June 23, 2017: Physical therapy may not be a souped up DeLorean, a table top machine, or a twistable pendant that takes its users backward in time, but unlike the fictional Doc Brown, Time Traveler, or Hermione Granger, physical therapists ...
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June 23, 2017: Friends and donors of the Foundation for Physical Therapy (Foundation) recognized the achievements of several people and groups at the Foundation’s inaugural awards luncheon on June 22. The event honored annual service award recipients and celebrated the ...
Read MoreAs far as APTA’s House of Delegates (House) is concerned, the future is now. During her address to the 2017 House that opened the 3 day meeting held June 19 21, APTA President Sharon Dunn, PT, PhD, Source: APTA Feed ...
Read MoreJune 22, 2017: As APTA’s #ChoosePT national opioid awareness campaign continues to gain momentum, it’s also gaining recognition, most recently by earning a highly prestigious “Power of A” gold award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE). Source: APTA ...
Read MoreJune 22, 2017: The US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) may have slowed down the pace at which it is implementing the move toward quality-based payment, but that doesn’t mean physical therapists (PTs) should be taking a business-as-usual ...
Read MoreJune 22, 2017: Despite some changes designed to appeal to a wider range of US senators, the newly released Senate version of health care reform still contains provisions that concern APTA: namely, a loosening of required “essential health benefits” (EHBs) ...
Read MoreJune 21, 2017: T. Richard Nichols, PhD, became an honorary member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) today by a unanimous vote of the APTA House of Delegates. Source: APTA Feed From the APTA House of Delegates: Richard Nichols ...
Read MoreJune 20, 2017: As far as APTA’s science journal Physical Therapy (PTJ) is concerned, “greatest hits” collections aren’t just for musicians—and it’s proving that point by issuing a special collection of PTJ articles on low back pain (LBP) and neck ...
Read MoreJune 20, 2017: Think that the US government should live up to its promises when it comes to funding educational needs of students with disabilities? So does a bipartisan group of legislators who have introduced a bill that would obligate ...
Read MoreJune 19, 2017: Researchers analyzing a study of patients with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears have begun to connect the dots between early indicators of long-term outcomes and the kinds of treatments patients receive. They reached the conclusion that, for ...
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