The History of Physical Therapy in the US
PCET2019-12-09T16:45:36-05:00October is designated as National Physical Therapy Month. In this post, we summarize the history of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and the physical therapy profession below. The organization started in 1921 called the American Women’s Physical Therapeutic Association, having 274 members nationally, referred more as Reconstruction Aides than physical therapists It then changed [...]