American Physical Therapy Association
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Podcasts for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students of physical therapy.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
A clear professional briefing on how physical therapy evidence, standards, training, public perception, and advocacy shape care.
APTA Podcasts treats physical therapy as a profession shaped by evidence, education, ethics, and policy. Its formats shift with the subject: PTJ Editor-in-Chief Stephen George questions study authors about methods and clinical use, while APTA staff moderate panels and explain…
A low-back-pain guideline reaches the clinic door; you get the messy part between evidence and use.
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A calm, grounded case for PTA representation and professional standing.
APTA treats PTA representation as both a human story and a governance issue, and that balance gives the piece its shape. Tim Russell's account of his grandmother regaining some independence through home health physical therapy adds real weight, while the later discussion of…
A practical stroke rehab discussion about what happens when trial ideas meet inpatient reality.
PTJ turns a stroke rehab paper into a plainspoken look at the gap between good research and what therapy staff can actually do in Canadian inpatient settings.
A focused PT discussion that turns health system science into a practical framework for education and care transitions.
Health system science comes through here as a practical way to bring order to physical therapy education and practice. Gregory Hartley and Neva Kirk-Sanchez describe how material already present across the curriculum had felt fragmented until it was grouped into a clearer…
A procedural look at how accreditation reform could affect physical therapy training.
Physical therapy education sits at the center, but the conversation keeps pulling in accreditation, residency and fellowship pathways, student costs, reporting burden, and the question of how training stays usable over the next decade or so.
A careful look at how credential rules can quietly shape a profession.
The discussion frames the 50% doctorate rule for physical therapy faculty as more than an accreditation footnote. Andy Hogan treats it as a question of barriers to entry, access, and the tradeoffs of elite professionalization, so the policy feels tied to real careers rather than…
A practical look at how certification can reshape a physical therapist's practice and patient care.
The discussion treats specialist certification as a practical next step for physical therapists who want to think more carefully about patient care.
A Texas rehab access map that makes inequity concrete.
The piece frames the Texas map as an access story, not just a data exercise. It shows where rehabilitation providers cluster and where communities still come up short, and the strongest stretch comes when the speakers connect the research method to professional recognition.
A grounded look at PT entrepreneurship, movement coaching, and the case for thinking bigger than clinic walls.
Megan Brown comes across as both a physical therapist and an entrepreneur, and the episode is strongest when it stays close to the practical side of that work.
Peter Attia evaluates longevity science, from CETP inhibitors to protein debates, through evidence.
Morning medical evidence, compressed for practice.
Medical research, translated through patient experience.
APTA Podcasts and PTJ highlight Sean Farrokhi, Department Chair and Professor of Physical Therapy at Chapman University, for the 2025 APTA Outstanding Research Award.
APTA Pediatrics president Mary Jane Rapport is interviewed by student Britton Farnham about specializing in pediatric physical therapy.
Stephen George opens by introducing the article and welcoming Stanley Holm.
A student interviews Dr.
Colleen Ward moderates a panel on specialist certification for physical therapists.
Alicia Hosmer welcomes Dr.
APTA experts Sharon West and Rachel Miller break down the complex final rule for the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, explaining a modest average payment increase for physical therapists, the underlying policy cuts, victories in telehealth and remote monitoring, and ongoing advocacy for systemic reform.
Sharon West and Rachel Miller discuss the proposed 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Rule, covering key changes like the conversion factor increase, RVU adjustments that may offset gains, and challenges with CMS rejecting survey data.
This episode features an interview with Chris Wilson, president of APTA Oncology, discussing the field of oncologic physical therapy.
PTJ turns to a policy question with long consequences.
APTA President Kyle Covington opens the conversation with three board colleagues.
Rebecca Edgeworth-Dittweiler opens a conversation about the APTA's newly unified Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapy Profession.
Stephen George opens the PTJ Podcast by introducing a paper on barriers to using a low back pain clinical practice guideline in physical therapist practice.
Stephen George opens the PTJ podcast by introducing the article Educating for Impact, the Imperative of Health System Science and Physical Therapy.
APTA turns its attention to how the public sees physical therapy.
Stephen George opens a PTJ discussion of a cross-sectional geographic information systems study on rehabilitation provider availability in Texas.
Kelly Kubota welcomes Evan Beer and Tim Russell for a conversation about PTAs and APTA leadership.
APTA Podcasts features Shauna Dudley-Javarosky with Jessica Fita and Evan Puccillo on a study validating the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory, or LASI, in Doctor of Physical Therapy learners.
Stephen George interviews Daniel White, an associate professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware, about the PTJ article “Effectiveness of a Physical Therapist-Administered Physical Activity Intervention After Total Knee Replacement, a Randomized Trial.” White says the trial was built on a 2007 systematic review by Bravada et al.
The PTJ podcast discusses the article Development and Validation of PT Pencil, a physical therapy frequency clinical decision support tool built to increase hospital discharge to home.
The episode opens with Laura Keevil laying out how APTA members can use August recess to meet elected officials in their districts.
APTA lays out a major accreditation merger.
Stephen George, Editor-in-Chief of PTJ, speaks with Katrina Monroe of San Diego State University about an article titled “More Frequent Empathetic Communication by Physical Therapists is Associated with Improved Outcomes for Low-Impact Chronic Pain.” The study tracked real physical therapist-patient conversations over six weeks and found that responding to emotional cues was associated with lower pain intensity and less interference, with the association becoming clearer by week six.
APTA Podcasts highlights Jennifer Stevens Lapsley, winner of the 2025 Jules M.
Stephen George opens with a cost-focused look at plantar heel pain care.