Physical therapy can help you heal faster after surgery, illness or an accident by improving your mobility and quality of life. In many cases it allows you to avoid surgery or prescription drugs.

As highly trained professionals, physical therapists can teach you to prevent or manage musculoskeletal injuries, acute or chronic pain, limited motion or weakness so that you’ll receive long‐term health benefits.

Common problems that bring students to physical therapy include:

• Neck and back pain
• Sports‐related injuries
• Care after surgery
• Repetitive motion injuries
• Surgery

During your first visit, your physical therapist will evaluate you. They will identify the problem areas and determine a specific treatment program to help you move better, reduce pain, restore function and prevent disability. Your physical therapist can also help you prevent the loss of mobility and motion by developing a fitness‐ and wellness‐oriented program tailored to your specific needs.

An initial evaluation usually takes 60 minutes. Your physical therapist will schedule follow‐up visits of approximately 30-60 minutes as appropriate.

Please wear or bring clothing to each session to allow us to easily examine and treat your injured area.

Physical therapy can help you heal faster after surgery, illness or an accident by improving your mobility and quality of life. In many cases it allows you to avoid surgery or prescription drugs.

Physical therapy can help a variety of injuries and conditions, including:

• Sprain, strain or fracture of ankle or knee
• Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction
• Neck, back or shoulder pain
• Shoulder dislocation
• Surgery
• Wrist and hand repetitive use
• Other fractures, sprains or strains
• Plantar fasciitis

Generally, all currently enrolled fee-paying students at NC State are eliigble for physical therapy services at Campus Health. This includes Graduate, PhD, and Post-Doc students who are not enrolled in classroom courses but who are paying campus fees. We do accept referrals/prescriptions from Campus Health medical providers and from providers outside of NC State, however presciptions are not required.

We will bill each visit to your student account. The university‐sponsored health insurance plan covers 100% of the cost of physical therapy, but visit maximums still apply. Visit our Insurance and Charges page for the most current insurance information.

The Campus Health Center’s physical therapists were required to complete graduate degrees from accredited physical therapist programs before taking the national licensure examination that allows them to practice.

Our physical therapists have experience working with a wide variety of musculoskeletal and orthopedic conditions, which includes non-athletic and athletic type rehabilitation.  Our physical therapy staff have advanced clinical specializations and unique certifications that are of benefit to our patients.  These include Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialists (OCSs), Women’s Pelvic Health certifications, Certified Dry Needling Practitioners, and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists.