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7 Physical Therapy Assistants found in RussellvilleAnna Spurgeon, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
101 James Hovater Rd, Russellville, AL - 35653
256-332-6208 256-332-6213
Glenda Tompkins
Physical Therapy Assistant
3135 Highway 49, Russellville, AL - 35653
258-314-5113
Jamie Springer
Physical Therapy Assistant
701 Monroe St Nw, Russellville, AL - 35653
256-332-4110
Jana Heyne
Physical Therapy Assistant
701 Monroe St Nw, Russellville, AL - 35653
256-332-4110
Mrs. Katherine Marie Johnson, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
701 Monroe St Nw, Russellville, AL - 35653
256-460-4597
Kristy Nix Habada
Physical Therapy Assistant
705 Gandy St Ne, Russellville, AL - 35653
256-332-3773
Randall Freemon
Physical Therapy Assistant
41 Timberline Dr, Russellville, AL - 35653
256-668-4148
About Physical Therapy Assistants: Physical Therapy Assistants: re 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.