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19 Physical Therapy Assistants found in Cherry HillScott Shaw
Physical Therapy Assistant
2 Lucille Ln, Cherry Hill, NJ - 08003
386-756-4395 866-426-2811
Susan Wharton, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
2150 Route 38, Cherry Hill, NJ - 08002
856-667-4550
Trina Stuckert
Physical Therapy Assistant
1998 Route 70 E, Cherry Hill, NJ - 08003
856-424-2000
Mrs. Whitney Earles Frahm, CCC SLP
Physical Therapy Assistant
7 Carnegie Plz, Cherry Hill, NJ - 08003
877-407-3422 877-407-4329
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.