APTA Advocacy Delivers: Legislation to Repeal MPPR Introduced in U.S. House Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

APTA Advocacy Delivers: Legislation to Repeal MPPR Introduced in U.S. House

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On Capitol Hill today for APTA Capitol Hill Day! Fighting for Medicare payment reform, MPPR repeal, and protecting the DPT pipeline. Add your name at the APTA Action Center, open to everyone! 💙

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I'm at APTA Capitol Hill Day advocating for policies that advance payment and strengthen our profession.🦾 #PTadvocacy

Help support our efforts from home. 📣 Visit the APTA Patient Action Center to send a message to your member of Congress and amplify our collective voice. 💬

Day 1 of APTA Capitol Hill Day is underway! Sessions, CMS speaker, and meeting prep before we hit the Hill tomorrow. Make your voice heard from home, open to everyone! 💙

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From Capitol to Clinic: How APTA's Unified Advocacy Is Advancing Our Payment A look at the APTA advocacy updates from the past year across three areas: federal, payer, and state.

From Capitol to Clinic: How APTA's Unified Advocacy Is Advancing Our Payment

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3 Simple Exercises to Keep Your Feet Pain Free

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New Payment Resources Help PTs Engage in and Be Paid for Value-Based Care Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

New Payment Resources Help PTs Engage in and Be Paid for Value-Based Care

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Hand Pain and Sensory Deficits: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Revision 2026

Hand Pain and Sensory Deficits: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: CPG Revision 2026

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Powering Progress in Primary Care How APTA and its members are working to advance physical therapists as entry-point providers.

APTA, Provider and Patient Groups Push Major Reforms to Prior Authorization

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APTA President's Message | Advancing Our Payment, Together Every profession has a defining challenge — the one issue that shapes its future more than any other. For us, that challenge is payment.

APTA President's Message | Advancing Our Payment, Together

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The Physical Therapy Workforce in Focus Three new reports — on demographics, income trends, and administrative burden — are being used to drive meaningful change.

The Physical Therapy Workforce in Focus

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Powering Progress in Primary Care How APTA and its members are working to advance physical therapists as entry-point providers.

Powering Progress in Primary Care

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From Capitol to Clinic: How APTA's Unified Advocacy Is Advancing Our Payment A look at the APTA advocacy updates from the past year across three areas: federal, payer, and state.

From Capitol to Clinic: How APTA's Unified Advocacy Is Advancing Our Payment

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From Capitol to Clinic: How APTA's Unified Advocacy Is Advancing Our Payment A look at the APTA advocacy updates from the past year across three areas: federal, payer, and state.

From Capitol to Clinic: How APTA's Unified Advocacy Is Advancing Our Payment

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APTA Continues Fighting For Federal Student Loan Access for Future PTs Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

APTA Continues Fighting For Federal Student Loan Access for Future PTs

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American Physical Therapy Association: APTA Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates Series (2026) In its Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates series, APTA's Health Policy and Payment team will provide an overview of the most significant and impactful federal regulatory and commercial payer policy updates in 2026.

Register for APTA'S Regulatory, Legislative, and Payment Updates Series (2026)

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APTA, Provider and Patient Groups Push Major Reforms to Prior Authorization Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

APTA, Provider and Patient Groups Push Major Reforms to Prior Authorization

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It seems to all come back to publicity - as PTs we need to continue marketing prevention for ACL, BSI, concussion - and continue to partner with ATCs to reach more people in working in youth sports

Functional Classification of Hemiparetic Gait Based on Paretic Leg Extension Angle and Gastrocnemius Muscle Activity AbstractImportance. Hemiparetic gait after stroke shows substantial individual variability, and understanding its biomechanical determinants is essential f

🧠 🚶‍♀️‍➡️ Using leg extension angle and gastrocnemius activity, this study classifed hemiparetic gait into 4 patterns, and these patterns were associated with differences in walking ability.

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This Muscle Is the Unsung Hero of Longevity

Check out my new interview in the @nytimes.com !

It doesn't matter your age or fitness, there's always something you can do to improve. 💪

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Coalition Pushes Congress to Repeal MPPR as Part of Medicare Payment Reform Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

Coalition Led by APTA Pushes Congress to Repeal MPPR as Part of Medicare Payment Reform

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Student loan update: Thousands of borrowers to receive up to $2,000 checks Some borrowers have already reported receiving checks, with amounts ranging from as little as $50 up to $2,000.

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Why Are So Many Teen Girls Still Tearing Their A.C.L.s?

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More Frequent Empathic Communication by Physical Therapists Is Associated With Improved Outcomes for Low-Impact Chronic Pain AbstractImportance. Empathic communication is recommended in chronic pain management, yet few studies have examined the role of provider communication on t

More Frequent Empathic Communication by Physical Therapists Is Associated With Improved Outcomes for Low-Impact Chronic Pain

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NERVE ENTRAPMENT IN THE HIP REGION: CURRENT CONCEPTS REVIEW The purpose of this clinical commentary is to review the anatomy, etiology, evaluation, and treatment techniques for nerve entrapments of the hip region. Nerve entrapment can occur around musculotendinous, osseous, and ligamentous structures because ...

This article details sciatic nerve entrapments caused by the hips and highlights the quadratus femoris.
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Rural Health Care Workforce Shortages Highlighted in Congressional Hearing Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

APTA Urges Congress to Expand the Physical Therapy Workforce in Rural America

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Payer Advocacy by the Numbers: APTA Members and Staff Driving Progress Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

Payer Advocacy by the Numbers: APTA Members and Staff Driving Progress on Both Commercial and Government Fronts

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Congressional Advocacy by the Numbers: Together, We Are Driving Payment Progress Together we are building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

Congressional Advocacy by the Numbers: Keeping Payment Our First Priority

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New 2026 Carpal Tunnel Syndrome CPG

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