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Core Ambassadors of the Month: March

Mar 2, 2017/News

My name is Sheena Moore and I am a DPT student at Oakland University (OU). I feel that one of our greatest accomplishments over the past year and a half is making personal connections with physical therapy students. Oftentimes this can be challenging via email, so Megan Czarnowski (featured below) and

2019-2020 APTA Student Assembly Board of Directors Candidates Announced

Aug 22, 2019/News

The candidates for the 2019-2020 APTA Student Assembly Board of Directors have been announced.  These students will serve a one year term where they will work on behalf and represent all student members of APTA, also known as the APTA Student Assembly. As the APTA Student Assembly Board of Directors

A Nontraditional Student Perspective

Dec 4, 2019/Podcast

Kelly Clarke entered physical therapy school a little older than most of her student peers, having explored other careers before pursuing the physical therapy profession. She talks openly about some of the challenges she’s faced and advises that a lack of encouragement should not be mistaken for

Study: Leisure-Time Physical Activity Reduces Likelihood of LBP

May 3, 2021/Review

Researchers from Brazil focused on leisure-time PA and how hours of sedentary behavior affected the PA-LBP relationship.

Five Ways To Be an LGBTQ Patient Ally

Jul 21, 2020/Open Access

You can help LGBTQ patients feel safe and supported by taking these five simple actions.

Daniel Pink on Motivation

Feb 13, 2019/Podcast

What motivates us? That’s the question Daniel Pink asked in his best-selling book Drive and in his 2009 TED talk “The Puzzle of Motivation.” APTA physical therapist member Steve Anderson interviewed Pink at for his podcast Profiles in Leadership, here’s a taste of that discussion—a conversation that’s

Finding My Way: Work Should Feel Like Play

Jan 2, 2018/Podcast

In a disrupted health care environment, Sharon Dunn sees vast opportunity for a new generation of PTs and PTAs.

A Brief but Meaningful Encounter

May 1, 2021/Column

A hospital PT finds meaning in a visit with a patient with COVID-19.

Ties That Bind

Apr 1, 2017/Column

Finding inspiration in a former patient.

Health Care Technology Today

Mar 1, 2017/Feature

Find out about wireless brain-spinal interfaces, “soft robot” applications in rehabilitation, virtual reality systems for intermanual transfer, diagnosing concussions using hearing, stem cells to repair meniscal tears, and more.