As a physical therapist assistant, one works to improve people's coordination and strength, as well as to heal them from injury and from the surgery that one might have gone through. Physical rehabilitation centers, hospitals, school athletic departments and sports clinic are some venues of the Physical therapy assistant colleges.

Training includes inter personal communication skills, kinesiology and physiology. Physiotherapy is a health care program that provides treatment to the individuals to develop restore and maintain maximum function and movement throughout life. It includes providing treatment to those people, who are incapable of doing any physical movement and activities due to some disease, injury, aging, or due to some environmental factors.

Physical therapy aims to maximize and identify the quality of movement, potential and prevention, treatment, promotion, and rehabilitation. It involves interaction between the patient, client, families, other welfare programs and physical therapist. Therapy assistant or the physical therapists itself give lectures in the Physical therapy assistant colleges.

The physical therapist goes through the patient's medical history and examines the patient before any diagnosis or treatment. Physical therapy has many specialists they include neurologic, orthopedic, pediatrics, and geriatrics. Physical therapy practices provided in many orders such as in inpatient rehabilitation facilities, skilled nursing facilities, outpatient clinics or offices, schools, research centers, hospitals, occupational and industrial work place etc.

The qualifications for the physical therapist vary from country to country, some countries require little formal education and some others require masters or doctoral degrees. Physical therapy assistant colleges prepares individuals to learn the skills and the treatment of physical therapy under the guidance of the physical therapist to train them how to use equipments, and how to conduct treatments after examining the patient's medical history and observe recovery in patients health after the treatment.

Some of the most popular and top colleges of physical therapy are, 1) academy for practical nursing and health occupation, this college is located in Florida in West Palm Beach and the college offers certificate of various programs and degrees related to the physical therapy assistant program. 2) Apollo collage, this college offers degree such as bachelor's degree, certificate program, and associate degree related with physical therapy assistant program. 3) ICDC collage and this college is situated in California, in Los Angles, this college offers degree of certificate program.

Forth is Greenville technical college, it is located in South California in Greenville, this college offers degree such as associate degree and certificate program. Fifth is Gateway community college, it is located in Arizona in Phoenix and the college provides both degrees such as associate degree and certificate program related to physical therapy assistant program. Sixth is Baker college, Muskegon, this college is in Michigan in Muskegon. It provides best programs for becoming a physical therapy assistant. Lastly, Oakton community college, it is in Illinois in Des Plaines and this college also offers associate degree and certificate program. There are many more colleges situated in other countries, which offers us the same education and various degrees.