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Health Professions: Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA)

Working with physical therapists, PTAs provide treatment and rehabilitative services to
patients who have experienced injury or disabling disease.

physical therapy session

Physical Therapist Assistants treatments include:

  • Exercises for increasing strength, coordination, and joint motion
  • the use of heat, cold, electricity, light, and water to decrease pain
  • teaching functional activities, such as walking with crutches, canes and walkers

Enjoy a fulfilling career working in a variety of healthcare settings such as: hospitals, long term care, facilities, home health, physician practices, insurance companies, other health care related companies.

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