Thought Leadership

Pressure and Possibility in PT: Reflections from the 2026 Graham Sessions

What happens when early-career DPTs are invited into a room with seasoned industry leaders to talk openly and honestly about…

Money Talks: A 2025 DPT Student Loan Survey

What happens when the best of the best are drowning in debt?  Our scholars are excellent in every sense of…

Advancing Men’s Pelvic Health: Expert Perspectives on the Growing Need for Specialized PTs

Men’s pelvic health is a deeply under-explored area of physical therapy. While DPT programs may set aside some time to…

Purpose, Presence, and Power: NABPT Synergy Summit 2025 Reflections

I arrived at the NABPT Synergy Summit carrying the weight of a full clinic day, mentally tired but genuinely excited…

Honoring Women’s History Month: Celebrating the Women Who Shape Us

March marks Women’s History Month, a time to reflect on the remarkable contributions of the women who have shaped our…

Survival Skills for the New Era of PT: Reflections from the 2025 Graham Sessions

What do you get when you bring together some of the brightest minds in physical therapy to discuss the new…

Valerie Rucker-Bussie Joins Rizing Tide as Community Development Officer

Rizing Tide is excited to welcome Valerie Rucker-Bussie, PT, DPT, NCS, as its new Community Development Officer. A seasoned physical…

Exceptional Scholars, Exceptional Debt: A 2023 DPT Student Loan Survey

Winning Jenga is simple: Destabilize the tower as little as possible when relocating blocks from the bottom to the top,…

6 Steps to Becoming a Physical Therapy Advocate

Physical therapy (PT) is a discipline that is often overlooked by both insurers and patients. More than 50% of all…

Telehealth For Me, But Not for Thee: Examining the Biases in Virtual Care

Telehealth has the potential to expand healthcare access to millions of patients. When used, it supplements health professional shortage areas—it…

Yuri Kochiyama

“Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society than we have seen.”

Yuri Kochiyama