You have to be smart enough to pass the exams and get your state certification. What also may be just, or even more important, is that you have a general interest in helping people get into better health. There is another option you can check out and that is to become a massage therapist or body worker. The best source on information on this is the AMTA: link provided.
Yes you have to attend at least two to two and a half years of schooling to earn a degree in physical therapy. Go to goto.everest.edu to find a school near you.
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you need to be smart.
physical therapist assistant
Well a message therapist uses messages to help you and a physical therapist uses physical exercises to help you.
can a physical therapist work with animals?
To become a physical therapist assistant, you are required to have an associate degree in physical therapist assisting. Licencing requirements vary from state to state.
Just apply, there are really no pre requirements for kinesiology or physical therapy, you learn all of that at the college you choose.
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a physical therapist must have a doctorate now
Physical therapists
you need to either be a physical therapist or a physician to own a PT company.
To earn your physical therapist certification, you must graduate from a physical therapy program accredited by the American Physical Therapy Association’s Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education. After graduation, you must pass the National Physical Therapist Examination.
"A physical therapist's assistant helps the physical therapist with patient care. They may supervise routines, instruct patients in how to preform exercises and other duties all under the supervision to the PT."