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186 Physical Therapy Assistants found in TampaWendy Ferris
Physical Therapy Assistant
18002 Richmond Place Dr, #3125, Tampa, FL - 33647
813-739-9062
Mrs. Whitney Borchardt
Physical Therapy Assistant
12220 Bruce B Downs Blvd, Tampa, FL - 33612
813-631-5000 813-631-5099
Wilfredo Diaz, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
4895 W Waters Ave, Tampa, FL - 33634
813-932-3315
Yasmelis Jimenez
Physical Therapy Assistant
7511 Barry Rd, Tampa, FL - 33634
813-453-0795
Zackery Layne Burkholder, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
12705 Race Track Rd, Tampa, FL - 33626
813-343-3960
Zoe Zadrozny
Physical Therapy Assistant
4809 N Armenia Ave, Tampa, FL - 33603
813-877-1930
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.