2022/Feature

Board certification in physical therapy specialty areas has been evolving since its beginnings. Here are some of the latest developments.

Narrow Networks: A New Challenge for PTs and Patients

Feb 1, 2016/Feature

Many health plans are "narrowing" their provider networks in an attempt to control costs. What does this mean for individual therapy practices? That all depends.

Virtual Networking Produces Tangible Results

Mar 1, 2016/Feature

When the directors of rehabilitation for 3 large health care systems realized they faced common challenges, they developed a strategy to address them.

Electrophysiology and Wound Care

Aug 1, 2020/Feature

PTs explain what the two disciplines are, how they’re related, and their importance to all PTs and PTAs, and their patients.

Good to Be Home

Feb 1, 2020/Feature

Physical therapists working in home health discuss their evolving role in the continuum of patient care.

Payment Win: CMS Reverses Most of Its Damaging Coding Edits, More Details to Come

Jan 24, 2020/News

APTA and its members engaged in extensive advocacy efforts to convince CMS to rethink its decision.