
APTA Podcasts
Podcasts for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and students of physical therapy.
Latest episodes

May 29, 2019 • 9min
Achieving Peak Bloom – Defining Moment
The joys of gardening and eldercare. By Cheryl Till, PT

May 6, 2019 • 19min
Global Service: Building a Sustainable Clinic in Guatemala
A group of 24 people from the US went to a rural town in Guatemala to renovate an old building and create a new physical therapy clinic—providing rehabilitation services to people who in most cases had never received that kind of health care before.

May 1, 2019 • 36min
Public Health to Empower Healthier Lives
As a physical therapist Chris Hinze doesn’t just think about the whole patient. He thinks about the community around that person and how it informs their health. http://www.apta.org/Blogs/Pulse/2019/5/Podcast/PublicHealth/

Apr 29, 2019 • 9min
Community Service – Defining Moment
Creating a clinic that literally speaks its patients’ language. By Sylvestra Ramirez, PT, DPT

Apr 3, 2019 • 37min
Financial Tips for Students and New Grads
Pursuing a career in physical therapy is a significant investment—of time, emotion, and also money. When it comes to managing the financial cost of launching a physical therapy career, students and new grads often have the same questions.

Apr 1, 2019 • 8min
Dedicated to Diversification – Defining Moment
A student spreads a message of inclusion. By Jessica Nguyen, SPT (April 2019)

Mar 11, 2019 • 56min
Making Private Practice a Reality – #XchangeSA
Live #XchangeSA chat with the APTA Private Practice Section Board President Sandra Norby, PT, DPT, on making your dream of owning a private practice a reality. http://www.apta.org/xchangesa/

Mar 6, 2019 • 25min
Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Clinicals
Zach Stearns, PT, DPT, is a clinician in North Carolina. But in the spring of 2017 he was about to graduate PT school and was reflecting on his clinical rotations. Zach shares tips for students about to begin their clinical rotations.

Mar 4, 2019 • 1h
Performance Therapy and Training – #XchangeSA
Live #XchangeSA chat with Mike Reinold, PT, DPT, board-certified sports clinical specialist, former Boston Red Sox head athletic trainer, and owner of Champion Physical Therapy and Performance. http://www.apta.org/xchangesa/

Feb 27, 2019 • 10min
APTA’s 2019-2020 Public Policy Priorities
APTA vice president Matt Hyland, PT, PhD, MPA, discusses APTA’s newly released public policy priorities for 2019-2020.