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21 Physical Therapy Assistants found in ElkhartKelli Becker, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
700 E Beardsley Ave, Ste 100, Elkhart, IN - 46514
574-206-8010
Kiersten M Mckinney, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
2600 Morehouse Ave, Elkhart, IN - 46517
574-295-8800
Sarah Elizabeth Borkholder, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
333 W Mishawaka Rd, Elkhart, IN - 46517
574-293-1550 574-970-4698
Stacie Dempsey, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
3109 E Bristol St, Elkhart, IN - 46514
574-330-4004
Tyler Thomas Hawkins, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
3965 Doral Ln., Elkhart, IN - 46517
574-221-9298
Wyatt Ritchie, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
27074 County Road 20, Elkhart, IN - 46517
574-612-2626
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.