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Job Description

Assist physical therapists in providing physical therapy treatments and procedures. May, in accordance with State laws, assist in the development of treatment plans, carry out routine functions, document the progress of treatment, and modify specific treatments in accordance with patient status and within the scope of treatment plans established by a physical therapist. Generally requires formal training.

Job Details

The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 31-2021.00
The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 56,850.00
The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 27.00
Currently, there are 85,580 people on this job

☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Physical Therapist Assistants”.

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Tasks for “Physical Therapy Technician (Physical Therapy Tech)”

Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment.
Communicate with or instruct caregivers or family members on patient therapeutic activities or treatment plans.
Instruct, motivate, safeguard, and assist patients as they practice exercises or functional activities.
Clean work area and check and store equipment after treatment.
Fit patients for orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices, such as crutches.
Perform clerical duties, such as taking inventory, ordering supplies, answering telephone, taking messages, or filling out forms.
Assist patients to dress, undress, or put on and remove supportive devices, such as braces, splints, or slings.
Attend or conduct continuing education courses, seminars, or in-service activities.
Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises, therapeutic massage, aquatic physical therapy, or heat, light, sound, or electrical modality treatments, such as ultrasound.
Train patients in the use of orthopedic braces, prostheses, or supportive devices.
Perform postural drainage, percussions, or vibrations or teach deep breathing exercises to treat respiratory conditions.
Measure patients' range-of-joint motion, body parts, or vital signs to determine effects of treatments or for patient evaluations.
Prepare treatment areas and electrotherapy equipment for use by physiotherapists.
Transport patients to and from treatment areas, lifting and transferring them according to positioning requirements.
Confer with physical therapy staff or others to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, or coordinating treatment.
Monitor operation of equipment and record use of equipment and administration of treatment.
Administer traction to relieve neck or back pain, using intermittent or static traction equipment.
Observe patients during treatments to compile and evaluate data on their responses and progress and provide results to physical therapist in person or through progress notes.

Related Technology & Tools

Balance beams
Safety goggles
Sacro-illiac joint lumbar corsets
Sequential compression devices
Wrist splints
Interferential electrical stimulation machines
Tilt tables
Therapeutic hot packs
Ultraviolet UV phototherapy lamps
Therapeutic treadmill exercisers
Sliding boards
Exercise trampolines
Total lift chairs
Above-the-knee prosthetics
Short wave diathermy devices
Parallel bars
High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
Blood pressure cuffs
Surgical masks
Protective gowns
Posture grids
Slings
Lower-body isokinetic machines
Gait belts
Resistive exercise bands
Stationary bicycles
Below-the-knee prosthetics
Swiss exercise balls
Iontopheresis equipment
Automated external defibrillators AED
Rotating bed
Free weights
Balance boards
Cold packs
Mechanical stethoscopes
Crutches
Reflex hammers
Pelvic traction equipment
Inclinometers
Wheelchairs
Cervical traction equipment
Front-wheel walkers
Plumb lines
Ergometers
Ultrasound machines
Body-fat calipers
Lavage hydrotherapy equipment
Hemi walkers
Digital cameras
Ankle-foot orthotics
Pick-up walkers
Personal computers
Standing tables
Transcutaneous electric nerve stimulation TENS equipment
Goniometers
Pulse oximeters
Massage equipment
Patient positioning devices
Notebook computers
Reciprocating walkers
Reachers
Knee braces
Arm prosthetics
Portable oxygen equipment
Hi-lo manipulation tables
Quad canes
Hydrotherapy pools
Mechanical percussors
Medical nasal cannulae
Medicine balls
Tablet computers
Back braces
Powder boards
Continuous passive motion CPM equipment
Upper-body isokinetic machines
Single point canes
Hand grips
Digital video cameras
Electromyographs EMG
Desktop computers
Intermittent compression units
Standing cages
Platform walkers
Cardiac monitors
Functional electrical stimulation FES equipment
Stretchers
Safety gloves
Whirlpool therapy baths
Splints
Paraffin baths
Hoyer lifts

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