APTA Podcasts
American Physical Therapy Association
Podcasts for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students of physical therapy.
Episodes
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Nov 19, 2021 • 20min
Physical Therapy and Obesity and Chronic Pain
Listen to PTJ’s author interview with Anneleen Malfliet on the why and how of integrating weight reduction with chronic pain management. https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/101/11/pzab198/6352462
Nov 16, 2021 • 40min
Reasons To Ride a Bike
Learn about the benefits of adding bicycling to your life, the challenges you may face, and how to overcome them.
Nov 4, 2021 • 20min
Training Physical Therapists to Deliver Individualized Biopsychosocial Interventions for Pain
PTJ talks with author Phoebe Simpson about biopsychosocial treatment for pain. https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/101/10/pzab188/6330890
Oct 29, 2021 • 18min
Introducing Core App by Hyperice
The Core App by Hyperice is a mindfulness meditation app grounded in science and driven by data. It’s designed to help you find calm, improve focus, and flex your inner strength to seize the day without it ever seizing you. Learn how this app can help you.
Oct 27, 2021 • 7min
A Love of Body Movement Leads to Physical Therapy – Defining Moment
A former ballet dancer sought a more meaningful career that still would keep her on her toes. By Geri Ann Sokell, PT, DPT, MEd.
Oct 7, 2021 • 26min
Predicting Low Back Pain Improvement: Author Interview With Gerard Brennan
PTJ talks about predicting low back pain improvement improvement. Read the article at https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/101/10/pzab176/6326850
Oct 6, 2021 • 0sec
Introducing APTA’s Fit for Practice Initiative
APTA Fit for Practice, powered by Hyperice, is designed to help you recover, evolve, and remain resilient as we move forward into a postpandemic workplace. This episode provides a high-level overview of the initiative, what you can expect, and more.
Oct 1, 2021 • 19min
Defining Moment – Confirming and Reaffirming
Defining moments can come more than once, a move to America, the birth of a baby, starting a practice, and a being thrown a curveball.
Sep 29, 2021 • 0sec
Telehealth, Utilization Management, and Claims Challenges: Commercial Payers Update
APTA’s monthly advocacy and regulatory update has expanded to cover commercial payment issues! In this episode: how the commercial insurance industry is altering the course of telehealth for PTs and PTAs, the evolution of utilization management (and APTA’s impact on that evolution), and advice on addressing challenges with payers.
Sep 27, 2021 • 18min
Vestibular Disorders: Fear-Avoidance Beliefs and Perceived Disability
PTJ talks with Pamela Dunlap about fear-avoidance beliefs and how measurement of those beliefs can help clinicians identify people at a greater risk of disability after vestibular disorder. “We had hypothesized that fear-avoidance would be associated with symptom burden, function, quality of life, disability, and psychological distress,” Dunlap says, but until the development of the Vestibular Activities Avoidance Instrument, there was no measure. https://academic.oup.com/ptj/article/101/9/pzab147/6297426
