Physical & Occupational Therapy in Santa Cruz, CA

There are 178 licensed therapists registered in Santa Cruz. The two most common licence types are physical therapist (98) and occupational therapist (43).

That is roughly 14 providers per square mile of land area.

For a rural service town this is the pattern you want to see. It also means the list below is probably the list for a wide area rather than for Santa Cruz alone, so the practical question is less whether there is anyone here than how far you are willing to drive and whether the practice you want takes appointments by video.

Santa Cruz is the 23rd largest concentration in California by number of providers, accounting for 0.7% of the state total.

No single licence type dominates here — physical therapist and occupational therapist are within reach of each other. For most common reasons to seek therapy, the distinction between those licences matters less than availability and cost.

Registered addresses are spread across 5 ZIP codes. The map above sizes each ZIP by how many providers are registered there — clustering usually follows medical districts and commercial corridors rather than population.

These counts come from the federal NPI registry. A provider appears here if they hold an active NPI with a practice address in this area — it does not mean they are currently accepting new clients, and the registry does not record insurance, fees or availability.