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20 Physical Therapy Assistants found in Las CrucesTheresa Ann Conatore, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
301 Perkins Dr Ste C, Las Cruces, NM - 88005
713-397-6397 575-525-5641
Timothy T Dillen
Physical Therapy Assistant
2001 E Lohman Ave, Suite 110-201, Las Cruces, NM - 88001
828-384-1382
Valerie Gerhardt, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
1115 Commerce Dr Ste C, Las Cruces, NM - 88011
575-525-2450 575-993-5380
Zachary Johnson-carlson, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
2550 Samaritan Dr Ste 101-b, Las Cruces, NM - 88001
575-592-2088 575-592-2226
Zachary Manes, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
4400 N Sonoma Ranch Blvd Ste B, Las Cruces, NM - 88011
575-222-0188 575-652-4142
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.