National Physical Therapy Leadership
James currently serves as Vice President of the Academy of Orthopaedic Physical Therapy (AOPT) - the largest component of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) serving 18,000 orthopaedic Physical Therapist Members. He has previously served in many other roles as well as being the main individual consulting on practice, policy, and legislation affecting orthopaedic physical therapy.
James is available for consultation on legal cases and other proceedings where expert opinion is needed on topics of non-surgical orthopaedic care.
In this picture, James is testifying before the Colorado State Representatives advocating for improved patient access to Physical Therapists.
Kate has also served nationally in a number of roles within APTA. In this photo, she is moderating an educational session at the largest Physical Therapist meeting in the world - APTA's Combined Sections Meeting which gathers over 15,000 Physical Therapists, Assistants, and Students annually. She currently serves as a Member of APTA's Private Practice Section's Education Committee and on APTA Colorado's Board of Directors.
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Together, since college , James and Kate have worked together to make big projects a reality. In this photo we are at the national conference for Physical Therapist Students giving a presentation on our unique career path when we worked during winters physical therapists in Aspen and spent our summers working as PTs in Hawaii, Alaska, and throughout New England.
Currently, we are authoring an educational course on ski injury prevention and management for AOPT which will be published in October of 2023. We are also working to increase community, collaboration, and quality of care across the rehab community of the Roaring Fork Valley.
We will continue to work together for Ajax Physical Therapy to be the very best physical therapy in Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt, and throughout the Roaring Fork Valley.