The term physical therapy, which is also known as physiotherapy, is a profession related with healthcare to provide help to those individuals, who are physically incapable of doing any activity. This therapy is provided to them in order to help them develop, maintain and to restore maximum movements and function in their body throughout the life. This therapy is given to those people who are unable to perform daily routine work due to any injury, disease, ageing or environmental factors.

Physical therapy assistant (PTA) performs many tasks under the supervision of experienced physical therapist. The assistants provide physical therapy aids to the patient to make the therapy session more productive. Physical therapy assistants are directed by the physical therapists or experienced therapy assistants. According to a survey report, approximately 60,000 jobs of pharmacy therapist in 2008 were released.

Education requirements for physical therapy assistants and physical therapy aids are, to work as a physical assistant, an associate degree is required, which a person can get from accredited physical therapist assistant programs. Physical therapy assistant should have a certification in CPR and should have other experiences related with clinical and first aid activities. Physical therapist must have completed his or her diploma in high school. Most of the employers facilitate on the job training. Other requirements for physical therapy assistant and physical assistant aids are, one needs to have a license or registration to work as a physical therapy assistant in some states. Generally, physical therapy assistants are not licensed but without a license, one cannot begin his or her career as a physical therapy assistant or physical therapy aids in any of the states.

Job outlook for physical therapy assistants or physical therapy aids: requirement for physical therapy assistant or physical therapy aids is increasing. Requirement for this job is predicted to be growing faster than other occupations in next 10 years. The basic eligibility criteria is that one should have post-secondary training or an associate degree or on the job training. Salary of physical therapy assistant or physical therapy aids: The physical therapist assistants earned about $46,140 monthly and wages of $22.18 daily on an average. The physical therapist aids earns a salary of $23,760 and wages of $11.42. The amount of salary varies according to the location and experience of physical therapist.

The activities and procedures, which are included in the physical therapist assistant programs are: (1) exercises of patients, (2) massage of patients (3) electrical inspiration to the injure or incapable parts of patients, (4) paraffin baths (5) hot and cold packs, gripping exercise, (6) and ultra sounds of patients. All these activities are included in the physical therapist assistant programs. A physical therapist completes all these activities as his or her responsibility. On some typical day, the other activities, which are included in the physical therapist programs, are to clean the treatment area and to organize it, prepare each patient for therapy and to help patients get to and from the treatment area. All these works, which are mentioned above are the routine works included in the physical therapist assistant programs.