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21 Physical Therapy Assistants found in Fort Walton BeachJoanna Alexandra Gocan, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
114 3rd St Se, Fort Walton Beach, FL - 32548
850-243-6134
Phillip Z Ostrowski, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
600 Opp Drive, Fort Walton Beach, FL - 32548
850-301-1935 850-301-1937
Sonja A Cabido
Physical Therapy Assistant
1702 Conservation Trl Unit 310, Fort Walton Beach, FL - 32547
850-865-5038
Mrs. Susan Theresa Wardrop, P.T.A.
Physical Therapy Assistant
2000 Principal Ln, Fort Walton Beach, FL - 32547
850-362-6495 850-362-6511
Teresa L Felstead, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
600 Opp Dr, Fort Walton Beach, FL - 32548
850-301-1935 850-301-1937
Traci Johnson, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
2000 Principal Ln, Fort Walton Beach, FL - 32547
850-362-6495
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.