Directory of top Physical Therapy Assistants in Alexander City, Alabama, USA
Taxonomy Code 225200000X
The directory of Physical Therapy Assistants in Alexander City, Alabama was last updated 6/30/2024
Richard Vincent Paul1899 TATE BLVD SE, SUITE 2101, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-327-7788 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 8/2/2005 |
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David Leslie Harvey1899 TATE BLVD SE, SUITE 2101, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-327-7788 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 9/7/2005 |
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Pamilla Griffin Yount825 3RD AVE. NW, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-962-4336 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 12/18/2014 |
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Richard Fay Moore1062 LENOIR RHYNE BLVD SE, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-221-0300 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 3/17/2006 |
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Patricia L Ratliff8TH STREET N.E., 638B, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-261-6756 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 9/30/2008 |
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Inaam Jamil Schneider415 N CENTER ST, SUITE 001, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-322-9199 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 3/27/2006 |
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Jeffery Scott Garmon20 2ND ST NW, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-328-9844 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 3/15/2007 |
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Randal J Williams2424 CENTURY PL SE, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-322-2050 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 4/12/2006 |
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Alicia Marie Carroll2660 TATE BLVD SE, SUITE 200, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-267-2660 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 7/24/2006 |
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Michele Lynn Higerd1899 TATE BLVD SE, SUITE 2101, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-327-7788 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 8/2/2005 |
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Jason C. Reutter1899 TATE BLVD SE, SUITE 1105, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-322-3821 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 9/13/2005 |
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Jeffrey Clark Cline37 13TH AVE NE, HICKORY, NC Telephone Number: (828)-328-5800 Specialist |
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Date NPI Record created: 7/14/2015 |
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Physical Therapy Assistants
Taxonomy Code 225200000X
Classification: Physical Therapy Assistant
Description
(1)Physical therapist assistants 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, who 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. (2) An 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.
Notes
Source: (1) American Physical Therapy Association, P.O. Box 37257, Washington, D.C. 20013. (2) Lexikon: Dictionary of Health Care Terms, Organizations and Acronyms for the Era of Reform, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, IL: 1994, p. 612
