Celebrate PT Awareness Month in October!
October is National Physical Therapy Month! APTA Wisconsin is happy to announce that Governor Evers has provided special recognition to PTs and PTAs in Wisconsin this month with an official proclamation!
APTA Wisconsin would like to encourage you in whatever practice setting you are in to share this announcement via your social media and/or your local community news outlets. Please feel free to customize the announcement below with your information and send it out to your community:
YOUR PRACTICE/SETTING NAME & COMMUNITY are proud to announce that October has been designated as Physical Therapy Awareness month by Governor Evers. APTA Wisconsin worked with the Governor’s office to provide recognition of the PT and PTA professions and the valuable role we play in restoring function back to our patients.
Physical therapy started with restoring function back to wounded World War I soldiers. Since that time we have continued to help our patients reduce pain and improve function. Unfortunately, even after 100 years, the public is still greatly unaware of the power of what we do; so it is imperative to educate them about the awesome ability we have to reduce pain and increase function. Please celebrate PT Awareness Month by educating the people in your community regarding our ability to help them live and move better.
Wisconsin PTs and PTAs have collectively faced the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been instrumental in rehabilitating individuals recovering from the virus, and continue working every day to keep folks across Wisconsin healthy, active, independent and pain-free.
If you are practicing in an acute care setting and your facility is serving COVID patients:
YOUR PRACTICE/SETTING NAME & COMMUNITY are proud to announce that October has been designated as Physical Therapy Awareness month by Governor Evers. APTA Wisconsin worked with the Governor’s office to provide recognition of the PT and PTA professions and the valuable role we play in restoring function back to our patients.
The physical therapists and physical therapist assistants of YOUR FACILITY NAME & COMMUNITY responded, and are still responding, to the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. The worldwide physical (physio) therapy professional response has been an amazing display of service and solidarity toward those in need and those impacted by the new way of life.
Dr. Anne Swisher, the Linda Crane Lecture Award recipient for 2020, provided insights on the physical therapy response in advance of the response when speaking about the PT role in critical care, “Physical therapists have such a unique role in this setting. Everyone else is focused on minute-to-minute survival. We assume the person will survive and aim for their optimal function. We are the face of optimism in a very scary place."
Wisconsin PTs and PTAs have collectively faced the unprecedented challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. They have been instrumental in rehabilitating individuals recovering from the virus, and continue working every day to keep folks across Wisconsin healthy, active, independent and pain-free.
Click here to view the Governor's proclamation
Thank you for your membership, and the care you provide to the patients of Wisconsin!
