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Pressure: A Commentary on the Black Physical Therapy Student Experience

Mar 13, 2019/Perspective

Pressure is the word I’d use to describe the student experience for the minority in physical therapy school.

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

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

A Brief but Meaningful Encounter

May 1, 2021/Column

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

Global PT Day of Service: Together We Adapt and Serve

Oct 8, 2020/Perspective

This year has forced us all to adapt and (hopefully) grow in so many aspects of our personal and professional lives.

In Our Majority-Female Profession, Women Still Face Discrimination

Sep 29, 2020/Perspective

We need to listen to and shine a light on each other's experiences.

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 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.

Down-to-the-Wire Advocacy: Payment Cuts, PTA Differential, and Other Issues in the Last Weeks of the 2021 Congressional Session

Nov 23, 2021/Podcast

As Congress attends to business in the last days before recess for the year, there are several important issues on the table, including a bill to address the fee schedule cuts, and legislation aimed at the PTA differential.