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7 Physical Therapy Assistants found in BristolApril D Miller, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
245 North St, Bristol, VA - 24201
276-669-4711
Jamie Gray, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
245 North St, Bristol, VA - 24201
276-669-4711 276-669-0384
Kelli Stevens
Physical Therapy Assistant
245 North St, Bristol, VA - 24201
276-669-4711
Laura Beth Loomis, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
245 North St, Bristol, VA - 24201
276-669-4711 276-669-0834
Mrs. Laura Leigh Hensley, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
245 North St, Bristol, VA - 24201
276-669-4711
Sheila Ann Taylor, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
5402 Dishner Valley Rd, Bristol, VA - 24202
276-466-1114
Whitney Taylor, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
245 North St, Bristol, VA - 24201
276-669-4711
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.