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155 Physical Therapy Assistants found in Saint LouisMrs. Torie Jade Tocco, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
12563 Village Circle Dr, Saint Louis, MO - 63127
314-270-7790
Tyler I Edgerton
Physical Therapy Assistant
2836 Watson Rd, Saint Louis, MO - 63139
314-368-4408
Tylians T Smith, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
12544 Fee Fee Rd, Saint Louis, MO - 63146
850-532-3690
Valerie Ann Long, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
7733 Forsyth Blvd, Saint Louis, MO - 63105
800-677-1238
Vonda K Campbell, P.T.A
Physical Therapy Assistant
4355 Maryland Ave, Apt 328, Saint Louis, MO - 63108
636-734-5993
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.