Our team is ready to root for you.
When we say “your goal is our goal” - we mean it. Everyone on our team at NCCPT is on your team, too. With decades of experience guiding us, we strive to hire the best physical therapists possible. We believe that PT’s should be both highly skilled and compassionate listeners, so you can benefit from the expertise and support you need to make what matters most happen.
Together, we’ve helped thousands of patients through quality physical therapy, innovative treatment, and listening well to everyone we work with. We can work with you and we can coordinate with your existing treatment team if you have one - including doctors, coaches, and personal trainers.
When you walk through our doors or connect with us in a telehealth appointment, you’ll see exactly what we’re talking about. And we can’t wait to meet you soon!
Meet the NC Center for Physical Therapy Family
Misty Pidgeon
PT, Founder / CEO / Clinical Director
Misty founded NC Center for Physical Therapy in 2010 to create a local, independent PT clinic that prioritized patients and their goals - choosing quality of care over quantity of care. With more than 3 decades of experience as a physical therapist, Misty holds multiple PT certifications and has led the clinic to win “Top Three Best PT’s in Durham” from ThreeBest Rated every year since 2017. Prior to running her practice, Misty was a skilled PT for Duke Medical Center, Durham Regional Home Health, Treyburn Rehab, and Carolina Meadows. She holds a bachelor’s of science in Allied Health / Physical Therapy from the University of Vermont.
Misty runs NC Center for Physical Therapy in partnership with her husband, Jeff, the clinic’s COO/CFO. They share this special business, a wonderful life, and four children (who aren’t quite “kids” anymore!).
Hunter
Senior PT, DPT, CSCS
Dr. Hunter earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) from East Carolina University and a BS in Kinesiology from James Madison University. Hunter has experience treating a wide variety of patients of all ages ranging from neurological to orthopedic conditions. Additionally, as a 5-year collegiate football player, Hunter has gained a passion for treating athletes. He has personal experiences of being sidelined due to injury and knows the importance of proper recovery and wellness to return to the playing field. He now enjoys working with runners, weightlifters, and athletes of all sports and ages to optimize performance and achieve an active and healthy lifestyle. His greatest joy is seeing patients achieve their goals and seeing them returning to the activities they love to do.
Hunter enjoys spending time with his wife, Kayla, his new son, and their GSP, Hazel. They enjoy being active, watching sports, and going to the beach.
Abby
DPT, Clinical Director
Dr. Abby earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from Walsh University in North Canton, Ohio. She also received a BS in biology with a minor in psychology from Walsh University. Abby has over a decade of experience working within the outpatient private practice setting and enjoys treating a wide rage of conditions including dizziness, headaches, neck pain, low back pain, and balance deficits. With a background of playing soccer throughout her college career, Abby also enjoys working with athletes of all ages.
Abby spends most of her free time with her family, but also enjoys attending concerts and going camping.
Kyle
DPT, Wellness Director
Dr. Kyle grew up in upstate New York where he studied Biology and Exercise Science and played basketball at St. Lawrence University. After moving to North Carolina in 2018, he earned his Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Elon University. As a 4-year collegiate basketball player, Kyle has a background rooted in athletics. He enjoys working with athletes of all ages, levels, and sports, helping them stay healthy and active. Kyle has experience treating patients with a diverse range of orthopedic conditions across multiple sports, with special interest in basketball, running, and golf. He has a passion for promoting his patient’s overall fitness, wellness, and longevity in the activities they enjoy. He is certified in dry needling and is a nutritional PT.
Kyle continues to enjoy playing basketball, weight lifting, and staying active outdoors. In his spare time you can find him exploring various breweries, restaurants, and beaches across NC with his wife, daughter, and son.
Allison
PT, DPT
Dr. Allison is a two-time Pirate, earning both her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) and Bachelor of Science in Exercise Physiology complemented by a minor in Nutrition from East Carolina University. Allison spent her clinical work committed to pursuing diverse experiences in patient care to include health coaching, treatment of orthopedic conditions, treatment of neurological conditions, and more! Dr. Allison is passionate about helping patients of all ages, from 9 to 99, overcome orthopedic issues such as neck pain, shoulder pain, and temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJ). She enjoys piecing together the puzzle of your symptoms and aims to create a personalized solution for each patient so that they are able to return to their favorite activities!
Allison spends her free time with friends and family. She enjoys traveling, reading, watching sports, and playing golf!
Mikala
Patient Care Manager
Mikala comes to us from Starbucks with over 10 years of management experience. She loves helping customers with a friendly smile and a warm greeting. While she is new to the medical field, her 15+ years of customer service experience has taught her that everyone benefits from compassion, the willingness to listen to others and a positive outlook. She left the fast pace of the service industry to focus on helping people and building community and she found the perfect place to do so: NC Center for Physical Therapy!
Jessie
Social Media Manager
Jessie is currently a student at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, majoring in Exercise Science and minoring in Digital arts. She works the magic behind the camera and is the office photographer. She has been doing photography since her sophomore year of high school and is now learning more techniques about photography in college. She is Jeff and Misty’s youngest daughter and has been helping out at the office since 2010. She used to clean, check patients in, and even count reps for their exercises. Now her tasks have slightly changed, while you may sometimes see her in the gym helping the PTs over her college breaks, she works more with updating the website and managing social media. Growing up in a PT clinic she has learned a lot about physical therapy and is considering going to PT school.
In her free time outside of classes Jessie is on the club water polo team and a member of the photography club. She also loves playing board games with her new friends she has made in college.
Jeff Pidgeon
Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operations Officer
Helping lead NC Center for Physical Therapy is our CFO/COO, Jeff Pidgeon. Jeff oversees the clinic’s financial and business affairs, strategic planning, human resources, building operations, information systems and security. Having spent more than a decade working in Corporate America, he brings an insight for optimizing operations to our work – ensuring our PTs are empowered to provide the best treatment to our patients, maximizing both time and resources for them.
Jeff is also Misty’s husband of 32 years. He fondly remembers writing a letter to her back in 1991, just as she was finishing her last clinical rotation of physical therapy school in Vermont. It read, “Wouldn’t it be great if we could open our own practice one day, where you’re the PT and I was the financial guy and did the computer stuff?”
Together, they did just that on November 15, 2010. Turns out, it is great.
A bit of the letter that Jeff wrote to Misty while she was finishing her final physical therapy clinical.
The Athlete’s Advantage: Greenville, NC branch!
Jennifer “JP”
Head Athletic Trainer, ATC, LAT, MS
The Athlete’s Advantage
JP is the Head Athletic Trainer and Clinical Director for The Athlete's Advantage in Greenville, NC. She has been a Board-Certified Athletic Trainer since 2017 after graduating from UNCW in 2017 then completing her Masters at Clemson University in 2019 where she focused her thesis study on Concussions in Youth Athletes. Her passion and experience is working with dedicated recreational athletes who don’t have as easy access to sports medicine care as professional and higher level athletes do. Her domains of practice include concussion evaluation and management as well as sport injury prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, immediate care, rehabilitation and reconditioning.
In her free time, she loves to do CrossFit, hang out with her husband, their two dogs and preparing to be a first time mom!