IS IT WORTH BECOMING A PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT (PTA) 💭

[@aceerezzi772]

Hey, Physical Therapist Assistant here 👋🏼 Nice video.
I’ve been a PTA for 3 years in Texas. Currently work in a skilled nursing facility and absolutely love my career. PTA’s have so many options for work in different settings, I see joint replacements, amputees, spinal cord injuries, strokes, general muscular weakness, and countless neuro conditions! My work like balance is amazing in a SNF as we don’t have a set schedule and can come in at anytime we want. My day is typically 6:45 am to 2:30pm and I’m able to connect with family, workout, run errands, and invest my time in other ventures!
My salary currently is 80k a year and in Texas that’s more than enough to live comfortably without having to look for a side hustle, however the work like balance allows me to be able to work if I really needed to after my shift! Hopefully this helps anyone needing info.

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[@ljt570]

Hi, thank you for sharing. I m living in San Antonio Texas , I have been researching about PTA programs lately. What text books do you recommend for non-medical experience like me to study before applying for PTA programs ? Thanks

[@riotz8742]

Hey! Do you have an instagram or anything?

[@riotz8742]

I would love to contact you for further information! Planning to move to Texas to become a PTA but I heard career growth and finding a good job is hard now. And there are pay cuts.

[@pauld6243]

Hello there, I enjoyed your comment and had some questions and was curious if youd take some time and elaborate some information on PTA with me. I see a job opportunity and I have already been in the fitness field for over 10 years with college education. Hope you see this thanks! also great video to the guy who made it lol.

[@notarypublic6915]

Thank you needed to hear this!!!!! Appreciate your time.

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thank you for the helpful information.

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Nice sharing 👍1

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[@adriantuesta1012]

The issue with being a pta is no room for carrer advancment pta is a whole different thing than pt it would take about as much as you started from scratch 7 years to be a doctor of phyiscal thearpy and nurses make about as much as pt and have way less debt the amount of time it would take you to go from pta to pt is the same amount or so it would take to go from pta to nurse pratcioner and at least if you dont make to np as a nurse you will still make about as much as a pt

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Ok yes I understand the room for growth thing but Nurses, Rad Techs have crazy work hours and sometimes growth at work isn’t everything. If you have a family then being home everyday at 5pm & spending time with your family is what money could never buy.
I do understand nursing has way more opportunities which in the long run is way better.
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[@adriantuesta1012]

@@juanmotiva8s959 I am 20 years old man when you young and have not made alot of money you just think about the money espically if your a man

[@christinecollins5142]

Thanks so much for this video. My husband used to be a cable tech and go injured on the job. After 3 surgeries (an a need to change careers) he is thinking becoming a PTA. He said throughout all of his medical care the PTs and PTAs were the best - very kind and supportive, no matter what therapy center he went to. I love that you mentioned that this is a great job for work/life balance. Since this is a later in life career change (he's 50), advancement isn't a priority for him so I think this might be a good fit. I'm going to check out your radiology tech videos as well. That might be better for him is he ends up with a reduced range of motion after this is all done.

[@juanmotiva8s959]

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First off I’m sorry that your husband & your family had to go through those traumatic events… May GOD Continue to be with you 🙌🏽
Ok so PTA is a great career work work/Life balance.
I honestly wouldn’t recommend radiology for him because we a lot of heavy lifting in the hospital 🏥 environment but if he choose X-ray and works in an imaging center than it’s more possible but to be honest if I had the choice to re-choose my career I would have chose PTA.
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[@danielgedutis7751]

I’m 42 and considering this route myself. Was a personal trainer for about 7 months back in 2019, and failed at that because I couldn’t sell enough.
I figure with PTA the selling skill isn’t really necessary; hope not anyway. lol.
Been doing misc blue collar type work(warehouse, construction, delivery driving, mechanic) for over 20 years, and been unfulfilled a lot of the time.

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Yeah it’s definitely a great work/life balance career with good money potential 🙏🏽
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[@alejandrosandoval011]

Another great informative video Juan I Appreciate your videos a lot because you are always transparent. I was truly inspired by your video and have considered this career path. Now I am almost less than a year away from getting my bachelor's degree in Health Sciences. Is there a way that I can get into a program still or does that fulfill the requirements of becoming a PTA already through those 4 years

[@juanmotiva8s959]

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Ok bro it depends on your long term goal. If you want to become a Physical Therapist (PT) don’t waste your time on becoming a PTA go straight for PT you will get paid more and be more in charge.
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[@iamkevinhollis]

Hey brother, great video thank you for the content. I actually did the opposite, i started as a personal trainer. Worked 6 years at box gyms. I put that career on hold to go back to school. Starting a 2 year PTA program next month.
I was wondering, i know you mentioned PTA salary around 40-60k. I'm curious where you got that information or what state PTAs make that much? I live in San Diego, so from the information I gathered PTAs here make an average of 60-80k, some even as high as 6 figures depending how long theyve been in it. Anyways, great content bro keep it up!

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Ok so I live in Florida & I know a couple of PTA’s from what they have said to me they make between $30-35 hr. Which after 40 hrs a week = to $67K per year. You can make more if you do HomeHealth too.
California pays more because cost of living either way PTAs have great work/life balance.
Hope this helped bro ✊🏽

[@haileyfierce9540]

Is it true that physical therapy assistant are being phased out I can’t decide between pta and x ray tech and also was it hard to find a job as a x ray tech

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Ok so yes in a way they are trying to do that because they want all PTA to become full PTs but besides X-Ray look into … Dental 🦷 Hygienist, Laboratory Technologist & Eye Specialist all pay good and great work/life balance.
Hope this helped 🙏🏽

[@haileyfierce9540]

@@juanmotiva8s959 was it hard to find a job in x ray tech when you was a new grad

[@VuTang858]

PTA here in Cali. They are not phasing us out. Do you know how many of us there are? They will not make all of us jobless, not very good for the jobs statistics and there are not enough PT’s to cover what we do. Talks of phasing out has been ongoing and going nowhere. You’ll be fine.

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