Physical Therapy Assistants in Gallup, New Mexico

Physical Therapy Assistants
female pta
Mrs. Ashley Dawn Watchman, PTA

    Physical Therapy Assistant
516 Nizhoni Blvd, Gallup, NM 87301
505-722-1000     505-722-1226
male pta
Mr. Jaime Ricardo Maldonado, PTA

    Physical Therapy Assistant
204 E Logan Ave, Gallup, NM 87301
505-728-5060    
female pta
Janelle Montoya

    Physical Therapy Assistant
510 W Maloney Ave, Gallup, NM 87301
505-488-2615    
male pta
Zaypee Kohlene Pascual Layugan

    Physical Therapy Assistant
345 Basilio Dr, Gallup, NM 87301
505-721-4000    
Physical Therapy Assistants are individual who works under the supervision of a physical therapist to assist him or her in providing physical therapy services. A physical therapy assistant may, for instance, help patients follow an appropriate exercise program that will increase their strength, endurance, coordination, and range of motion and train patients to perform activities of daily life.
PTA's are skilled health care providers who are graduates of a physical therapist assistant associate degree program accredited by an agency recognized by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education or Council on Postsecondary Accreditation. They assists the physical therapist in providing physical therapy. The supervising physical therapist is directly responsible for the actions of the physical therapist assistant. The PTA performs physical therapy procedures and related tasks that have been selected and delegated by the supervising physical therapist.
Duties of the PTA include assisting the physical therapist in implementing treatment programs, training patients in exercised and activities of daily living, conducting treatments, and reporting to the physical therapist on the patient's responses. In addition to direct patient care, the PTA may also perform such functions as patient transport, and clinic or equipment preparation and maintenance. Currently more than half of all states require PTAs to be licensed, registered or certified.