Happy Spring to you all! We are finally starting to see a thaw and spring flowers sprouting up!

Northern district is excited about the upcoming months of presentations, and we hope to see everyone there.  On March 25th Daniel Alcorn, DPT, OCS, CSCS, spoke at the Jackson Clinics on “Scapula Training-The New Core!” This was a very well-attended meeting not only on site but also on our Facebook Live feed. April 10th  we will be at the Virginia Hospital Center for a presentation on “Functional Standards for Geriatric Practice" by Caroline Morris and Rebecca Wolfinger. May 1st we will be at Marymount University with students and faculty to discuss the House of Delegates and current legislative debates. If you have a topic you are interested in learning more about or if you would like to present yourself, please feel free to email us at VPTAnorthern@gmail.com; we want to hear from you! Make sure you check out the meetings on Northern District's Facebook page if you cannot make a meeting in person.

By Kate Lomaka

I have been a fervent supporter of the Virginia Physical Therapy Association (VPTA) since my first year of physical therapy school at VCU. As the Class of 2019’s VPTA Representative, I made every effort to attend as many district monthly meetings, social gatherings, and state-wide conferences as possible. Not only do the meetings usually come with a free meal, but the topics covered get me excited to learn outside of the classroom! The VPTA Centric District incentivizes attendance by asking those present to sign-in at the beginning of the meeting. Every attendance counts as an entry into a raffle (or double entry if you bring a friend) to attend a national/state conference. Last summer, I was surprisingly chosen as the lucky winner to have my registration fee covered for the Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) in Washington, D.C.