The job of a physical therapy assistant is to assist a senior physical therapist during the course of a physical therapy treatment to patients. Physical therapy assistants have to follow different instructions of the physical therapist and act accordingly. They help the physical therapist in treating health conditions like fractures and sprains, neck and back injuries, arthritis, amputations, burns, stroke, sport related injuries, birth defects, multiple sclerosis and other conditions. It is the physical therapy assistant’s job to collect all the pertinent information about the patient’s status during the course of the treatment and provide this information to the physical therapist.
Physical therapy is one of the fastest growing and increasingly popular fields in the healthcare industry. Physical therapy employs the use of physical exercises to help the patients become stronger, be able to move their body parts freely and use devices and aids to help them in their daily functions.
Patients with physical disabilities who can’t perform day to day actions with the freedom of non disabled people need help in the form of physical therapy to help them get better. A physical therapy assistant helps the senior therapist in the treatment by prepping the treatment area and managing clerical tasks to reduce the burden on the physical therapist.
Physical therapy assistants and aides have a lot of opportunities for employment across the world. Recent breakthroughs in science and medicine have increased the average age of people. As people get older, they will increasingly require help and support from healthcare professionals like physical therapy assistants. This makes the field of physical therapy one with great growth potential and a stable career.
Depending on the exact physical therapy treatment being used, the senior therapist might need the physical therapy assistant to do a number of tasks to help with the treatment. For example, the therapist might require the assistant to help the patient with physical exercises, hydrotherapy or muscle manipulation which help the patients resume normal movement.
The physical therapy assistant typically has to carefully follow instructions from the therapist while helping the patient. Physical therapy assistants commonly perform clerical tasks in the office like filling up paperwork for patients, taking calls on behalf of the physical therapist and setting up appointments. The variety in tasks means that physical therapy assistants must be good at a number of tasks other than the ones directly related to therapy.
There are quite a few excellent physical therapy assistant programs which can help you begin your career as a physical therapy assistant.
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Last week, Scott Tucker-owned Level 5 Motorsports announced the addition of Marino Franchitti to its driver lineup before this weekend’s Petit Le Mans race at Road Atlanta. Franchitti will join Tucker and fellow driver Luis Diaz in driving the No. 55 Microsoft Office-sponsored entry for the enduro, a 1,000-mile/10-hour race.
Franchitti is the latest addition to Tucker’s superteam of motorsports competitors, that’s established throughout the Level 5 Motorsports team’s three years of existence. Franchitti might be especially handy in driving the brand new Level 5 entry, a LMP2-class Honda Performance Development prototype developed in conjunction with Wirth Research. Prior to joining Level 5, Franchitti had raced essentially every iteration of HPD prototypes, like the original ARX-01a with Andretti Green Racing in 2007 and Highcroft’s 2010 ALMS championship winner ARX-01c as well as its ARX-01e, which took 2nd place overall at the 12 Hours of Sebring a few months ago. Franchitti this year is going to be seeking his 3rd consecutive Petit Le Mans class victory.
The elite Level 5 team started out when Tucker entered the world of professional motorsports in 2006 at 44. What he was lacking in experience he made up for in raw ability, quickly ascending the motorsports rankings. Early on, he joined up with Christophe Bouchut, an endurance racing expert, who acted as his mentor and co-driver. Bouchut is probably the most successful endurance drivers in the field and a past champion of the Rolex 24 at Daytona International Speedway, the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps. He has also won three Porsche Carrera Cup France championships, three FIA GT titles and an FFSA GT championship. He is the only triple FIA GT champion in history. Since the Level 5 Motorsports team began in 2008, Bouchut has co-driven with Tucker and been integral in the team’s success. With his wealth of experience and skill in controlled speed, Bouchut’s role as lead driver has allowed Tucker to develop his own skills, contributing to the depth of the Level 5 racing team. Within the 2010 season, Bouchut earned his 100th career victory.
Joao Barbosa, another Level 5 Motorsports standout started his racing career in his native Porto, Portugal nearly Three decades ago. He won back-to-back kart championships in 1988-1989 and went on to win the Portuguese Formula Ford championship in 1994 and the Italian Formula Alfa Boxter Championship in 1995. In 2001, he joined the Grand-Am Sports Car Series and competed in the GT class until he joined the Brumos Racing team in a Daytona prototype in 2006. After four seasons there, he joined Action Express Racing and won the Rolex 24 at Daytona in 2010. In 2010, he also made seven starts in the ALMS for Extreme Speed Motorsports in the GT2 class.
Luis Diaz, the 3rd part to this weekend’s Petit Le Mans bid, hails from Mexico City, Mexico. He ran in the Toyota Atlantic and Indy Lights Series from 1999-2003 prior to the move to Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series in 2004 when he co-drove the No. 1 car with former Champ Car competitor Scott Pruett for Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2007, he moved into the ALMS, driving an LMP2 Lola B06/43-Acura for Fernandez Racing. The pairing finished sixth in the LMP2 standings that year and won the class championship in 2009. Diaz made his Level 5 debut this year at the Rolex 24 at Daytona, an effective start to the season, and his LMP2 experience will likely be very helpful at Petit Le Mans using the new car.
Ryan Hunter-Reay has been off the grid for a lot of this year’s season as Tucker and crew have been centered on the ALMS and LMP2 class, but he has been an important reason for the Level 5 team’s overall success. He will be a regular in the IZOD IndyCar Series for Andretti Autosport, where he nabbed his second win at Iowa Speedway not too long ago. Hunter-Reay helped the No. 95 Level 5 Motorsports BMW Riley to a third-place finish in the 2010 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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