Physical Therapy Assistants in Cahokia, Illinois

Physical Therapy Assistants
female pta
Deborah Jo Wellman

    Physical Therapy Assistant
3354 Jerome Ln, Cahokia, IL 62206
618-337-9400    
female pta
Jessica Belba

    Physical Therapy Assistant
3354 Jerome Ln, Cahokia, IL 62206
618-337-9400    
female pta
Mrs. Sharon Charlene Utterback, LPTA

    Physical Therapy Assistant
2 Annable Ct, Cahokia, IL 62206
618-332-7710     618-332-7710
Physical Therapy Assistants are 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.
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