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Getting on Board With Specialist Certification: Advice From PTs

Jul 8, 2025/Podcast

Colleen Ward, PT, DPT, board-certified clinical specialist in cardiovascular and pulmonary physical therapy, chats with three fellow APTA members about their experiences becoming board-certified clinical specialists.

APTA Statement on Patient Care and Practice Management During COVID-19 Outbreak

Mar 17, 2020/Statement

APTA encourages PTs to use their professional judgment to determine when, where, and how to provide care.

Royal London Hospital Test

Jan 10, 2013/Test & Measure

Measures pain in patients with Achilles tendinopathy.

Thompson Test

Jan 10, 2013/Test & Measure

Used in the diagnosis of Achilles tendon rupture.

2022 John H.P. Maley Lecture by Susan Whitney

Aug 14, 2022/Video

Susan Whitney, PT, PhD, FAPTA, delivered the 27th John H. P. Maley Lecture, titled "Exercise Is Our Medicine."

Multi-Directional Reach Test, Multidirectional Reach Test, Multi Directional Reach Test (MDRT), Reach in Four Directions Test (RFDT)

Dec 16, 2021/Test & Measure

The Multi-Directional Reach Test (MDRT) measures balance and the limits of stability in the anterior-posterior and medial-lateral directions by testing how far an individual can voluntarily reach forward, to the right, to the left, and lean backward, while standing with their feet flat on the ground,

Pelvic Health Physical Therapy

Pelvic health physical therapy is a vital part of recovery in the postpartum period.

APTA Frontiers in Research Science and Technology Network: Chair and Co-Chair

Network members work to leverage scientific and technological discoveries to advance physical therapist practice, education, and research.

VA Wants to Move Telehealth Beyond State Borders and Into Vets' Homes

Oct 2, 2017/News

The VA would like to remove barriers to telehealth and allow its providers—including PTs—to conduct telehealth activities across all 50 states and in non-federal sites, including patients' and providers' homes.

Join Us for a Free Falls Prevention Clinic at the American Physical Therapy Association

Sep 21, 2023/Event

Are you concerned about falls or want to learn how to stay safe and steady on your feet?