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APTA Podcasts — 306 episodes

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1

Finding Your Niche: Danny Matta on How to Build a Career Centered on Ownership

2

The World Cup Influence: Physical Therapy for Soccer Players of All Levels

3

PTJ Author Interview: Value of Integrating Primary Care Physical Therapy

4

From the Classroom to the Statehouse: DPT Student Voices in Action

5

PTJ Author Interview: The Primary Care Physical Therapy Consensus Definition

6

How APTA Members Are Supporting the Special Olympics USA Games

7

AI in PT Practice: Finding Balance and Embracing Innovation Without Losing Trust

8

PTJ Author Interview: Intervention Fidelity and Clinical Translation

9

PTJ Author Interview: Intervention Fidelity and Clinical Translation

10

PTJ Author Interview: Intervention Fidelity and Clinical Translation

11

APTA and NSCA: A Shared Commitment to Patient and Athlete-Centered Care

12

PTJ Author Interview: Geographic Disparities in Rehab Provider Availability

13

A Road Map for the Future: Breaking Down the APTA Strategic Framework for 2030

14

PTJ Author Interview: Empathetic Communication by Physical Therapists

15

The Legacy of Vilma Evans, a Pioneering Black Physical Therapy Leader

16

What to Know About the New Code of Ethics for the Physical Therapy Profession

17

PTJ Author Interview: PT-Administered Physical Activity After Knee Replacement

18

PTAs Shaping What’s Next: Board Eligibility and the Future of Leadership

19

PTJ Author Interview: Validation of the LASSI in DPT Learners

20

PTJ Author Interview: Development and Validation of the PT-PENCIL

21

November Advocacy Roundup: The Final 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

22

PTJ Author Interview: Real-World Implementation of Intensive Rehab Protocol

23

How Americans View Physical Therapy: Inside APTA’s Consumer Perceptions Report

24

Building a Career You Love: Advice from PT and Entrepreneur Megan Brown

25

PTJ Author Interview: Health Systems Science in Physical Therapist Education

26

PTJ Author Interview: Cost-Effectiveness of Plantar Heel Pain Management

27

Accreditation Innovation: The Future of Physical Therapy Education

28

PTJ Author Interview: Credentialism and the CAPTE 50 Percent Requirement

29

September Advocacy Roundup: How to Use APTA’s Direct Access Report

30

PTJ Honors & Awards Highlight: Author Interview With Shawn Farrokhi

31

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Hand and Upper Extremity

32

PTJ Honors & Awards Highlight: Author Interview With Jennifer Stevens-Lapsley

33

August Advocacy Roundup: The 2026 Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

34

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Oncology

35

PTJ Author Interview: Advancing Sense of Belonging in Physical Therapist Students

36

July Advocacy Roundup: APTA Efforts Pay Off With Aetna Direct Access Policy Win

37

PTJ Author Interview: Understanding Barriers to Clinical Practice Guideline Use

38

Getting on Board With Specialist Certification: Advice From PTs

39

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Academy of Clinical Electrophysiology & Wound

40

June Advocacy Roundup: Championing Change in Physical Therapy Policy

41

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Pediatrics

42

AI in PT Practice: What Are the Benefits, Risks, and Ethical Questions?

43

PTJ Author Interview: Metabolic Health Screening in Private Practice

44

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Pelvic Health

45

Defining Moment: Healing the Little Brain

46

PTJ Author Interview: Projected Physical Therapist Shortages Through 2037

47

How to Avoid PT Burnout, Find Community, and Get Involved in Advocacy

48

PTJ Author Interview: Evaluating the Potential of Large Language Models

49

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Orthopaedic

50

APTA Advocacy Update, March 2025: Celebrating Wins and Fighting for More Reforms

51

PTJ Author Interview: Algorithm-Based Treatment in the Emergency Department

52

Defining Moment: From PT to Patient

53

Academy Focus: Get to Know American Academy of Sports Physical Therapy

54

PTJ Author Interview: Influence of Race and Ethnicity on DPT Applications

55

PTJ Author Interview: Randomized Clinical Trials and Real-World Practice

56

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Academy of Neurologic Physical Therapy

57

PTJ Honors & Awards Highlight: Author Interview With Andrew Post

58

PTJ Author Interview: Early Physical Therapy Improved Concussion Symptoms

59

PTJ Honors & Awards Highlight: Author Interview With Christopher Bise

60

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Home Health

61

Defining Moment: Training Agents of Change

62

PTJ Honors & Awards Highlight: Author Interview With Richard Shields

63

PTJ Author Interview: Cognitive Functional Therapy for Chronic Low Back Pain

64

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Federal

65

Defining Moment: The Glue Holding It All Together

66

How to Make the Most of the 50th Annual APTA CSM: What to Expect in Houston

67

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Private Practice

68

PTJ Author Interview: Transitioning to Equitable Grading Practices

69

How to Get More PTs Involved in Falls Prevention

70

Defining Moment: From Dismissed to Equipped

71

PTJ Author Interview With Jason Silvernail: Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy

72

Building Moral Communities in the Physical Therapy Profession

73

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Geriatrics

74

Defining Moment: On a Mission to Promote Pelvic Health

75

PTs at the 2024 Paris Olympics and Paralympics

76

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Academy of Education

77

Defining Moment: Through the Open Door

78

APTA Staff Experts Discuss the Proposed 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

79

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Acute Care

80

Defining Moment: The Big Impact of a Tiny Human Being

81

Advice for the Next Generation of Women Leaders: Two Leaders Share Insights

82

Academy Focus: Get to Know APTA Aquatics

83

Defining Moment: The Path Chose Me

84

PTJ Author Interview: Combining Wearable Technology and Telehealth Counseling

85

Addressing Microaggressions in the Physical Therapy Profession

86

Defining Moment: Searching for Answers

87

Highlights of APTA's New Clinical Practice Guideline on Telerehabilitation

88

Kelly Starrett on Harnessing the Power of Movement Expertise

89

Defining Moment: Following a Calling for Advocacy

90

Defining Moment: Finding a Place to Call Home

91

PTJ Author Interview: Early Postpartum Exercise Impact on Pelvic Symptoms

92

PTJ Interview: New Editor-in-Chief and the Student Perspective

93

State-Level Advocacy: Hot Issues for 2024

94

PTJ Author Interview: Influence of Intervention Type for Managing Low Back Pain

95

PTJ Editor Interview: Alan Jette and Steven George

96

Defining Moment: Opening a New Door

97

PTJ Author Interview With Amit Kumar: Home Health Care After Joint Replacement

98

"The Economic Value of Physical Therapy in the U.S." – Part 2: Advocacy 101

99

PTJ Author Interview With Matthew Miller: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

100

Defining Moment: Lending a Helping Hand

101

APTA Practice Update: Highlights from APTA Reports on Wages and Demographics

102

"The Economic Value of Physical Therapy in the U.S." — Part 1: Exploring the Report

103

PTJ Author Interview: Effects of Treadmill Perturbation Training in Older Adults

104

Defining Moment: Diagnosing a New Beginning

105

PTJ Author Interview: Key Takeaways From the Research Agenda for Physical Therapy

106

PTJ Author Interview: Conflict of Interest and Researcher Allegiance

107

Physician Fee Schedule Comment Letters: The Whys and Hows

108

PTJ Author Interview: Use of Rehabilitation Services by Adults With Cerebral Palsy

109

Productivity measures should include quality and quantity. Insight from APTA EJC

110

PTJ Author Interview: Building Better Science and Research for the Profession

111

A Look at the Proposed 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

112

'It's not about having this 25-point plan.' Four PTs share advice for new grads

113

PTJ Author Interview: First Provider Seen Influences Future Health Care Choices

114

Measuring Community Mobility With GPS: PTJ Author Interview With Pamela Dunlap

115

Reducing Pain With Preoperative Exercise: PTJ Author Interview

116

APTA Practice Update: Future of Physical Therapy Summit, Telehealth, and More

117

Burnout and Resilience During COVID-19: PTJ Author Interview With Preston Roundy

118

Rehabilitation and Hospital Readmission After Hip Fracture: PTJ Author Interview

119

Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis: Discussion of the New APTA CPG

120

Medicare Advantage and Post-stroke Discharge Patterns: PTJ Author Interview

121

End of the Public Health Emergency: What You Need to Know

122

Long-term Academic Earnings of PhD Recipients After DPT: PTJ Author Interview

123

Early Rehabilitation in Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia: PTJ Author Interview

124

APTA State Advocacy Update: State Legislative Roundup

125

APTA Practice Update: CSM Reflections, CPGs, New APTA Learning Center Courses, and More

126

Telehealth and Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy: PTJ Author Interview

127

Coach2Move Improves Older Adults’ Mobility: PTJ Author Interview With Ward Heij

128

Physical Therapists and Cystic Fibrosis Care: PTJ Author Interview With Gemma Stanford

129

Two APTA Award Winners Share Their Experiences as Black Physical Therapists

130

Telehealth Physical Therapy 1 Year Into COVID-19: An Author Interview With Matthew Miller

131

APTA Practice Update: Long COVID Resources, Anxiety Screening, and More

132

Knowledge Translation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Time Is Now

133

Benchmarking in Academic Physical Therapy

134

Physical Therapist Education Programs and Modern Pain Content

135

Statehouse Roundup: Legislative Wins in 2022; What to Expect in 2023

136

Throwing in With Physical Therapy – Defining Moment

137

Long COVID Course Preview

138

Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Academic Growth in Physical Therapist Education

139

APTA Practice Update: APTA Lecture Series, New CPGs, Digital Health, and Self-Care

140

APTA President’s Podcast: Address to the 2022 APTA House of Delegates

141

The Best-Laid 10-Year Plan – Defining Moment

142

Competency-Based Education for Physical Therapists

143

Mobility Levels With Rehabilitation Delivered During and After ECMO

144

No Vacation from Advocacy: Fee Schedule, Home Health, and Two Wins for the Profession

145

A Shared Experience: Members Discuss Their Professional Experience in Advocacy

146

What More Could I Wish For? – Defining Moment

147

I Can Make Someone’s Day – Defining Moment

148

The Fundamentals of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC)

149

Chronic Fatigue and Postexertional Malaise in People Living With Long COVID

150

APTA’s advocacy efforts have a wider reach than you might think

151

Multiparticipant Therapy in Skilled Nursing Facilities

152

Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: Guideline

153

The Vocational Interest Test Got It Right – Defining Moment

154

Physical Therapists and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan

155

Parkinson CPG Knowledge Translation

156

Improving Physical Therapy Care for People With Intermittent Claudication

157

The Perfect Profession for Me – Defining Moment

158

Taking the Plunge – Defining Moment

159

The Perfect Profession for Me

160

Life Hacks for Personal and Professional Well-Being

161

Population Health in Physical Therapist Professional Education

162

Statehouse Roundup: Hot Advocacy Issues at the State Level

163

Benchmarking in Academic Physical Therapy

164

Simple Tips To Help PTs and PTAs Achieve Financial Wellness

165

Nutrition for the Clinician: What Happens When Your Brain Is Hydrated and More

166

Changing the Culture of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Physical Therapy

167

Moral Injury Versus Burnout of the Clinical Instructor

168

Adverse Events in Therapeutic Exercise for Hip Osteoarthritis

169

Creating a Positive Workplace Culture

170

Advocacy Update: Payment Cuts, PTA Differential, and Other Issues in the Last Weeks of 2021

171

Physical Therapy and Obesity and Chronic Pain

172

Reasons To Ride a Bike

173

Training Physical Therapists to Deliver Individualized Biopsychosocial Interventions for Pain

174

Introducing Core App by Hyperice

175

A Love of Body Movement Leads to Physical Therapy – Defining Moment

176

Predicting Low Back Pain Improvement: Author Interview With Gerard Brennan

177

Introducing APTA’s Fit for Practice Initiative

178

Defining Moment – Confirming and Reaffirming

179

Telehealth, Utilization Management, and Claims Challenges: Commercial Payers Update

180

Vestibular Disorders: Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Perceived Disability

181

Physical Therapy’s Hidden History: Needle in a Haystack

182

Advancing Inclusion in the Classroom — and Beyond

183

The #FightTheCut Virtual Rally: How Did We Do, and What’s Next?

184

“An Incredible Record” — Physical Therapists in the Military

185

Emergency Care, Learning Center Workshop, COVID-19 — Practice Update

186

A Physical Therapist by Any Other Name – Defining Moment

187

Are Interventions Delivered and Received as Intended?

188

#FightTheCut Rally, Fee Schedule, and August Recess – Advocacy and Regulatory Update

189

Walking the Walk of a Change Agent

190

A Lucky Patient Encounter Provides Answers – Defining Moment

191

Physical Therapy in Emergency Care: A Win-Win for Patients and Hospitals

192

During the Covid-19 Pandemic — One Size Does Not Fit All: Author Interview With Mark Werneke

193

An Early Look at the Proposed 2022 Fee Schedule

194

Celebrating Our Professional History

195

No One Way To Be a PT

196

Looking for the Zebras – Defining Moment

197

COVID-19 Outcome Measures for Physical Therapy

198

Safe and Effective Rehabilitation for Long COVID

199

Help for Clinicians in Applying Clinical Practice Guidelines for Patients With Heart Failure: Author Interview With Dr Konrad Dias

200

Integration of Nutrition in Physical Therapist Practice: An Author Interview with Dr. Patrick Berner

201

PTA Differential, Fee Schedule, and Telehealth – Advocacy and Regulatory Update

202

I See Me in You – Defining Moment

203

Mindfulness: Just What the PT Ordered

204

Postacute Care Study: A Deeper Dive – Regulatory

205

Proposed Rules, Wins, and Telehealth – Advocacy and Regulatory Update

206

Postacute Care Study: Changing the Conversation – Regulatory

207

Considering Mental and Behavioral Health in Physical Therapy Patient Care

208

The Power of Words

209

A Brief but Meaningful Encounter

210

APTA Live: Financial Wellness

211

Regulatory and Advocacy Update, April 2021

212

The Referring Provider Owns the Results—Referral for Imaging by Physical Therapists

213

Population Health: Where Do PTs and PTAs Fit?

214

An On-the-Nose Career – Defining Moment

215

START-Play and Motor and Cognitive Outcomes in Infants With Neuromotor Disorders: Author Interview with Dr. Regina Harbourne

216

Student Experience in Times of COVID-19

217

Cost-Effectiveness and Clinical Outcomes of Direct Access to Physical Therapy

218

Understanding Information Blocking

219

A Behind the Scenes Look at APTA’s New Telehealth Certificate Series

220

Recruiting and Hiring PTs Educated Outside of the United States

221

PT Practice Update: COVID-19 Vaccine

222

Empowering People With ALS

223

Diagnostic Labels and Movement Expertise: An Author Interview with Dr. Shirley Sahrmann

224

Online Learning and Hybrid Education

225

Pursuing a PHD

226

Changing Direction: Creating a New Path for Your Career

227

Maximizing Your Potential as a Professional

228

When Plans Change: How COVID-19 Changed My Career Journey

229

A Purposeful Ride – Defining Moment

230

Advocacy Efforts to Stop the Medicare Payment Cuts

231

Advocacy Efforts to Stop the Medicare Payment Cut

232

You Can Be a Military PT

233

Body Image and Physical Therapy -APTA Live

234

Speaking Up and Speaking Out Influences Change

235

Grit From the Gridiron – Defining Moment

236

DEI Discussions: Pathways to Leadership

237

Challenges of Licensure by Endorsement for Internationally Educated PTs

238

Working on an Interdisciplinary Team

239

Entrepreneurship in Physical Therapy – APTA Live

240

DEI Discussions: Pipelines to PT – APTA Live

241

Better Together – Defining Moment

242

PTA Outlook: COVID & Other Practice Issues – APTA Live

243

Sweat Equity Pays Off – Defining Moment

244

Student Success

245

PT and PTA Teams

246

DEI Discussions: Race and Racism

247

PT Compact: 101

248

Another Kind of Mobility – Defining Moment

249

Food for Thought – and Action – Defining Moment

250

The Essential Role of Home- and Community-Based Physical Therapists During the COVID-19 Pandemic

251

Physical Therapist Management of Total Knee Arthroplasty: An Author Interview

252

APTA Live: Safe Sports Participation During COVID-19

253

Mental Health and Self-Care – APTA Live

254

Marketing Yourself

255

Fostering Allyship in DEI: Part 2 – APTA Live

256

Fostering Allyship in DEI: Part 1 – #XchangeSA

257

Prepping for the NPTE

258

Keeping Safe While Reopening Outpatient Clinics

259

Vulnerability and Courage – Defining Moment

260

Financial Health and Money Matters – #XchangeSA

261

Social Media with Karen Litzy – #XchangeSA

262

Medicare Telehealth Coverage for Physical Therapists

263

APTA Policy Priorities and COVID-19

264

Outpatient Physical Therapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Clinician Discussion

265

Two Degrees, Many Variables – Defining Moment

266

Emergency Department PT

267

Professional Advocacy in the Midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic

268

Disparities Brought to the Forefront as COVID-19 Spreads: What the Physical Therapy Profession Can Do

269

Serving on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic

270

The Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of the Patient and Clinician

271

COVID-19: Adapting Your Practice

272

International PT Response to COVID-19: Colombia, Peru

273

Implementing Telehealth in Your Practice STAT: Practical Guidance from Experienced Telehealth PTs Q&A Recorded (March 30)

274

Discovering Your Professional Interests

275

International PT Response to COVID-19

276

Implementing Telehealth in Your Practice STAT: Practical Guidance from Experienced Telehealth PTs

277

When Life Throws You Curves – Defining Moment

278

Advocacy and Why It’s For You – #XchangeSA

279

Easing the Transition From Student to Clinician

280

The Power of Practical Advice – Defining Moment

281

Telehealth and What Students Should Know -#XchangeSA

282

Making a Wheel Difference – Defining Moment

283

Ethics and Best Practices (Payment, Policy, and You)

284

Transitioning from Student to Clinician – XchangeSA

285

Growing Pains – Defining Moment

286

Passion X Purpose

287

A Message of Hope at A Critical Time – Defining Moment

288

A Nontraditional Student Perspective

289

Circling Back and Moving Ahead – Defining Moment

290

I Don’t Care About My Grades

291

Combatting Collective Conservatism and Scholarly Oblivion in Physical Therapy – PTJ

292

Dry Needling, Trigger Points, and Myofascial Pain Syndrome – #XchangeSA

293

Pipelines

294

The Complexity of Chronic Pain Management – #XchangeSA

295

Benefits of Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy in Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review – PTJ

296

The Complexity of Chronic Pain Management

297

Pointed Pleasures – Defining Moment

298

Communication and Patient Education – NEXT 2019

299

Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the Physical Therapy Profession – #XchangeSA

300

50th Mary McMillan Lecture – NEXT 2019

301

Robot Reinforcement and Error Based Movement Learning in Infants – NEXT 2019

302

Ordering of Diagnostic Imaging by Physical Therapists: A 5-Year Retrospective Practice Analysis – PTJ

303

Expert Tips for Finding Evidence and Research

304

Work Hard, Play Big – Defining Moment

305

A Journey Out of Pain and Addiction And a PT’s Crucial Role — NEXT 2019

306

Outpatient Physical Therapist Attitudes Toward and Behaviors in Cardiovascular Disease Screening: A National Survey