Support care teams
Build careers people can sustain.
Advance fair compensation, career security, manageable workloads, professional respect, and a meaningful voice in the future of the field.
STAND FOR PTSign the petitionA clinician-led national conversation
Stronger professionals. Better systems. Better care.
Stand for PT brings clinicians, patients, caregivers, educators, and healthcare leaders together to advance a sustainable physical therapy profession and safer, more connected care.
Free and voluntary · Supporters from every state are welcome
Stand for the profession.
Stand for the patient.
Stand for the future.
One profession · One shared future
Supporting the workforce strengthens patient care.
Sustainable careers help protect access, continuity, and the time clinicians need to provide high-quality care.
Strengthen patient care
Protect access and clinical quality.
Support continuity, individualized treatment, timely evaluations, responsible workloads, and the time required for excellent care.
Why this matters
A sustainable workforce helps care move forward.
PTs and PTAs help people regain mobility, confidence, independence, and participation in daily life. When skilled professionals can build lasting careers, patients and communities benefit from greater continuity and experience.
Explore our missionRecognize professional value
Compensation and opportunity should reflect education, experience, responsibility, and regional realities.
Create secure futures
Retirement support and retention strategies help experienced professionals remain in patient care.
Strengthen patient access
Sustainable payment and responsible workloads support availability, continuity, and individualized care.
Where progress can begin
Six practical priorities. One constructive movement.
The petition invites professionals, patients, employers, educators, payers, and policymakers to work toward achievable progress together.
Transparent salary ranges and structured career growth
Meaningful employer-funded retirement support
Student-loan and workforce-retention assistance
Sustainable payment for physical therapy services
Workloads that protect skilled, individualized care
State and national PT workforce collaboration
A voice in the future
More listening. More collaboration. More possibilities.
Stand for PT supports respectful discussion of the many lawful tools that can strengthen professional voice—from association and policy advocacy to collective workplace representation where professionals freely choose it.
A clear path to action
Every signature helps open a door.
Public milestones connect verified support to specific meeting requests, listening opportunities, and policy conversations.
Everyone can contribute
There is a place for your voice.
Clinicians can share professional experience. Students can speak to the future. Patients and caregivers can explain what access and continuity mean in real life. Supporters can sign, share, and help respectful ideas reach decision-makers.
Choose your next stepMove the conversation forward
Add your voice to a stronger future.
Read the complete petition, decide for yourself, and join a constructive national conversation about the future of physical therapy and patient care.