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155 Physical Therapy Assistants found in AustinMs. Wendy Walsh, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
6801 E Riverside Dr, Austin, TX - 78741
512-247-9000
Whitley Saffron, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
6801 E Riverside Dr, Austin, TX - 78741
512-274-9000
Whitney Nicole Sefcik, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
12708 Riata Vista Cir Ste A106, Austin, TX - 78727
479-367-1840
Zach Johnson
Physical Therapy Assistant
3759 Valley View Rd, Austin, TX - 78704
512-443-3436
Zachary Palm
Physical Therapy Assistant
3721 Executive Center Dr Ste 201, Austin, TX - 78731
817-292-8787 817-789-6849
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.