APTA Orthopedics

APTA Orthopedics The largest section of the APTA, empowering our members to excel in orthopedic physical therapy. Formerly AOPT.

We are the largest and one of the fastest growing Academies of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA). APTA Orthopedics leads the physical therapy field in research, practice and education so that members deliver care that is evidenceโ€based, innovative, and effective. Our Mission is to empower members to excel in orthopedic physical therapy. Our Vision is to be a world leader in providing resources to optimize movement and musculoskeletal health.

๐Ÿšจ The April issue of ๐˜–๐˜—๐˜›๐˜— is here โ€” exclusive to APTA Orthopedics members.Inside this issue:๐Ÿ”น Rehabilitation and return-...
04/08/2026

๐Ÿšจ The April issue of ๐˜–๐˜—๐˜›๐˜— is here โ€” exclusive to APTA Orthopedics members.

Inside this issue:
๐Ÿ”น Rehabilitation and return-to-sport testing after Achilles SpeedBridge repair
๐Ÿ”น Biopsychosocial model training for DPT students
๐Ÿ”น Blood flow restriction training and its effects on strength and power
๐Ÿ”น SDT-based education to improve physical activity in knee osteoarthritis
๐Ÿ”น Single-leg hop test biomechanics and return-to-run readiness

๐˜–๐˜—๐˜›๐˜— continues to serve as a trusted resource for advancing orthopedic physical therapy through clinically relevant research and practical application.

๐Ÿ”— Read the April issue: https://www.orthopt.org/content/publications/optp

04/07/2026

This National Volunteer Month we are spotlighting ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—˜. ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐——๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ, ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฆ, ๐—–๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฃ-๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ, ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—–๐—ฃ! ๐Ÿ’™

Carey is a dedicated member of our Education Content Workgroup, currently helping plan the inaugural APTA Orthopedics Annual Conference in June 2026 โ€” a historic milestone for our organization. She also serves as Editor of Orthopedic Physical Therapist Practice magazine.

Thank you, Carey, for your passion and dedication to advancing orthopedic physical therapy! ๐Ÿ™Œ

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ ๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/committees/nominations/untitled

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/education/virtual-conference-2026

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ!Advance your ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ...
04/06/2026

๐ŸŽฏ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†, ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ!

Advance your ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ปt of ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ & ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜… conditions in this intensive 3-day, hands-on seminar.

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—น๐—น ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป:
โœ… Evidence-based clinical reasoning
โœ… Manual therapy for cervical and thoracic regions
โœ… Movement re-education and exercise prescription
โœ… Diagnosis and management aligned with APTA Orthopedics CPGs

๐Ÿ“ The Summit PT, Selma, CA
๐Ÿ“… May 1โ€“3, 2026
โฑ๏ธ Earn up to 21 Contact Hours

This is ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฐ-๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. Complete all sessions to ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿด๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐Ÿ”— Register now: https://www.orthopt.org/content/courses/seminar-series

04/05/2026

Volunteering with APTA Orthopedics is about more than giving back โ€” it's about growing alongside a community that shares your passion for the profession. ๐Ÿ’™

Hear from our ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—›๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€, ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐——๐—›๐—ฆ, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ, ๐—–๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜. ๐——๐—ก on how getting involved can expand your network, sharpen your skills, and connect you with like-minded clinicians from across the country.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ
๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/committees/nominations/untitled
๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€:
๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/membership/get-involved

๐Ÿšจ Coming soon: the April issue of ๐˜–๐˜—๐˜›๐˜—, APTA Orthopedicsโ€™ quarterly, members-only publication.This issue highlights inno...
04/04/2026

๐Ÿšจ Coming soon: the April issue of ๐˜–๐˜—๐˜›๐˜—, APTA Orthopedicsโ€™ quarterly, members-only publication.

This issue highlights innovative approaches in orthopedic physical therapy, including:

๐Ÿ”น Return-to-sport testing and rehabilitation after Achilles SpeedBridge repair
๐Ÿ”น Biopsychosocial training for physical therapy students
๐Ÿ”น Blood flow restriction and lower extremity strength in recreational athletes
๐Ÿ”น Self-determination theoryโ€“based education for patients with knee osteoarthritis
๐Ÿ”น Single-leg hop test biomechanics and implications for return-to-run decision-making

Designed to support evidence-informed practice, clinical decision-making, and professional growthโ€”right where it matters most: patient care.

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น "๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜†" ๐—ฌ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐——๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐——, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ, ๐—™๐—”๐—”๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ง"๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ...
04/03/2026

๐ŸŒŸ ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜: ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—˜๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—น "๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐˜†" ๐—ฌ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐——๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐——, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ, ๐—™๐—”๐—”๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ง

"๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ!"

This National Volunteer Month, we are proud to recognize Dr. Emmanuel "Manny" Yung for his outstanding and longstanding dedication to APTA Orthopedics! Manny currently serves as ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ โ€” a role that reflects his deep commitment to shaping the future leadership of our organization. His volunteer journey spans many years, having previously served as Vice-Chair of the Education Committee from 2016โ€“2021.

Beyond his volunteer contributions, Manny is an accomplished clinician and educator. He serves as an ๐—”๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† in Irvine, California, is the ๐—ฐ๐—ผ-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ PhysioU, and serves as ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ โ€” the Ortho/Sports Rehabilitation Fellowship and the Spine Rehabilitation Fellowship in Los Angeles.
Thank you, Manny, for your years of service and your passion for advancing our profession! ๐Ÿ’™

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ ๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/committees/nominations/untitled

๐ŸŽ“ Congratulations to the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ for winning the ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—š ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ...
04/02/2026

๐ŸŽ“ Congratulations to the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ for winning the ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—š ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฆ๐—  ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ!

They presented their poster: ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ-๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜œ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ข ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜‰๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ.

Learn more about the Performing Arts Community: https://www.orthopt.org/content/special-interest-groups/performing-arts

A new Clinical Practice Guideline is now available from APTA Orthopedics and the Academy of Hand and Upper Extremity Phy...
04/01/2026

A new Clinical Practice Guideline is now available from APTA Orthopedics and the Academy of Hand and Upper Extremity Physical Therapy:

๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€: ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ

This evidence-based CPG supports clinical decision-making across the full episode of care, including examination, nonsurgical intervention, and referral considerations.

Designed for physical therapists, this resource helps improve consistency, confidence, and outcomes when managing one of the most common conditions seen in practice.

๐——๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—š ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†

๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/publications/pub-cpg

04/01/2026

๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฉ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ต โ€” a time to recognize and celebrate the incredible people who make APTA Orthopedics what it is. ๐Ÿ’™

To every volunteer who gives their time, expertise, and passion to advance orthopedic physical therapy โ€” thank you. You are the heart of everything we do and we are deeply grateful for each and every one of you. ๐Ÿ™Œ

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ? ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ
๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/committees/nominations/untitled

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€:
๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/membership/get-involved

PTs: Reduce errors and improve patient care!Clinical decision rules in primary care PT help you diagnose accurately and ...
03/31/2026

PTs: Reduce errors and improve patient care!

Clinical decision rules in primary care PT help you diagnose accurately and avoid unnecessary tests.
Discover more strategies in our new course: ๐—ฃ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ% ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ

๐Ÿ”— ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†: https://www.orthopt.org/course/35-2-physical-therapists-as-primary-care-provider

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