APTA Podcasts

A former newscaster trades the thrill of chasing down a story for the higher satisfaction of improving patients’ lives. 

Physical therapy can’t wait another 50 years to implement competency-based education. 

Physical therapists working with people with long COVID should measure and validate the patient’s experience.

APTA staff experts provide insight on what’s happening, and what’s to come.

Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, and Nate Thomas, PT, DPT, didn’t know each other a few months ago, but once introduced they realized they have a few things in common. Both PTs from the midwest, both having been selected as the APTA Harker Intern within APTA’s Government Affairs department, and serving as APTA Student Assembly Board President. There’s also at least one difference: Nate Thomas is running for a...

A home visit to a patient with an intriguing background leads a PT back to the profession.

A PT student understands that helping a patient is more than furnishing billable service units.

Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes play an important role in describing services and procedures performed by health care providers and ultimately in the payment for those services. This podcast reveals the role that APTA member volunteers play as advisors in the CPT and The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) process.

Physical therapists working with people with long COVID should measure and validate the patient’s experience.

Explore lesser-known APTA advocacy with President Roger Herr .

PTJ walks you through the complexities around multiparticipant therapy provision in SNFs.

A volunteer guideline development group of the American Physical Therapy Association has developed a clinical practice guideline on Parkinson disease.

Actions both small and heroic as a “yellow jacket” in an NYU summer program prompted a career in physical therapy. By: Gary Krasilovsky, PT, PhD

This updated Integrated Framework for making clinical decisions responds to changes in evidence, policy, and practice.

In this discussion, a panel of physical therapists on the front lines of shaping clinical practice share their plans for creating knowledge translation tools for the Parkinson CPG and their goals for implementation into practice, and more.

This learning health system can serve as a blueprint for physical therapists to make optimal use of routinely collected clinical data for improving care for patients with a variety of conditions.

A light came on not only in a dark hospital basement but in a future PT’s head that this was her ideal career. By Linda Pillow, PT

A PT recalls overcoming her own obstacles to become a board-certified orthopaedic clinical specialist and help others reach their goals. By Natalie Snyder, PT, DPT

A light came on not only in a dark hospital basement but in a future PT’s head that this was her ideal career.

Janet R Bezner, PT, DPT, PhD, FAPTA, discusses simple, actionable items related to your personal and professional well-being as a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant.

The future of health care professional education is moving from a focus on the individual to embrace the health of the larger society. Read the PTJ article

With many state legislatures now or soon to be in session, now’s the time to get up-to-speed on what’s happening in physical therapy advocacy at the state level. Topics covered include direct access, the physical therapy compact, telehealth, and more.

The first wave of this study’s findings provides insights into physical therapist education and identified differences between physical therapist and medical student perceptions. Read PTJ Article .

The pandemic has affected physical therapy professionals in many ways, including mentally and financially. PTs and PTAs, be prepared for the federal loan repayment to start up again, and how to give yourself permission to spend on the fun stuff.

Get answers to questions specifically directed at nutritional needs of a busy clinician. Learn how to best hydrate your body, what quick snacks, herbs and spices pack the most nutritional punch, plus great fermented foods, and how to figure out if you’re having healthy bowel movements.