Physical Therapy Assistants in Floyd, Virginia

Physical Therapy Assistants
female pta
Brittany Carr

    Physical Therapy Assistant
296 Webbs Mill Rd N, Floyd, VA 24091
540-745-2058    
female pta
Ms. Linda S Kiefer, LPTA

    Physical Therapy Assistant
237 Franklin Pike Se, Floyd, VA 24091
540-745-2016    
male pta
Steven Daniel Bowman, LPTA

    Physical Therapy Assistant
237 Franklin Pike Se, Floyd, VA 24091
540-745-4178     540-745-4179
Physical Therapy Assistants are 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.
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