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.

๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ข๐—” ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—šโ€”๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€APTA Orthopedics invites you to a live webinar on the Hip Pain...
01/07/2026

๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ข๐—” ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—šโ€”๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€

APTA Orthopedics invites you to a live webinar on the Hip Pain and Mobility Deficitsโ€”Hip Osteoarthritis: Revision 2025 CPG.

Join our host, Chris Gnip, with authors Thomas Koc, Keelan Enseki, and RobRoy Martin for an interactive session covering:

โœ… Evidence-based diagnosis and intervention strategies
โœ… Clinical decision-making frameworks
โœ… Practical application of manual therapy, exercise, and dry needling
โœ… Live Q&A with the authors

๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

๐Ÿ“… Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026 | 6:30 PM CST | Free to attend

๐Ÿ”— Register now: https://www.orthopt.org/news/treat-hip-oa-with-confidence-learn-directly-from-the-2025-cpg-authors

What does Total Worker Healthยฎ look like in practiceโ€”and how can MSK care improve outcomes for employees and employers?I...
01/06/2026

What does Total Worker Healthยฎ look like in practiceโ€”and how can MSK care improve outcomes for employees and employers?

In this OHP Program Capstone, Eric Kujawa shares how he applied the Occupational Health Practitioner (OHP) Certificate Program at Premise Health. Learn how early intervention, ergonomics, clinician wellโ€‘being, and leadership engagement help reduce risk, improve productivity, and deliver measurable value.

โ–ถ๏ธ Watch now: https://youtu.be/V129rw2Wiao?si=GBohMH88Xu0YhjGA

โฐ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ | ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ 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˜€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˜...
01/04/2026

โฐ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ | ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ 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˜€

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—ป๐˜ of ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ & ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜€ 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 & movement re-education
โœ… Examination, diagnosis, and management grounded in APTA Orthopedics CPGs
โœ… Practical tools you can apply immediately in the clinic

๐Ÿ“ Hayashida Physical Therapy, Santa Barbara, CA
๐Ÿ“… January 9โ€“11, 2026
โฑ๏ธ Earn up to 21 Contact Hours

This is ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿญ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฐ-๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. Complete all sessions to earn 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

12/31/2025

๐—ง๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€?

Meet ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—– โ€” the State Payer Advocacy Resource Consortium.

SPARC helps physical therapists understand prior authorization, utilization management, and payment and reimbursement by stateโ€”so you can cut down on administrative burden and better advocate for fair compensation.

๐Ÿ”— Learn more: https://sparc.apta.org/

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๐Ÿ† ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ ๐—ค๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฑMeet ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐—–๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ง, one of our 2025 3rd Quarter Innovative Practi...
12/30/2025

๐Ÿ† ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ ๐—ค๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ

Meet ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ ๐—™๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐—–๐—–๐—ฅ๐—ง, one of our 2025 3rd Quarter Innovative Practice Award recipients, recognized for her creativity and originality.

Her innovation was honored for its potential impact, reflecting a strong commitment to advancing innovative practice and problem-solving within physical therapy.

๐Ÿ‘ Congratulations, Sasha!

๐Ÿ”— Learn more about this recognition: https://www.orthopt.org/content/s/innovative-practice-award-winners

๐ŸŽฏ With case scenarios and evidence-based content, the 5th edition of Current Concepts sharpens your clinical reasoning a...
12/29/2025

๐ŸŽฏ With case scenarios and evidence-based content, the 5th edition of Current Concepts sharpens your clinical reasoning and prepares you for the OCS exam.

๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜‚๐˜€: https://www.orthopt.org/course/31-2-current-concepts-of-physical-therapy-5th-edition

12/27/2025

Orthobiologic regulations continue to evolve, but current FDA guidance limits how cells can be processed and used in clinical practice, with important implications for patient safety and outcomes. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€, ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ฃ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ | ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ผโ€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ โ†’ https://youtu.be/CUnO_PgPRl0

๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.

๐Ÿ† ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ ๐—ค๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฑMeet ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—š. ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ, ๐—™๐—”๐—”๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ง, a leader in advancing whole...
12/23/2025

๐Ÿ† ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ โ€“ ๐—ค๐Ÿฏ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ

Meet ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—š. ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐——๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ฃ๐—ง, ๐—ข๐—–๐—ฆ, ๐—™๐—”๐—”๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—ง, a leader in advancing whole-person care in physical therapy practice.

His work focuses on closing the gap between evidence and practice by promoting routine blood pressure screening, which supports early detection and improved cardiovascular health for patients.

๐Ÿ‘ Thank you for pushing the profession forward, Terrence!

๐Ÿ”— Learn more about this innovative practice: https://www.orthopt.org/content/s/innovative-practice-award-winners

12/22/2025

Subchondroplasty is a minimally invasive injection of calcium phosphate that addresses bone edema and bruising, supporting structural integrity and reducing pain. This approach helps athletes and active patients return to activity faster while potentially avoiding more extensive procedures. ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ โ€œ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ & ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป-๐˜๐—ผ-๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—˜๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜๐—ต๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ | ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ฅ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€โ€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ง๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐—ฒ โ†’ https://youtu.be/-ucy28x7Fig

๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€.

๐Ÿ“ฐ From the October issue of Orthopedic Physical Therapy Practice:Clinical Differentiation Between Lumbar Spine and Hip E...
12/22/2025

๐Ÿ“ฐ From the October issue of Orthopedic Physical Therapy Practice:

Clinical Differentiation Between Lumbar Spine and Hip Examination Findings in an Individual With Low Back and Leg Pain: A Case Report

When low back and leg pain overlap, how do you identify the true source? This case report highlights ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ โ†’ https://www.orthopt.org/content/publications/optp

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Grateful for our members and the impact you make every day. Wishing you a joyful holiday season filled with rest and cel...
12/22/2025

Grateful for our members and the impact you make every day. Wishing you a joyful holiday season filled with rest and celebration! ๐Ÿ’™

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