What the APTA is doing for PTs and where the field is headed
From Practice Growth Podcast by Prompt Health
February 6, 2026 · 35 min · Season 2 · Episode 1
About this episode
Kyle Covington discusses the challenges and future of physical therapy, including payment issues, burnout, and advocacy efforts.
Today, we're joined by Kyle Covington, president of the APTA and associate professor at Duke University. From clinician to educator to national advocate, he's spent decades shaping the future of physical therapy. In this conversation, we dig into the biggest challenges facing PT today—payment, administrative burden, and burnout—along with where the profession is headed next. We talk innovation, advocacy, evolving practice models, and what it will take to support the next generation of physical therapists
People in this episode
Guest: Kyle Covington
Topics covered
- physical therapy
- APTA
- advocacy
- innovation
- burnout
- payment
- administrative burden
Keywords
- physical therapy profession
- evolving practice models
- next generation of physical therapists
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