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7 Physical Therapy Assistants found in GaithersburgAna Reyes, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
655 Watkins Mill Rd, Gaithersburg, MD - 20879
202-578-7690
Mr. Donald Wayne Lehner Jr., PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
301 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, MD - 20877
301-216-4247 301-216-4249
Mr. Frederic Fouefack Tadjouteu, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
726 Clopper Rd, Apt 24, Gaithersburg, MD - 20878
301-795-5083
Mrs. Jessica Elizabeth Barnes, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
301 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, MD - 20877
301-216-4247 301-216-4249
Lawrence Appiah-nuamah
Physical Therapy Assistant
655 Watkins Mill Road, Gaithersburg, MD - 20879
240-632-4950
Mary Raddell
Physical Therapy Assistant
220 Sapling Hill Way, Gaithersburg, MD - 20877
216-338-6728
Stephen C. Young
Physical Therapy Assistant
301 Russell Ave, Gaithersburg, MD - 20877
301-216-4248
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.