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305 Physical Therapy Assistants found in LouisianaVirginia Hooper, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
8080 Bluebonnet Blvd Ste 10, Baton Rouge, LA - 70810
225-408-7990
Whitney Downs
Physical Therapy Assistant
4405 Airline Dr, Bossier City, LA - 71111
318-747-5440
Ms. Whitney Ramshur
Physical Therapy Assistant
47242 Highway 10, Franklinton, LA - 70438
985-515-5937
Yanet Rodriguez, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
7435 Bishop Ott Dr, Baton Rouge, LA - 70806
225-923-2774 225-923-2774
Mrs. Yolanda Javn Bertrand, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
2328 Deerlick Ln, Harvey, LA - 70058
504-340-3033
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.