Dr. Stephanie Parker

Stephanie Parker has experience treating a wide range of orthopedic conditions and is dedicated to providing treatment plans pertinent to the individual. She is a certified athletic trainer and has experience working with athletes of all abilities from their moment of injury to their return to sport. She blends clinical reasoning, movement analysis, hands-on skills, and compassion to meet her patients where they are. Stephanie practices out of our Cary location.

Stephanie is from Greensboro, North Carolina. As a Tar Heel born and bred, she completed her undergraduate degree in Exercise and Sport Science-Athletic Training, with a minor in Neuroscience, at UNC Chapel Hill in 2019. She earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy degree from Campbell University in 2023.

As a certified athletic trainer and physical therapist, Stephanie has experience working with athletes across a variety of sports and skill levels. While at UNC, she completed semester-long rotations with UNC baseball, football, women’s soccer, and the swim team, which allowed her to understand the demands of each sport on the athlete and develop the skills necessary to return injured athletes to competition. After completing her bachelor’s degree, Stephanie worked with a research team at UNC investigating concussion culture among parents, coaches, and athletes in middle school sports. While at Campbell, she gained experience working with individuals with neurological conditions across the lifespan through their Neuro-Wellness clinic.

Stephanie played soccer growing up and for a long time, she viewed running as a form of punishment, not something to enjoy. She caught “the running bug” in college and has since grown an appreciation for the mental and physical challenges of the sport, having completed multiple 5ks and a half marathon. Outside of work, she enjoys early morning runs with her husband, hiking in the mountains, and exploring new coffee shops in the Triangle area. Stephanie had the opportunity to use her physical therapy skills on a medical mission trip with her church, serving a school for children with mental and physical impairments in Ghana.