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The Physical Therapist Assistant Program prepares students to perform physical therapy interventions under the direction and supervision of a licensed physical therapist. Interventions may include teaching patients to walk, use crutches, use an artificial limb and therapeutic exercise. Therapeutic modalities such as heat, cold, ultrasound, electricity and massage are some of the techniques used in physical therapy.<\/p>\n
Please note that PTA courses do not transfer to degree physical therapy programs. Individuals interested in becoming physical therapists should contact those schools directly to get the admissions requirements. The American Physical Therapy Association<\/a> has a list of accredited physical therapy programs.<\/p>\n Physical therapist assistants are licensed by the State of Texas after successful completion of a national examination. Licensed PTAs are employed in health care settings which offer physical therapy services. Facilities which utilize PTAs include hospitals, rehabilitation centers, outpatient clinics, nursing homes, school districts and long term residential facilities. Opportunities are also available through traveling physical therapy services.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/4″ el_class=”right-column”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html el_class=”search-box” css=”.vc_custom_1563825898678{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}”]JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwYXN5bmMlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRmNzZS5nb29nbGUuY29tJTJGY3NlLmpzJTNGY3glM0QwMDM3NzAzNDE0NjUyNjUyNzczNjMlM0FkMzNieWhkNGF1OCUyMiUzRSUzQyUyRnNjcmlwdCUzRSUwQSUzQ2RpdiUyMGNsYXNzJTNEJTIyZ2NzZS1zZWFyY2glMjIlM0UlM0MlMkZkaXYlM0U=[\/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Testing Center hours are changing August 24 at HLC, RRC, and Riverside campuses, with expanded Saturday availability.<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/li> College comes with more than academic challenges. If food, housing, childcare, mental health, or other basic needs are making it harder to focus on school, ACC has resources that can help.<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/li> RN-to-BSN students have the opportunity to complete NURS 4160 through a faculty-led study abroad experience in Costa Rica during Spring 2027.<\/p>Read more<\/a><\/li><\/ul> [vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/6″ css=”.vc_custom_1560953699376{margin-bottom: 20px !important;padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;background-color: #003366 !important;}” el_class=”nav-column” offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_column_text] Future Students [\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”529″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][vc_raw_html]JTVCY3NzbWVudW1ha2VycHJvJTIwaWQlM0QlMjIxNzA3OCUyMiU1RCUwOQ==[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”7\/12″ css=”.vc_custom_1528207169709{margin-bottom: 20px !important;margin-left: 7px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}” el_class=”middle-column”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1522774538153{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}”] Physical Therapist Assistant Career Information [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1524159169723{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;}”] Employment in the occupation is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":450,"featured_media":0,"parent":3819,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6223","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/450"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6223\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Search the Health Sciences Website<\/h2>\n
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