Events

In the current landscape of ongoing therapist shortages, practice owners and operators face increasing challenges in attracting and hiring qualified clinicians while maintaining consistent clinic growth. This session is designed to help owners, operators, leaders, and clinicians move from reactive, last-minute hiring to a proactive, strategic recruitment approach that consistently attracts therapist talent. While much […]

    Effective PT–PTA collaboration in the acute care setting requires clear role delineation, strong communication, and shared clinical reasoning to ensure safe, efficient, and patient-centered care. This includes understanding patient appropriateness, integrating chart review and pathophysiology into decision-making, and adapting plans of care based on clinical status, goals, and setting differences. Success is supported by […]

APTA CO is excited to announce another collaboration with OTAC, the Occupational Therapy Association of Colorado.  APTA CO members get OTAC member pricing (free) as a result of the relationship we’ve established.   Just reach out to OTAC for how to register for free at info@otacco.org.   OTAC Webinar Series Outdoor Physical Therapy, Expanding Care beyond […]

APTA CO West District is partnering with Colorado Mesa University and the Dry Needling Academy to offer Foundations in Dry Needling, the 3-day introductory-level course on May 1-3rd. This course will give you everything you need to safely and effectively apply dry needling and dry needling with electrical stimulation to multiple regions of the body. […]

Private physical therapy practices face critical challenges in declining payments, rising operational costs, administrative burdens, and hiring and retaining staff.  Recent Medicaid cuts in Colorado have exacerbated these problems.  A sharpened focus on payment, both at APTA nationally and here at APTA CO, is a recognition of this difficult practice environment. Join us on June […]

Mile High District July Event: Generative Intelligence as a Decision-Making Aide In this course, participants will have the opportunity to define, prompt, and practice using large language models and generative intelligence platforms to assist in rehabilitation decision making and increase their available tools for professional advancement. Speaker: Bryce Zaffarano, PT, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT Course Objectives […]

On Saturday, July 18, 2026, PT and PTA students from across Colorado will join together for a full day of education, networking and inspiration. The day will open with our keynote speaker, US Paralympic skier Patrick Halgren.  Patrick won a silver medal in the Milan/Cortina Paralympics in February.   He credits PT with helping to save […]