Sports Physical Therapist
1,186 active US providers register Sports Physical Therapist as their primary taxonomy. That is 0.01% of every provider in the registry, and the 369th largest of 584 specialties with a page here.
- Taxonomy code
- 2251S0007X
- Grouping
- Respiratory, Developmental, Rehabilitative and Restorative Service Providers
- Classification
- Physical Therapist
- Specialization
- Sports
- Active providers
- 1,186
- States covered
- 50 of 51
What the code means
A licensed physical therapist, including but not limited to an individual who is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Physical Therapy, who has demonstrated specialized knowledge and skill in human anatomy and physiology, movement science, pathology and pathophysiology, medical and surgical intervention, and health and wellness, as well as rehabilitation/return to sports, management of acute injury/illness, medical and surgical consideration, injury prevention, and sports performance enhancement.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| California | 142 | |
| Texas | 136 | |
| Florida | 81 | |
| Colorado | 65 | |
| New York | 63 | |
| Ohio | 57 | |
| North Carolina | 57 | |
| Pennsylvania | 38 | |
| Massachusetts | 38 | |
| New Jersey | 37 | |
| Virginia | 34 | |
| Maryland | 30 | |
| Oregon | 29 | |
| Illinois | 27 | |
| Arizona | 27 |
Showing the 15 largest of 50 states with at least one.
Who registers under this code
961 of these are people and 225 are organisations, so 19% of the code is businesses rather than clinicians. Half of them had registered by 2017, and 344 registered in the last five years, 29% of the current population.
That is close to the pace of the registry as a whole.
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.
- HOUSTON, TX33
- NEW YORK, NY24
- BOULDER, CO20
- DURHAM, NC16
- LOS ANGELES, CA15
- PORTLAND, OR13
- AUSTIN, TX11
- CINCINNATI, OH10
- SAINT LOUIS, MO10
- PITTSBURGH, PA9
What else they list
Providers whose primary code is Sports Physical Therapist 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Physical Therapist | 181 | 15.3% |
| Orthopedic Physical Therapist | 178 | 15.0% |
| Athletic Trainer | 92 | 7.8% |
| Geriatric Physical Therapist | 14 | 1.2% |
| Pediatric Physical Therapist | 8 | 0.7% |
| Sports Medicine (Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) Physician | 8 | 0.7% |
| Massage Therapist | 7 | 0.6% |
| Neurology Physical Therapist | 7 | 0.6% |
Nearby specialties
Other taxonomies NUCC files under Physical Therapist.
- Neurology Physical Therapist1,217
- Geriatric Physical Therapist2,240
- Pediatric Physical Therapist7,523
- Orthopedic Physical Therapist12,428
- Physical Therapist293,966
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.