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1132 Physical Therapy Assistants found in MassachusettsYu Yu Ong, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
45 Union St, Natick, MA - 01760
508-433-4400
Yvette Bennett, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
53 Highland St, Amesbury, MA - 01913
978-388-1858
Yvonne M Westcott, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
103 Garland St, Everett, MA - 02149
617-381-7131
Zach Benoit
Physical Therapy Assistant
157 Summit Ave, Chicopee, MA - 01020
413-575-2015
Zachary Kennith Capozzoli
Physical Therapy Assistant
211 Park St, Attleboro, MA - 02703
401-636-5540
Zachary S. Aichner, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
140 Melbourne Rd, Pittsfield, MA - 01201
413-499-1992
Zuleica Janessa Monteiro
Physical Therapy Assistant
160 Main St, Walpole, MA - 02081
508-660-3080
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.