Arkansas Physical Therapy Association

08/20/2026

What an amazing young man!

NPTE preparation doesn’t have to mean endlessly rereading textbooks...

08/20/2026

September 19-20 is just around the corner! APTA Arkansas has arranged for a great slate of speakers at oPTimize from pediatrics to orthopedics to business to vestibular rehab. Now all that’s left for you to do is sign up and show up.

Get registered before September 1st to take advantage of the early bird discount!

08/09/2026

One of our favorite weekends of the year is coming back around... oPTimize, APTA Arkansas's conference for PTs and PTAs across the state. Last year's group brought incredible energy: excellent speakers, real conversations between colleagues, and reminders of why we do this work.

Mark your calendar: oPTimize 2026 is September 19 at the Robinson Center in Little Rock. Bring your team, catch up with old friends, and leave with something new to bring back to your patients.

Register now: https://arpta.starchapter.com/meet-reg1.php?id=34

08/08/2026

oPTimize weekend is just a little over a month away…

Get signed up today for the PAC Banquet & Best of the Best Awards for a night of networking and socializing with dinner as well as a live and silent auction.

Keynote speaker this year is former APTA AR President and Arkansas House of Representatives candidate Bo Renshaw.

Search eventbrite.com for “APTA AR” to find the tickets.

08/07/2026

2026 Election for open positions is currently underway. Vote at the link in the comments (Must be an APTA AR member to vote)

07/30/2026

With a wide variety of expertise and topics represented at oPTimize 2026, there’s something for everyone. Whether you’re focused in pediatrics or private practice, you can find something.

Check out the topic lineup for our speakers and get registered before September 1 to take advantage of an early bird discount!

CEUs are pre-approved by the AR State Board of Physical Therapy for 6 contact hours on September 19th and 4 contact hours on September 20th.

07/27/2026

Check out our 5th and final oPTimize 2026 speaker!

Dr. Michael Gorman, PhD, PT, DMT, FAAOMPT has over 33 years of physical therapy experience, including 21 years as a private practice business owner. He graduated from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1993 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Therapy. Michael is one of only a handful of physical therapists in the state of Missouri who is a
Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists. He served 12 years on the APTA MO Board,
including six years as the APTA MO Vice President from 2017-2023.

Dr. Gorman’s private practice business experience started in 2002 when he opened St. Louis Physical Therapy (initially known as Chesterfield Valley Physical Therapy). After growing the practice to 7 locations, he sold to a national physical therapy company in 2017. In 2020 he started iMove PT, a mobile and outpatient physical therapy practice started in St. Louis, MO and now franchising throughout the United States. He also is the owner of PT Expert Witness Edge, providing expert witness services to attorneys throughout the United States.

07/25/2026

You have until August 12th to review the above election slate, after which voting will take place electronically by APTA Arkansas members.

You are also invited to submit an additional name as candidate for one of these positions before the ballot is finalized. To submit an additional name, email the nominee’s name, email address, and phone number to [email protected]

07/24/2026

Come to oPTimze to hear from keynote speaker Jana Iverson both Saturday and Sunday.

Jana M. Iverson, Ph.D. is Christopher A. Moore Professor of Pediatric Rehabilitation, Professor of Physical Therapy, and Associate Dean for Research at Sargent College of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Boston University. Her research, funded by NICHD, NIDCD, and Autism Speaks, focuses primarily on the interface between the development of early motor skills and the emergence of communication and language in neurotypical infancy and in infants with or at risk for neurodevelopmental conditions. Dr. Iverson has published a co-edited book and more than 120 articles and book chapters. She is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Child Language and Language Learning and Development and is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science.

Get signed up today!