Accredited Training Programs & Courses for Physical Therapy Aide

In just a year, you can be ready to start your career in Physical Therapy and be ready to springboard into higher positions such as a Physical Therapy Assistant and Physical Therapist and make an ever higher salary. By the end of your program at SOCHi you will have built enough confidence and compassion to take on the Physical Therapy Industry by storm and help patients in the facilities you work in.

The practice of Physical Therapy grants both the patient and Physical Therapy Aide with peace of mind and gratitude. On one end, the patient is being relieved and worked through a process of healing from physical trauma and injury meanwhile the Physical Therapy Aide is filled with gratitude for being able to assist a patient.

Southern California Health Institute is here to promote these meaningful interactions and send you off into a rewarding career both financially and morally.

You’re probably wondering “What does a Physical Therapy Aide do?” Well, as you can guess the duties are broad since there are many ways to assist a patient on recovering depending on the type of injury or physical trauma they endured. This is all based on a case to case basis, but a Physical Therapy Aide should be able to do the following by the end of their training:

• Administer active or passive manual therapeutic exercises
• Instruct, motivate, safeguard, or assist patients practicing functional activities
• Perform regional therapeutic massage
• Schedule patient appointments with physical therapists and coordinate therapist schedules
• Observe patient’s during treatment to compile and evaluate date on patients responses and progress and report to physical therapist
• Secure patients into or onto therapy equipment
• Administer physical agents such as heat, light, sound, water, or electricity for rehabilitative purposes
• Confer with physical therapy staff to discuss and evaluate patient information for planning, modifying or coordinating treatment

The skills are learned through our extensive program that includes some of the classes listed below:

• Professional Ethics & Hygiene
• Anatomy
• Physiology
• Kinesiology for the Manual Therapist
• Pathology
• History, Theory of Physical & Manual Therapies

Helping others regain their strength and function as they recover from injuries or other painful conditions is a growing and rewarding occupation. Using exercise, evidence based interventions, and hands on manual therapy, you can assist patients in their journey to more optimum movement and daily activity.

As a PT aide, you will work as a support to the Physical Therapist or Rehabilitation Physician who will directly oversee and guide you in assisting with patient duties as well as overall office procedures. Here are some of the topics you will cover:

• Standard ethical practices and hygiene.
• Ethical practices taught include informed consent, right of refusal, confidentiality and personal, professional and legal boundaries.
• Human anatomy, physiology, kinesiology and how structure relates to function.
• Rules of etiquette, standards from the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
• Office practices and etiquette such as paperwork, phone screening, and medical records.
• CPR & first aid certification.
• Therapeutic exercise.
• Foundations of therapeutic massage.
• Transporting patients and much more!

Physical Therapy Aide graduates get the chance to work at many facilities that offer rehabilitative practices. Once on-site, PTA’s will get the opportunity to work under a Physical Therapist and assist them with clinical duties.

• Physical Therapy Offices
• Chiropractic Offices
• Outpatient Rehabilitation Centers
• Sports Medicine Facilities
• Medical Clinics
• Hospital

Physical Therapy Aide Program from SOCHi also have Massage Therapy training included in their program. With classes such as Deep Tissue Massage, Russian Sports Massage, Foundations of Therapeutic Massage Therapy, and many more; our PT Aide students have way more than just Physical Therapy skills under their belt. This advantage opens doors to higher salaries and more job openings once finished with your training session. If this is intriguing to you, you can even extend this advantage and enroll in a separate Massage program to extend your learning experience and accelerate towards a better career path working in some of the places listed below:

• Spas
• Hotels
• Resorts
• Rehab Clinics
• Fitness Centers
• Many more places where massage is offered!

As long as people are moving, there will always be a need for physical therapists and physical therapy aides to be around to assist when there are specific injuries.

With more and more people populating our country, this means that the need for physical therapy is rising! It’s quite simple, more people means more exercise and movement which leads to more injury which leads to more physical therapy.

The need for physical therapy is on the rise. The projected job growth for this industry is faster than average through the year 2022 at 22% or higher.

Often our graduates combine their skills and working in a rehab clinic under the direct guidance of a Physical Therapist, while also seeing clients in various massage settings other times to enhance their earnings overall.