Working a job as a physical therapy assistant is such a great career. You get to work a long side a physical therapist and the patient. You’ll learn techniques that help patients to move their arms or legs or what ever they had injured or their illness caused to not work properly. Many physical therapists enjoy their work so much that they frequently go back to school to become a physical therapist so they can really work one-on-one with the patient. It’s said to be worth going back to school for the seven or eight more years you have to go through to become a physical therapist. On top of still really enjoying what you’ll be doing, you’ll get paid a lot more. It would a take a while to become a physical therapist since you won’t want to stop your job as a physical therapist assistant while you are becoming a physical therapist.