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20 Physical Therapy Assistants found in ChicoMika Gerfen, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
946 Cherry St Apt 3, Chico, CA - 95928
530-338-5571
Molly Kathleen White, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
3435 Silverbell Rd, Chico, CA - 95973
530-777-2096 530-774-2378
Nanci Jane Surber, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
1044 Mangrove Ave, Chico, CA - 95926
530-343-1908 530-343-6336
Rebecca Perry, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
1200 Springfield Dr, Chico, CA - 95928
530-342-4885
Mr. Richard Franklin Ickes, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
7 Tierra Rosa Ln, Chico, CA - 95973
530-342-3383
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.