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As a member, you have unlocked access to member-exclusive benefits to support your career goals. Connect with leading pelvic health physical therapy trailblazers and access exclusive member benefits to support your pelvic and abdominal health physical therapy career. Ignite your passion for pelvic health and take charge of your professional development journey to advance your career, grow your network, and improve patient lives.
Membership Benefits
- Member Compass - your membership dashboard where you can edit your directory and PT locator information
Weekly Newsletter - Every Thursday, we send out the latest industry and Academy updates for you to stay informed or check our news blog - Journal Access - the peer-reviewed Journal of Women's Health Physical Therapy (JWHPT)
- PT Locator Listing - directory for the public and providers to use to refer patients to PT (add your listing via
Member Compass) Member Engage - A digital member-only social community where you can join the Pregnancy & Postpartum SIG, Male Health SIG, and Early-Professional SIG among many other interest topic groups - Advocacy - Stay informed on the latest APTA and Academy advocacy efforts
- Scholarships - Eligibility for scholarship and research funding opportunities
- Events - Events to network and connect with fellow members and professionals
- Discounts for Live Courses - Discounts on continuing education courses and conferences
- Discounts for Self-Paced Courses -
Discounts on continuing education video or reading-based courses - Discounts for Conferences - Discounts on Fall Symposium & CSM Registration
- Clinical Practice Guidelines - In collaboration with the APTA, the Academy publishes CPGs on pelvic and abdominal health related topics
- Referral Resources - Access our growing collection of handouts, brochures, and other digital resources to increase referrals to PT
- Interdisciplinary Collaboration - The Academy hosts webinars to promote interdisciplinary collaboration among healthcare providers
- Digital Products - Free or member-discounted digital products and downloadables
- Professional Development Articles - Access leadership, volunteer, or career development articles written by fellow members
- State Representatives - Connect with your membership state representative
- Job Listings - Promote your new job openings via Job Shoutout
- Feature in Member Spotlight - Request to be featured in our Member Spotlight blog
Student Clinical Rotation Listing - add your listing to the directory of student clinical rotations - Elections - Eligibility to vote in national elections at the Academy
- Volunteer Opportunities - Eligibility to apply for volunteer opportunities
- Patient Education Resources - Growing digital library of patient education resources
- Webinar Recordings - Complimentary access to recordings of past webinars hosted by SIGs and the Journal Club
- Payment & Reimbursement Resources - Practice and billing frequently asked questions
- Research Grant Eligibility - Apply for our $10,000 Research Grant to advance research in pelvic and abdominal health physical therapy
- Promote Your Research Study - Promote your research study to our PT, PTA, and/or SPT members via our newsletter and website
- APTA Membership Benefits - American Physical Therapy Association Membership Benefits (not available for International PT members).
APTA members can take advantage of discounts and special offers from national brands. Members save on insurance, retail, travel, electronics, gym memberships, and more.
About APTA Pelvic Health
The Academy of Pelvic Health Physical Therapy (APTA Pelvic Health) is a member association of the American Physical Therapy Association. We are a professional membership association of 3,900+ Physical Therapists (PTs), Physical Therapist Assistants (PTAs), and Physical Therapist Students (SPTs) who are committed to education, research, improving patient outcomes, and promoting personalized care in abdominal and pelvic physical therapy. Our members are dedicated physical therapy professionals who treat patients across the lifespan, from young athletes and childbearing women to elderly men and peri-menopausal women. Advance your knowledge and build new skills in pelvic health physical therapy, male pelvic pain, transgender health physical therapy, pregnancy & postpartum physical therapy, gynecologic visceral manipulation, pediatric pelvic health, male pelvic health, menopause, urogenital and breast cancer rehabilitation.