Physical Therapy Assistant

• SAN ANTONIO, TX 477 providers
• HOUSTON, TX 438 providers
• DALLAS, TX 201 providers
• AUSTIN, TX 168 providers
• EL PASO, TX 153 providers
• CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 151 providers
• FORT WORTH, TX 132 providers
• TYLER, TX 131 providers
• LAREDO, TX 128 providers
• MCALLEN, TX 96 providers
• LUBBOCK, TX 96 providers
• AMARILLO, TX 94 providers
• ATLANTA, GA 93 providers
• SPRING, TX 72 providers
• KATY, TX 59 providers
• TEMPLE, TX 56 providers
• WEATHERFORD, TX 55 providers
• BOISE, ID 54 providers
• BROWNSVILLE, TX 51 providers
• ODESSA, TX 50 providers

• Physical Therapist 299,140 active providers 225100000X
• Occupational Therapist 144,447 active providers 225X00000X
• Massage Therapist 78,870 active providers 225700000X
• Athletic Trainer (Specialist/Technologist) 45,041 active providers 2255A2300X
• Occupational Therapy Assistant 42,163 active providers 224Z00000X
• Rehabilitation Practitioner 21,536 active providers 225400000X
• Developmental Therapist 17,245 active providers 222Q00000X
• Pediatrics (Occupational Therapist) 17,208 active providers 225XP0200X
• Orthopedic (Physical Therapist) 12,538 active providers 2251X0800X
• Pediatrics (Physical Therapist) 7,617 active providers 2251P0200X
• Respiratory Therapist, Registered 4,617 active providers 227900000X
• Music Therapist 3,715 active providers 225A00000X

(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.

Definition source: NUCC Healthcare Provider Taxonomy.