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95 Physical Therapy Assistants found in RichmondMrs. Whitney Slate Crawley, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
9100 Bon Air Crossings Drive, Richmond, VA - 23235
804-320-2310
Whitney Smith
Physical Therapy Assistant
2401 W Leigh St Ste 110, Richmond, VA - 23220
804-325-8812
Mr. William Parker Terry Iii, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
1900 Lauderdale Dr, Richmond, VA - 23238
804-740-2900
Mr. William Bruce Rhodes Ii, LPTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
1807 N Parham Rd, Richmond, VA - 23229
804-477-3148
Zackery Firesheets, PTA
Physical Therapy Assistant
2422 University Park Blvd., Richmond, VA - 23233
804-716-1527 804-716-1563
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.