Physical Therapy Assistants in Port Saint Lucie, Florida
34 Physical Therapy Assistants found in Port Saint Lucie
Physical Therapy Assistant
832 Sw Carmelite St, Port Saint Lucie, FL - 34983
772-342-4012
Physical Therapy Assistant
156 Nw California Blvd, Port Saint Lucie, FL - 34986
772-871-7170
Physical Therapy Assistant
3662 Sw Sterricker St, Port Saint Lucie, FL - 34953
609-464-0500
Physical Therapy Assistant
244 Sw Uneeda Pl, Port Saint Lucie, FL - 34953
716-481-3390
Shannon Paige Krause, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
832 Sw Carmelite St, Port Saint Lucie, FL - 34983
772-342-4012
Mrs. Suzanne Marie Frank, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
156 Nw California Blvd, Port Saint Lucie, FL - 34986
772-871-7170
Tamara Davis, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
3662 Sw Sterricker St, Port Saint Lucie, FL - 34953
609-464-0500
Tracy Lee Reidel
Physical Therapy Assistant
244 Sw Uneeda Pl, Port Saint Lucie, FL - 34953
716-481-3390
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.
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.