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We hosted the APTA Flash Action Strategy to get students excited about this years event. This year’s Flash Action Strategy is raising awareness and donations for the physical therapy political action committee (PT-PAC).

Disordered Eating & The Psychology of AddictionKevin Burciaga is a physical therapist who helps others battling with eating disorders. After struggling with disordered eating himself, he developed his own philosophy and system for overcoming them call...

Matt Gratton is a professor, physical therapist assistant and a student physical therapist transitioning from PTA to DPT at the University of Findlay. Matt has an interesting backstory with different career paths before becoming a PTA.

Jenna Tosto Mancuso is a physical therapist at the Abilities Research Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. Chronic COVID presentation is known as long haulers which means these patients are in the long haul of symptoms.

This is the Private Practice Panel! We have Ashley Johnson, Rachel Gelman, Lex Lancaster, and Kyle Brunelle who are physical therapists and recent private practice owners. Some of them even started during COVID! Check out each here:

Ryan Hendrickson is a service member in the Navy, Air Force, and Army, author of Tip of the Spear, and current Green Beret. Ryan was chatting with us while on his deployment in Afghanistan. His book details his life serving through three branches o...

We have Cindy Miles (Academy of Pediatrics President), Sharon Gorman (Academy of Acute Care President), Angela Campbell (Academy of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary President) and Dee Kornetti (Home Health Section President) talking about APTA’s COVID-19 ...

Let’s talk about sex! On this episode, we bring on Tammy Roehling, Pam Kays, Ariana Jones, and Anya Vierra who all treat and educate in pelvic health physical therapy. Tammy starts with common pelvic dysfunctions seen in clinic that may affect p...

Let’s talk about sex! On this episode, we bring on Tammy Roehling, Pam Kays, Ariana Jones, and Anya Vierra who all treat and educate in pelvic health physical therapy. Tammy starts with common pelvic dysfunctions seen in clinic that may affect p...

Sammy Stryke is a physical therapist assistant in a skilled nursing setting who is aggressively passionate for helping her patients, students, and fellow clinicians. Sammy believes everyone can use a mentor no matter what stage of your career you a...

Becky Bliss breaks down the BJSM Article - Concussed Athletes Walk Slower than Non-Concussed Athletes During Cognitive-Motor-Dual Task Assessments but not During Single-Task Assessments 2 months after Sports Concussion: A systematic review and Meta-An...

NYC COVID-19 Follow Up with David Putrino

Ellie Somers is a team physical therapist for the USAFL women’s national team, run coach and owner of Sisu Performance and Physical Therapy in Seattle, WA. Biases are always involved even in leaders. Ellie hopes people learn about their own implici...

Michael Lewis is a state affairs specialist for the APTA. He has worked in state and federal healthcare and disability policy for 10 years, a cause dear to him as he has cerebral palsy. He tells his story about his life with cerebral palsy and his ...

Marcia Darbouze is a powerlifter, black spoonie, and physical therapist. She also co-hosts on a podcast called the Disabled Girls Who Lift. Marcia highly recommends checking out episode 12 – How to Treat your Disabled Friend.

Elliot Cleveland is a physical therapist who works with marching athletes and started the Marching Health. In 2016, he was also the winner of the PPS Student Business Concept Contest. He brings us back to why he became passionate for health and wel...

Balancing Bicycle which gives advice about exercise, nutrition, and balancing life. She defines intermittent fasting as the umbrella term for different types of fasting. It is more widely known for time that is restricted from eating.

Mica Mitchell is a physical therapist with a passion for pediatric PT and is also a professor at Methodist University. As a professor and previous PT student, Mica has discovered ineffective study strategies students used in PT school because they ...

Mark Milligan is a physical therapist who wants to challenge our profession by revolutionizing it through technology, empathy, connection, love, and even donuts! Cannot argue with that. At CSM in Denver,

Kadeem Howell is a physical therapist who has developed a growth mindset. He focuses on the positives as a furloughed PT during COVID and earns extra money with side hustles.  His pursuit for keeping a strong mindset started at a young athlete whic...

Reed Handley is a PhD student and Stacy Fritz is a professor and director of research at the University of South Carolina. Their focus is promoting physical activity for people with disabilities. As part of the curriculum,

Eddie Ernst is a physical therapist assistant and Director of Rehab at a skilled nursing facility who has a passion for vestibular/balance rehab, chronic pain, and geriatrics. On student rotations, he gained experience treating patients with vestib...

Mark Ciolek and Sarah Cruser are physical therapists involved in health promotion and the investigators in the PT Health Study (https://www.pthealthstudy.org/). PT Health Study takes wearable devices (i.e.

Nick Housley is a physical therapist with a PhD in neuroscience and is the director of clinical research at Motus Nova working with new rehab technologies. You can check out Motus rehab here: https://motusnova.com/