Mechanotherapist
2,149 active US providers register Mechanotherapist as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.02% of every provider in the registry, and the 283rd largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 172M00000X
- Grouping
- Other Service Providers
- Classification
- Mechanotherapist
- Active providers
- 2,149
- States covered
- 51 of 51
What the code means
A practitioner of mechanotherapy examines patients by verbal inquiry, examination of the musculoskeletal system by hand, and visual inspection and observation. In the treatment of patients, mechanotherapists employ the techniques of advised or supervised exercise; electrical neuromuscular stimulation; massage or manipulation; or air, water, heat, cold, sound, or infrared ray therapy.
Definition quoted verbatim from the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy code set, version 25.1. Not paraphrased.
Where they are
Counted by practice location, not by mailing address or by licence state. A provider practising across a state line is counted where they practise.
| State | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 433 | |
| Oregon | 254 | |
| Florida | 220 | |
| Ohio | 108 | |
| California | 108 | |
| New York | 105 | |
| Colorado | 90 | |
| Michigan | 72 | |
| Texas | 63 | |
| New Mexico | 58 | |
| Arizona | 46 | |
| Massachusetts | 44 | |
| Illinois | 39 | |
| Pennsylvania | 34 | |
| Georgia | 32 |
Showing the 15 largest of 51 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
1,957 of these are people and 192 are organisations, so 9% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2011, and 185 registered in the last five years, 9% of the current population.
That is a slow-growing code, which usually means an established field replacing retirements rather than expanding.
Where the practices are
By practice-location city. City counts are noisier than state counts, because a large employer files one address for many providers.
- SEATTLE, WA107
- PORTLAND, OR83
- VANCOUVER, WA31
- ALBUQUERQUE, NM30
- EUGENE, OR29
- MIAMI, FL25
- TUCSON, AZ24
- COLUMBUS, OH23
- SPOKANE, WA20
- TACOMA, WA20
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Mechanotherapist most often carry these secondary taxonomies as well. This is the closest thing the registry has to a map of which specialties overlap in practice, and it is not published anywhere else.
| Also listed | Providers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Massage Therapist | 44 | 2.0% |
| Reflexologist | 34 | 1.6% |
| Specialist | 16 | 0.7% |
| Acupuncturist | 11 | 0.5% |
| Health Educator | 11 | 0.5% |
| Nutrition Education Nutritionist | 6 | 0.3% |
| Health & Wellness Coach | 5 | 0.2% |
| Mental Health Counselor | 5 | 0.2% |
Looking up a specific provider
These counts come from the monthly NPPES file. To check one provider, use their NPI: the lookup reads the live registry and shows whether the identifier is still active, which the monthly file cannot tell you about the last few weeks.
Counts from npidata_pfile_20050523-20260712.csv, built 2026-08-09. Primary taxonomy only, deactivated identifiers excluded.