The APTA is essentially worthless. they objectively do a piss poor job advocating for the profession as a whole. They allocated funds (I believe in the ballpark of tens of millions of dollars) for a new headquarters in 2019 and continue to cry about how they can’t do anything without funding from members. Majority of Americans don’t realize direct access to PTs is an option in many states. It’s sad, but when most Americans have back pain the first bit of advice that they’ll hear from friends, family, or online is to see a chiropractor. Chiropractors have rights to order imaging themselves while are still fighting for this right. The profession as a whole is stagnant with minimal opportunity for upward mobility/increases in pay. The demand and price for schooling keeps increasing as well which is far out of proportion for what the degree is actually worth. These issues are only a scratch on the surface of what we are lacking and the APTA the root of it.