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AAPM&R is the organization that is BOLDLY advancing the future of PM&R and working to promote the specialty and the value physiatrists bring to the healthcare environment. We are proud to share that we have been securing media coverage for our PM&R physician members to build awareness and demonstrate the value of physiatrists. The Academy and our members have been highlighted in 90+ major national and healthcare media outlets, such as the following: 

Explore the articles below and read more in our June issue of The Physiatrist. You can also browse this page to find resources, including our Positioning PM&R Toolkit that was designed to support PM&R physicians by clearly explaining the value PM&R brings to healthcare models, the audiences that we need to communicate with and key messages to share and build upon.

2024

An Injury Can Hinder a Workout Routine, But There Often are Ways to Stay in Shape
The Philly Voice,
August 2024, featuring AAPM&R

Coccydynia: A Pain in the Tail
Next Avenue, March 2024, featuring AAPM&R and D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR

Starting Your Day with This One Simple Move Thwarts Upper Back Pain, Doctor Says
First for Women, March 2024, featuring AAPM&R and D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR

6 Steps to Starting an RPM Program
Medical Economics, March 2024, featuring AAPM&R, Marc Sruner, DO, MBA, FAAPMR and Matthew Smuck, MD, FAAPMR

Lower Back Pain Self-Care Remedies That Top Docs Use Themselves to Get Relief Fast
Women's World, March 2024, featuring AAPM&R and Saloni Sharma, MD, FAAPMR

Creating a patient-centered practice: Strategies for improving patient satisfaction and retention
Medical Economics, January 2024, featuring AAPM&R, D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR and Scott Laker, MD, FAAPMR

Living With Lymphedema
Next Avenue, January 2024, featuring AAPM&R and Sean Smith, MD, FAAPMR

Why Are Women More Likely to Get Long COVID?
Medscape, January 2024, featuring AAPM&R and Alba Azola, MD, FAAPMR

2023

Physiatrist Treats Performing Artists, a Population She Knows from Personal Experience
Patient Care Online,
December 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Tracy Espiritu McKay, DO, FAAPMR

Physical Rehabilitation for Performing Artists is Sometimes a Negotiated Plan, says Physiatrist Dr Espiritu McKay
Patient Care Online,
December 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Tracy Espiritu McKay, DO, FAAPMR

Primary Care and Physiatry: When One Leads to the Other, Sooner is Better than Later
Patient Care Online,
December 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Tracy Espiritu McKay, DO, FAAPMR

Mental Health Symptoms of Long COVID: "We Don't Know Everything Yet"
Patient Care Online,
December 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Abby Cheng, MD, FAAPMR

The Devil is in the Long COVID Details When Assessing Mental Health Symptoms, Says Dr. Abby Cheng
Patient Care Online,
December 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Abby Cheng, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID is Still Real and Patients Still Need Validation, Especially for Mental Health Symptoms: Author Interview
Patient Care Online,
December 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Abby Cheng, MD, FAAPMR

Physiatry's Focus on the Whole Person and Collaborative Care is an Ideal Rx for Neuropathic Pain
Patient Care Online,
November 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Saloni Sharma, MD, FAAPMR

Treat the Neuropathic Pain—and the Rest of the Person, Too: PM&R Physician Saloni Sharma, MD
Patient Care Online,
November 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Saloni Sharma, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID and Mental Illness: New Guidance
Medscape, November 2023, featuring AAPM&R's Mental Health Guidance Statement

Guidance Focuses on Mental Health Symptoms in Long COVID
MedPage Today, November 2023, featuring AAPM&R's Mental Health Guidance Statement

Pediatric Disability and Poverty: A Symbiotic System
Patient Care Online,
November 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAPMR

Taking Pediatric Rehabilitation Across State Lines and Through Cyberspace to Children in Need
Patient Care Online,
November 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAPMR

Family-Centered Care: Key Pillar of the Pediatric Medical Home
Patient Care Online,
November 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAPMR

"We are Great Medical Home Neighbors," Says Pediatric PM&R Physician Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH

Patient Care Online, November 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAPMR

Children with Disabilities Can Grow, Thrive, and Be Part of their Communities: Expert Perspective
Patient Care Online,
October 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAPMR

A Pediatric Rehabilitation Physician's View on Poverty as Cause and Consequence of Disability
Patient Care Online,
October 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Amy Houtrow, MD, PhD, MPH, FAAPMR

A PM&R Generalist May be Just What Primary Care Needs: New Interview
Patient Care Online, October 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Atul T. Patel, MD, MHSA, FAAPMR

That Patient with Neck Pain in Exam Rm 2 May Not Need a Neurology Referral Today
Patient Care Online,
October 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Atul T. Patel, MD, MHSA, FAAPMR

Physiatry to Primary Care: Think Outside the Box—Call Us
Patient Care Online,
October 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Atul T. Patel, MD, MHSA, FAAPMR

When the Patient Says Pain is the Problem, Physiatry Has a Plan
Patient Care Online,
October 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Atul T. Patel, MD, MHSA, FAAPMR

Long Covid Poses Special Challenges for Seniors
The New York Times, September 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, FAAPMR

In the absence of any proven treatment, can people with Long COVID recover?
Boston Globe, September 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Jonathan Whiteson, MD, FAAPMR

Can chronic fatigue syndrome provide answers about long COVID?
WYPR radio program "On The Record," August 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Alba Azola, MD, FAAPMR

Surviving and Thriving With Limb Loss
Next Avenue, August 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Janna Friedly, MD, FAAPMR

Neuropsychiatric Aftereffects of Long COVID
Next Avenue, August 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Leslie Rydberg, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID Disability Court Battles Just 'Tip of Iceberg'
Medscape, August 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez, MD, FAAPMR and Jonathan Whiteson, MD, FAAPMR

The Primary Care-PM&R Collaboration Can Help Keep Patients Out of the OR
Patient Care Online, July 2023, featuring AAPM&R and D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR

New Technologies Will Propel Novel Approaches in PM&R, says AAPM&R President-Elect
Patient Care Online,
July 2023, featuring AAPM&R and D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR

Off-Label Meds: Promising Long COVID Treatments?
Medscape, July 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Alba Azola, MD, FAAPMR

HHS Urges Primary Care Clinicians to Help Patients Manage Long COVID’s Mental Health Symptoms
JAMA Network, July 2023, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

"Nonspecific" Back Pain is History, says Vanderbilt Physiatrist DJ Kennedy, MD
Patient Care Online,
July 2023, featuring AAPM&R and D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR

Back Pain Gets Better but Also Recurs so Empower Patients Early with Tools
Patient Care Online,
July 2023, featuring AAPM&R and D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR

The Best Referrals to PM&R for Back Pain are the Early Ones, says AAPM&R President-Elect DJ Kennedy, MD
Patient Care Online,
July 2023, featuring AAPM&R and D.J. Kennedy, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID in Older Adults: Be Alert for These Signs, says Physiatrist Talya Fleming, MD
Patient Care Online,
July 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Talya Fleming, MD, FAAPMR

Physiatry and Primary Care: A Potent Pairing for Older and Aging Adults
Patient Care Online, July 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Talya Fleming, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID Typically Presents in Symptom Clusters, Rarely as a Single Complaint, Expert Explains
Patient Care Online,
June 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Leslie Rydberg, MD, FAAPMR

The Long COVID Differential Dx: Sometimes Tricky, Always Nuanced
Patient Care Online,
June 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Leslie Rydberg, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID was Apparent by Summer 2020 and in a Wide Range of Patients
Patient Care Online,
June 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Leslie Rydberg, MD, FAAPMR

How to Identify Neurologic Symptoms of Long COVID in a Short Primary Care Visit: A Physiatry-based Guide
Patient Care Online,
June 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Leslie Rydberg, MD, FAAPMR

How Can Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Help COVID Long-Haulers?
Infection Control Today, June 2023, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

"Faces are like water in my head”: What happens when COVID-19 affects the brain?
Gavi, June 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Long COVID Neurological Symptoms Guidance Statement

Early Conversations about Concussions were Hard: AAPM&R Vice President Scott Laker, MD
Patient Care Online, May 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Scott Laker, MD, FAAPMR

Concussion Patients are Getting Younger: Bad News, Good News
Patient Care Online,
May 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Scott Laker, MD, FAAPMR

Primary Care and Physiatry: Complementary Tools for Full Recovery from Injury
Patient Care Online,
May 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Scott Laker, MD, FAAPMR

3 Things for Primary Care to Remember About Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Patient Care Online,
May 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Scott Laker, MD, FAAPMR

For covid long-haulers, the pandemic is far from over
Washington Post, May 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Long COVID Neurological Symptoms Guidance Statement

Virus roundup: Mpox could surge this summer
Advisory Board, May 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Long COVID Neurological Symptoms Guidance Statement

Physical Medicine Academy Issues Guidance on Long COVID Neurologic Symptoms
MedPage Today, May 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Long COVID Neurological Symptoms Guidance Statement

Long COVID Neurological Symptoms
Crain's Chicago Business, May 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Long COVID Neurological Symptoms Guidance Statement

New Guidance on Neurological Complications of Long COVID
Medscape
, May 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Long COVID Neurological Symptoms Guidance Statement

New Guidance Focuses on Neurological Symptoms for Long COVID Patients
CNET, May 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Long COVID Neurological Symptoms Guidance Statement

A UNC Sports Medicine Specialist Explains what Sports Medicine Really Is
Patient Care Online,
March 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Kevin Carneiro, DO, FAAPMR

21st Century Sports Medicine: Not Your Grandfather's Concussion Protocol
Patient Care Online, March 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Kevin Carneiro, DO, FAAPMR

3 Things Primary Care Should Remember About Sports
Patient Care Online, March 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Kevin Carneiro, DO, FAAPMR

Treating Long-COVID Brain Fog With ME/CFS Guidelines
Medscape, March 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Cognitive Symptoms Guidance Statement

This Early Long COVID Clinic Was Led by PM&R and Family and Internal Medicine
Patient Care Online, March 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Chris McMullen, MD, FAAPMR

A Primary Care Physician and a Physiatrist Share Notes on Sharing Patients
Patient Care Online, March 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Chris McMullen, MD, FAAPMR

Primary Care and Physical Medicine & Rehab: In Conversation
Patient Care Online, March 2023, featuring AAPM&R and Chris McMullen, MD, FAAPMR

Triple Epidemic: Media Coverage and Advocacy Groups Are Lacking
Infection Control Today, February 2023, featuring AAPM&R’s Long COVID efforts

Study: Long COVID symptoms may ease within a year
Axios, January 2023, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative

Long Covid resolves within year for many with mild Covid, study says
CNN Health, January 2023, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative

2022

WebMDDecember 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Call to Action

Physicians, patients want COVID-19 pandemic to end – but long COVID lingers
Medical Economics, December 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Call to Action and Guidance Statements

Long COVID: Mild symptoms can lead to long-term effects
Medical Economics, December 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Call to Action and Guidance Statements

Long COVID: An introduction
Medical Economics, December 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Call to Action and Guidance Statements
 

Patch, December 2022featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Cardiac Rehab and Primary Care, with PM&R Specialist Jonathan Whiteson, MD
Patient Care Online, November 2022, featuring AAPM&R and Jonathan Whiteson, MD, FAAPMR

The Washington Post, November 2022featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements
 
CityBeat, November 2022featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements and PASC Collaborative
 

WebMD, November 2022featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements and Dashboard

Could Paxlovid treat long Covid? Major new study aims to find out
NBCNews, November 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard
 
ME/CFS and Long COVID: Q&A With the CDC's Dr Jennifer Cope
Medscape, November 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Workers, employers struggle as Long COVID sidelines thousands of Wisconsinites
Press Times
, November 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

New COVID Variants are Raising Concern in These States
Eat This, Not That!, October 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Returning to activity is difficult, but possible with long COVID
Steamboat Pilot & Today, October 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative

COVID-19 variant concerns grow among Colorado health officials
Axios, October 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

COVID in California: Three out of four Americans have 'low' community levels
San Francisco Chronicle, October 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements and Dashboard

Do you know what long COVID symptoms to look for in your child?
KSAT/ABC San Antonio, October 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

COVID-19: Weekly Update
Healthnews, October 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Breast Cancer Rehab and Primary Care, with PM&R Specialist Sean Smith, MD
Patient Care Online, October 2022, featuring AAPM&R and Sean Smith, MD, FAAPMR

Ballad: 'COVID long haul is real, we are here to help'

Bristol Herald Courier, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Coronavirus Morning News Brief—Sept 29: New Guidance for Treating Long Covid, Al Roker Tests Positive
Frequent Business Traveler, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Physiatrist Group Issues First Guidelines for Long COVID in Children
Medscape, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

New Guidance Focuses on Long COVID in Kids
MedPage Today, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative and Guidance Statements

New guidance released on diagnosing, treating long COVID symptoms
ABC News, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative and Guidance Statements

A doctor discusses what to know about long COVID
Public Health Connection, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Long COVID is Not Anxiety," but that Was an Early Hypothesis
Patient Care Online, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative and Steven Flanagan, MD, FAAPMR

The Brunt of the Long COVID Patient Burden May Fall on Primary Care, says Rehabilitation Medicine Expert
Patient Care Online, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative and Steven Flanagan, MD, FAAPMR

Long COVID Presents Many More Questions than Answers, says AAPM&R President-elect Flanagan
Patient Care Online, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative and Steven Flanagan, MD, FAAPMR

The "Ugly Face" of Long COVID: A Conversation with Steven Flanagan, MD, President-elect, AAPM&R
Patient Care Online, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative and Guidance Statements and Steven Flanagan, MD, FAAPMR

People of Color Bearing Brunt of Long COVID, Doctors Say
WebMD, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative

Doctors are taking it on themselves to figure out Long Covid
POLITICO, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative

How to Navigate Long COVID
Consumer Reports, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

'Long COVID' has become the West's hidden pandemic
China Daily, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Long Haul COVID in the Black Community
Black Voice News, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Workers, employers struggle as Long COVID sidelines thousands of Wisconsinites
The Journal Times, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Think You Have Long COVID? See Your Primary Care Doc First
WebMD, September 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative

The Problem of Long COVID Pain
Next Avenue, August 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative

Long COVID, Your Heart, and Cardiovascular Complications
Next Avenue, August 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

To solve the mystery of long COVID, researchers look to an older disease
WBUR - Boston NPR, August 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

To solve the mystery of long COVID and chronic fatigue, researchers look to an older disease
Connecticut Public Radio, August 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

When It Comes to COVID, What is America’s “Long” Game?
InsideSources, July 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements and Dashboard

Long COVID Patients Need Equal Access to Care and Sick Leave, Advocates Urge
MedPage Today, TX, July 2022, featuring AAPM&R's PASC Collaborative

UT Health, Dell Med launch long-COVID research program
KXAN NBC Austin, TX, July 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Desperate for Relief, Long COVID Patients Seek Apheresis, Other Untested Therapies
TCTMD, July 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Who would receive the second COVID 19 booster shot proposed by Biden officials?
Diario AS, July 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Researchers at Boston hospitals may have found a biomarker for long COVID
Boston.com, July 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Experts Urge Caution in Rushing to Define Long COVID
MedPage Today, July 2022, featuring AAPM&R in the News

COVID cases steadily rising in North Texas
Axios, July 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Long COVID Could Be a ‘Mass Deterioration Event’
The Atlantic, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard and Call to Action

Research Underway on Long COVID in Kids, but Patience Is Urged
MedPage Today, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

N-of-1 Tests Sway Statin Naysayers; Synthetic Chemicals and BP; TAVR in Moderate AS?
MedPage Today, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

New guidance on long COVID sheds light on symptoms and treatment options
Texas Public Radio, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Multidisciplinary Collaboration Tackles CV-Related Long COVID
TCTMD, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Treating long COVID cardiac complications
Axios, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Long COVID-19-related heart issues will have lasting effect on health systems, experts say
Becker's Hospital Review, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

‘A wake up call’: experts release new guidance on cardiovascular symptoms of long COVID
KSAT/ABC San Antonio, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Physician Group Releases Guidance on Cardiovascular Issues in Long COVID
MedPage Today, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Doctors Share Wake-Up Call for Increased Cardiovascular Risk Post-COVID
NBC New York, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Can long Covid lead to death? A new analysis suggests it could
POLITICO, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Women, people with high cholesterol have higher risk for long COVID, according to 23andMe
MarketWatch, June 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Supporting New Yorkers With Disabilities Facing Mental-Health Challenges
Public News Service, May 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Long COVID symptoms lasted a median of 15 months, Northwestern study finds
Chicago Tribune, May 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

Biden seeks to pass $10 billion COVID-19 bill to prevent a potential wave of 100 million infections in the fall
Business Insider, May 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

The next COVID crisis
Axios, May 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

25 Investigates: Federal dollars and support on the way for estimated 8 million COVID long-haulers
Boston 25 News, May 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Dashboard

The search for long COVID treatments
Science-Based Medicine, April 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

Poll: 7% of U.S. adults say they’ve had 'long COVID.' That's 18 million people
Yahoo, April 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

Coronavirus daily news updates, April 11: What to know today about COVID-19 in the Seattle area, Washington state and the world
The Seattle Times, April 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

Can this 19th-century health practice help with long COVID?
National Geographic, April 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Guidance Statements

How to prepare for the financial hit of long COVID
Reuters, April 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

The Pandemic Opened Up My World. As We 'Get Back to Normal,' I Fear I'll Disappear Again
The Huffington Post, March 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

Lawmakers gaining awareness for long COVID-19 relief, physicians group says
Medical Economics, March 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

A 'tornado' in the body: Battling long COVID, months after infection
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

Long COVID leaves newly disabled people facing old barriers – a sociologist explains
The Conversation, March 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

Easthampton schools make masks optional
Daily Hampshire Gazette, March 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

They got ‘long Covid.’ It cost them dearly
NBC News, March 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

Long COVID Mini-Series: Burden
Your Local Epidemiologist, March 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

Opinion: After the Pandemic, Long COVID May Unleash a Tidal Wave of Health Troubles
The Washington Post, February 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard

Mystery of the Missing Workers? Long COVID a Big Piece of the Puzzle
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 2022, featuring AAPM&R's Long COVID Dashboard