Category Archives: info

APTA to CMS: Your proposed O and P rule will hurt patients. Source: APTA Feed APTA to CMS: Proposed Orthotics and Prosthetics Rule Hurts Patients, PTs

March 9, 2017 12-Year Study Tracks Impact of Television Viewing Patterns on Strength Source: APTA Feed 12-Year Study Tracks Impact of Television Viewing Patterns on Strength

APTA weighs in for patient access. Source: APTA Feed APTA Joins OT and SLP Groups to Provide Input on Future Health Care Legislation

The number of people whose activities are limited by arthritis is growing. Source: APTA Feed Number of Americans Reporting Arthritis-Related Activity Limitations on the Rise

Medical marijuana is legal in half the US. How does that affect PTs? Source: APTA Feed PTJ Perspective: PT Education on Medical Marijuana Highly Recommended

Manual therapy as effective as surgery for CTS–and sometimes, it’s even better. Source: APTA Feed Study: Manual Therapy Works as Well, And Sometimes Better, Than Surgery for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

March 3, 2017 This month’s “Ethics in Practice” column in PT in Motion magazine uses a fairly uncommon setting to get at a fairly common issue: namely, the ways in which external pressures can cloud the ability of a physical ...

March 2, 2017: Wound management needs to be addressed by a multidisciplinary team, with physical therapists (PTs) playing a key role throughout: that’s the theme of a new white paper that describes the current state of PTs in wound management. ...

The latest from PTJ. Source: APTA Feed The Latest at PTJ: New Technology, New Access, and a Packed Issue

CMS just produced a “market saturation” map that includes PTs. Source: APTA Feed Interactive Map From CMS Lays Out PT and OT Market Saturation