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Date: November 12, 2025
Time: 6:00–7:00 PM CST
CE Credits are not available for this webinar
Location: Online via Zoom Registration Fees - $15 – Academy Members
- $30 – APTA Members
- $45 – Non-Members
Binding is an essential practice for many transgender, non-binary, and gender-diverse individuals, often performed to achieve improved congruence between an outward physical appearance and one’s gender identity. Given the typical frequency and duration of binding, negative binding-related symptoms such as thoracic or rib pain, shortness of breath, and postural changes may occur. Physical therapists have the necessary skills to evaluate and treat these negative sequelae. This session serves to provide a clinical example of how the Core Values of Inclusion, Excellence, and Social Responsibility can be applied in practice. Physical therapists should be the provider of choice for adverse binding-related symptoms, particularly given that physical therapists are equipped with the requisite skills of assessment and treatment to improve symptom-burden for individuals who bind. By improving clinical outcomes associated with binding-related sequelae, physical therapists can improve the cultural responsiveness of their practice and help address unmet rehabilitation needs in this population. Meet the Presenters: Jessica Marie Marengo, PT, DPT Allyson S. Sutkowi-Hemstreet, PT, DPT (Duke University School of Medicine) Chris W. Condran, PT, DPT Noa Slemrod Goodman, PT, DPT (UPMC Centers For Rehab Services) Kale Offstein, SPT Matthew P. Nippins, PT, DPT - Define chest binding, including common practices, and implications across the lifespan - Apply physical therapy assessment and treatment approaches to the multi-system management of negative binding-related symptoms - Consider how harm reduction and trauma-informed care approaches might support the physical therapy management of patients who bind - Describe health disparities faced by the LGBTQIA+ population (with an attention to social and political determinants of health), including specific practice considerations for physical therapy providers CEUs: CEUs are not being offered for this webinar.
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