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81 Physical Therapy Assistants found in LakelandMrs. Susan Lynn Hughes, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
5037 Bonnybrook Dr W, Lakeland, FL - 33811
423-322-6777
Tara Marsh, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
771 Carpenters Way, Lakeland, FL - 33809
727-803-1102
Mrs. Tiffany Leanne Cox, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
1215 E Orange St, Lakeland, FL - 33801
863-802-3800 863-802-0480
Tyshondra D Mason, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
610 E Bella Vista St, Lakeland, FL - 33805
863-688-8591
Veronica Bogle, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
610 E Bella Vista St, Lakeland, FL - 33805
863-688-8591
Victoria L Perry, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
520 S Florida Ave, Lakeland, FL - 33801
863-268-2608
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.