Physical & Occupational Therapy in Southport, NC

There are 64 licensed therapists registered in Southport. The two most common licence types are physical therapist (48) and occupational therapist (8).

That is roughly 16 providers per square mile of land area.

This is good news rather than bad if you live nearby: a concentration like this is what a regional cluster of practices looks like, and people travel to it from across the area. It does mean the list below is worth reading alongside the surrounding towns rather than on its own, since where someone registered an address and where their clients come from are two different things here.

Southport is the 93rd largest concentration in North Carolina by number of providers, accounting for 0.2% of the state total.

The largest single group is physical therapist, at 48 providers or 75% of the total. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training and scope, so the mix here partly reflects how North Carolina licenses its providers.

The mix here is unusually concentrated: physical therapist outnumber the next largest group by more than three to one. Licence titles vary between states for what is often similar training, so a lopsided mix usually says more about how North Carolina licenses its providers than about what is available to you.

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.