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The One Thing Filter: How to Make Better Decisions as Your Clinic Grows
Most clinic owners start with a simple goal.
Replace your job income. Take care of your family. Survive.
Once you hit that point, everything gets more complicated. You have more options, more people on your team, and more ...
What To Do With a Frustrating Employee In Your Clinic
Every clinic owner eventually runs into the same problem.
You hire someone who is great with patients. People like them. Outcomes are solid. But behind the scenes they are late on notes, ignore systems, and create friction for the rest of th...
Why Your Clinic Isn’t Getting Referrals (And How To Fix It)
Every week, people walk out of your clinic and silently decide what they are going to do next.
Tell friends you are amazing.
Say nothing.
Or quietly warn people away.
In this episode, Danny breaks down why most clinics live in that qu...
Big Ship or Small Boat: Are You in the Right Organization?
In this episode, Danny goes back to his Army days in Hawaii and tells a story that every frustrated clinician should hear.
It starts at Schofield Barracks. He was the only PT for a brigade of several thousand soldiers. There was another...
Four Lessons From 2025 for Cash-Based PT Owners
Every December, Danny sits down, looks back at the year, and asks a simple question. What did I actually learn?
This time, the answers hit on four big areas that matter for clinic owners: revenue dips, the rise of corporate cash clinics, the longe...
Visionary vs. Integrator: The Two Entrepreneur Types Running Cash Practices
Every cash-practice owner has strengths they lean on and weak spots that slow them down. Some founders are natural front-facing leaders — the people who generate ideas, get others excited, and pull in new business with e...
From Self-Doubt to Momentum: How Kim Took Her Practice From Rainmaker to Mastermind
Every cash practice owner remembers the early stage.
You’re excited.
You’re scared.
You’re grinding after work, taking patients on weekends, and trying to convince yourself you’re not crazy for believing this cou...
Money, Happiness, and the Race You’re Actually Running as a Clinic Owner
Every clinic owner has to deal with money.
You use it to pay your team, keep the doors open, take care of your family, and fund the future you’re trying to build. But the way you think about money and what you chase with i...
Gratitude as Fuel: How to Stay Sane When Your Cash Practice Feels “Slow”
If you’re in the early stages of building a cash-based practice, you already know this part is brutal.
You’re juggling a full-time job, seeing your own clients on nights and weekends, and trying to grow the thing fast enou...
The Real Momentum Equation: Why Hard Work Isn’t Enough in Your Cash PT Practice
Physical therapists pride themselves on connection. Rapport. Trust. Being fully present with the patient sitting in front of them.
But nothing kills that connection faster than staring at a computer instead of the pe...
Longevity and Cash PT: Why the Next Big Wave Is Built for You
If you’re paying attention, you can feel it:
People aren’t just talking about getting out of pain anymore.
They’re talking about living longer, staying sharper, and being strong and active deep into their 70s, 80s, and beyond.
That’...
3 Choices When You’re Thinking About Starting a Cash PT Clinic
If you’re a physical therapist kicking around the idea of starting your own cash practice, there’s a good chance you’ve been stuck in “research mode” for a while.
Podcasts, books, Instagram content, YouTube, talking to other owners—...