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34 Physical Therapy Assistants found in TexarkanaMrs. Patricia Louise Goesl, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
3410 Magnolia St, Texarkana, TX - 75503
903-792-3003 903-794-1005
Ryan Schaeffer, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
5610 Richmond Rd, Texarkana, TX - 75503
903-831-4081
Ms. Samantha D Wooten, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
3410 Magnolia St, Texarkana, TX - 75503
903-278-7904 870-774-4790
Zachary David Joslin, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
5610 Richmond Rd, Texarkana, TX - 75503
903-831-4081 855-281-5819
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.