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.

06/05/2026

Did you know APTA Orthopedics membership is ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ง ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€? Our Student and Early Career Professional Community was built with you in mind โ€” and ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐˜†๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜†?

Your voice matters. Let's build the future of the profession together.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† (๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€)๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/students
๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†. ๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/engagement-communities/engagement-communities/students

โญ Member Spotlight | Samannaaz S. Khoja, PT, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต...
06/04/2026

โญ Member Spotlight | Samannaaz S. Khoja, PT, PhD | Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh

"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜—๐˜›๐˜ˆ ๐˜—๐˜› ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด."

We're proud to spotlight Dr. Samannaaz Khoja, who serves as Chair of the Small Grants Program Workgroup on the APTA Orthopedics Research Committee.

Dr. Khoja and her workgroup oversee the entire APTA Orthopedics Small Grants Program โ€” including updating the Request for Applications to align with current research priorities, managing the grant submission portal, coordinating the scientific review process, and handling post-award responsibilities like progress reporting and budget monitoring.

It takes a tremendous amount of work to support researchers behind the scenes, and Dr. Khoja does it with dedication and collegiality. We're so thankful for her service to APTA Orthopedics and the physical therapy community!

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ฟ. ๐—ž๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ท๐—ฎ โ€” ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„!

Big newsโ€”Current Concepts of Orthopedic Physical Therapy, 6th Edition is ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ! Sign up to get a ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„...
06/03/2026

Big newsโ€”Current Concepts of Orthopedic Physical Therapy, 6th Edition is ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ! Sign up to get a ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ of the course and stay in the loop as we get closer to launch.

๐Ÿ”—: https://iz2.me/n3Kn3z

๐Ÿ† Your CPG knowledge deserves recognition โ€” and now there's a formal way to prove it. Earn a Certificate of Achievement ...
06/03/2026

๐Ÿ† Your CPG knowledge deserves recognition โ€” and now there's a formal way to prove it.

Earn a Certificate of Achievement by passing the new APTA Orthopedics ๐—–๐—ฃ๐—š ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ and make your evidence-based expertise official.

โœ… Online & open-book โ€” complete on your schedule
โœ… 50 questions | 48-hour window | 70% to pass
โœ… Members register for just $100

Education + Validation = Professional Recognition

Register today โ†’ https://www.orthopt.org/course/35-4-apta-orthopedics-clinical-practice-guidelines-certificate-cpgc-exam

06/02/2026

What sessions are APTA Orthopedics Educational Content Work Group members most excited about at the APTA Orthopedics Inaugural Virtual Conference? ๐ŸŽ‰

From musculoskeletal ultrasound and chronic pain management to menopause & musculoskeletal health and the latest clinical practice guidelines, this yearโ€™s program is packed with forward-thinking education designed for where the profession is heading.

Hear directly from the volunteers who helped develop the conference as they share the sessions theyโ€™re most excited to attend.

๐Ÿ“… Saturday, June 27 | 9 AMโ€“5 PM CDT
๐Ÿ“ Live virtual event โ€” recordings will be available for all registered attendees for a limited time

๐Ÿ‘‰ Register here: https://www.orthopt.org/course/vc-26-apta-orthopedics-virtual-conference-2026

๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ? Blood flow restriction (BFR) training may allow patients to increase muscular strength using lower loads...
06/01/2026

๐Ÿ“ฐ ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ? Blood flow restriction (BFR) training may allow patients to increase muscular strength using lower loads than traditional exerciseโ€”though short-duration programs may not always provide superior gains.

Learn more in ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Œ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด ๐˜œ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜‹๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ-๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ ๐˜‰๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏโ€”available in the April issue of ๐˜–๐˜—๐˜›๐˜—.

Read the full case study โ†’ https://www.orthopt.org/content/publications/optp

Exclusive to APTA Orthopedics Members!

If you're a PT or PTA student and not yet a member โ€” this one's for you ๐Ÿ‘‡โœ… Access to Clinical Practice Guidelinesโœ… Speci...
05/28/2026

If you're a PT or PTA student and not yet a member โ€” this one's for you ๐Ÿ‘‡

โœ… Access to Clinical Practice Guidelines
โœ… Specialty communities tailored to your interests
โœ… Student awards for PT & PTA students
โœ… OPTP magazine subscription
โœ… Mentorship program

๐—”๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ฎ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? ๐—š๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/engagement-communities/engagement-communities/students

๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿ”— https://www.orthopt.org/content/students

โณ One month away โ€” have you registered yet? The APTA Orthopedics Virtual Conference: Advancing Orthopedic Practice is ju...
05/27/2026

โณ One month away โ€” have you registered yet?

The APTA Orthopedics Virtual Conference: Advancing Orthopedic Practice is just ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜!

๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿณ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ:
โœ… 6.5 contact hours accessible from anywhere
โœ… 8 expert-led 90-minute sessions across two simultaneous tracks
โœ… 13 practical 30-minute micro sessions
โœ… 25 Poster Presentations

Don't wait โ€” secure your spot today before it's too late!

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜„: https://www.orthopt.org/course/vc-26-apta-orthopedics-virtual-conference-2026

โณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น! ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ โ€” ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜!Open positions: โœ… Treasurer โœ… ...
05/27/2026

โณ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น! ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ง๐—” ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ โ€” ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜!

Open positions:

โœ… Treasurer
โœ… Director
โœ… Secretary
โœ… Nominating Committee Member

This is your opportunity to shape the future of orthopedic PT. We especially encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds and practice settings to apply.

๐Ÿ“… ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿญ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ

๐Ÿ‘‰ Nominate Now: https://www.orthopt.org/content/committees/nominations/untitled

05/27/2026

In this clip, Bergie shares a lesson he learned from his therapist while on reality TV that changed how he approaches communication in both life and physical therapy.

When you're nervous, itโ€™s easy to start thinking about what youโ€™re going to say next instead of fully listening. But in patient care, especially during the subjective exam, slowing down and truly hearing the patient can make a big difference.

Simple reminder:
โœ”๏ธ Let the patient finish speaking
โœ”๏ธ Donโ€™t rush your response
โœ”๏ธ Listen first, then respond

โ–ถ๏ธ Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2wKOMA5hjQI
๐ŸŽง Or listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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