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April 27, 2023

The 6 BEST Physical Therapist Side Hustles

Jimmy and Tony Maritato In the interview, Jimmy and Tony discuss various side hustles that physical therapists can explore to potentially earn an additional $10,000 per month. They emphasize the importance of leveraging one's specialized knowledge and targeting specific niches. Some of the ideas mentioned include creating and selling digital products like courses, eBooks, or PDFs; offering consulting or coaching services to PTs, clinics, or other businesses; developing a niche blog, podcast, or ...
April 24, 2023

Building Relationships with an Online Business

Tara Tobias owns a cash-based neurologic physical therapy practice called Rehab HQ. She developed a Youtube Channel as a second business providing online tools to help people regain their mobility and independence. Her channel has over 100K subscribers with over 9 million views. Episode Takeaways The benefits of “the system” on your clinical skills and your time with patients Join Facebook groups related to conditions you treat Be the person who has the answer to a person’s questions Create vid...
April 20, 2023

The Evolution of Jimmy: Radio Broadcaster to Podcast Host & Scientific Storyteller

Jimmy recounts his remarkable career metamorphosis. From his beginnings as a rock radio broadcaster to his pursuit of a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree, and ultimately discovering his true passion as a podcast host and expert science communicator. Uncover how Jimmy's love for storytelling and his commitment to demystifying complex scientific ideas led to the creation of a thriving podcast that educates, captivates and motivates. Join us in unraveling the various stages of Jimmy's care...
April 17, 2023

Maximizing Success in College Sports through Interprofessional Collaboration

Bailey Lanser is the physical therapist and athletic trainer for the Wisconsin Badgers. She completed her Sports Residency at the Cleveland Clinic developing a passion for interprofessional collaborative care and building genuine relationships with treating athletes. She is here to discuss how to quantify athlete load across different levels of care. Episode Takeaways Quantifying load across different levels of care such as team coaches, strength coaches, physical therapy and athletic training ...
April 10, 2023

Make Your Passion An Actionable Business

David Meyer is a physical therapist and former MLB rehabilitation and medical coordinator. He is the author of his book Injured to Elite and host of the Beyond Zero Podcast. He has developed a mental approach to rehabilitation raising awareness to the mental side after injury. Episode Takeaways Pick your title that represents you, your work and your passion The philosophy of Ikigai and living your purpose Use an online digital space to create an additional source of revenue You are allowed to h...
April 6, 2023

Creating Content as a Clinician

ATI Physical Therapy Good PTs know that it's important to stay up to date on what's happening in their profession. With best practices from over 2.5 million care episodes, the team at ATI Physical Therapy is doing its part to make sure their clinicians are practicing at the top of their game. ATI is working hard to ensure their clinicians are driving the PT profession forward and going home happier. www.ATIPT.com Jackson Therapy Providing awesome adventures in patient care for physical thera...
April 3, 2023

Orthopaedic Residency and Fellowship Training, Is it Worth it?

Marlowe Banatao is a physical therapist who continued his training earning a board-certificate in orthopedics and becoming a fellow in manual therapy. He now teaches and mentors with the residency program at Kaiser Permanente in Northern California. He is here to discuss all topics related to professional development, residency, fellowship, and wine! Episode Takeaways The application process and acceptance process when applying to residency and fellowship Experiences going through an orthopaedi...
March 30, 2023

Remote Therapeutic Monitoring: What is it?

Matt Jurek is a travel physical therapist and on the road with his family treating as a #travelPT and exploring the country. Matt has dove into remote therapeutic monitoring as a way to be on the road and monitor patient progress remotely. He consults through his business Osprey RTM Solutions & Consulting to teach others how to integrate RTM into their clinics. Episode Takeaways What is remote therapeutic monitoring (RTM)? RTM consulting for your business to monitor compliance of patient care C...
March 20, 2023

Your Network is Your Net Worth

Josh Funk is the Founder and CEO of Rehab 2 Perform (R2P), a healthcare company that offers a fitness-focused approach to physical therapy. He is also a co-founder of the Rehab 2 Perform Academy, a continuing education platform with in-person, hybrid and on demand offerings for clinical and business education. Episode Takeaways Managing growth during the pandemic and beyond The demands as a healthcare CEO Programs within Rehab 2 Perform Developing your team through internship opportunities Thr...
March 13, 2023

How to Launch and Grow an Online Side Hustle

Matt Shiver is a physical therapist by trade that has dove head-first into the online business space. In PT school, he started an online coaching business called the Growth Accelerator and has grown to be able to travel while coaching clients online from his laptop. His business helps clinicians create online side hostels that turn into full time jobs. Episode Takeaways Learning online business 101 Content creation to provide value to your network Taking risks and trusting yourself How to get s...
March 6, 2023

Greg Lehman: Finding Common Ground with Your Patients

Greg Lehman is a physiotherapist and clinical educator out of Toronto, Canada. His goal is to educate the health and fitness professional world on movement optimism while improving clinical care within various healthcare professions through his platform Reconciling Biomechanics with Pain Science. Episode Takeaways How care, understanding and actively listen to your patients Your subjective exam is about building relationships Create expectations early in treatment Digging to find the simplicity...
March 2, 2023

How We SCAMMED 500 People Into Helping Us Change the World

At CSM in San Diego, we held an innovative way of transforming society. This inaugural event “PArTy with a Purpose” was generously hosted by the APTA Geriatrics, APTA Academy of Leadership and Innovation and the ATI Foundation. We had taken over The New Museum (a premier children’s museum) directly across the street from CSM. This event raised $30,000 which helped support three deserving organizations One More Wave - Empowering veterans to find healing through surfing. Providing wounded and dis...
Feb. 27, 2023

Travis Brown: How to get 1 Million Views on Reels

Travis Brown is a 100K+ creator, podcast editor, keynote speaker and coach taking hundreds of creators to having 10,000+ followers and millions of views. He created Podcast Buddy to help business owners launch, grow and monetize their podcasts. Episode Takeaways Go rival on reels How to start your first side hustle Grow your social media Save time on editing to expand your business Three Questions What upcoming life event are you excited about? Taking kids to Disney World What is the best thin...
Feb. 20, 2023

Derek Clewley: Misinformation in Research and Social Media

Derek Clewley is a physical therapist with recognition as a recognized as a fellow of AAOMPT, assistant director for Duke’s Center of Excellence in Manual and Manipulative Therapy, assistant professor in Orthopaedic surgery and educator at Evidence in Motion, and lately a researcher with interests in dry needling, manual therapy and pain science. Episode Takeaways Misinformation is not a good thing Duke’s Evidence-Based Practice Course Series Resources to find quality information… even in socia...
Feb. 13, 2023

Live From Sacred Heart University DPT Program

We went to Sacred Heart University Physical Therapy program and talked with great faculty and students. Episode featuring Kate Leiser PT, DPT, OCS, John DeNoyelles, PT, Jonny Owens, BS, MPT, Suzanne Rodriguez PT, DPT, MS, GCS, GTCCS
Feb. 8, 2023

How to Adopt New Technology

Sharif Zeid is a business director at MWTherapy working with practices and partners daily to help implement a higher level EMR and health IT. Episode Takeaways Working with an old-new idea and/or a new-new idea How to incorporate new ways of working into companies Adoption of self service to offload tasks in your company Maintenance tasks versus growth tasks 3 New Advancements in technology: automation, reporting analytics, self service Parting Shot “There’s evolution and there’s revolution, I...
Feb. 6, 2023

Chuck Thigpen with ATI Physical Therapy: The Cheat Code for Clinical Improvement

Chuck Thigpen is the Senior Vice President of Clinical Excellence overseeing clinical care delivery at ATI Physical Therapy as well as being involved in delivery of specialty services, incubator projects and research. ATI will join us this year’s APTA Combined Sections Meeting event Party With A Purpose to transform society by raising money to support 3 organizations - One More Wave, APTA Geriatrics Fund and the ATI Foundation. Episode Takeaways ATI committed to quality and elevating practice O...
Jan. 30, 2023

Lewis Lupowitz: The Use of Percussive Massage in Sports Physical Therapy

Lewis Lupowitz is a Certified-Sport Physical Therapist specializing in treating conditions of the shoulder, elbow and knee. He assists with care among local high schools, multiple collegiate programs and the New York Riptides. He has published and reviewed research for the International Journal of Sports Physical Therapy and has presented his evaluation methods and techniques at national conferences. Episode Takeaways What is sports physical therapy? Integrating vibration and percussion therapy...
Jan. 23, 2023

Long Term Benefits of Real Estate Investing

Yonas Tekeste: Long Term Benefits of Real Estate Investing Yonas Tekeste is a travel physical therapy and real estate investor. He has multiple side projects to build passive income in order to achieve financial freedom. He has a platform called Rate My Therapy Company which is an online review website to rate therapy facilities to improve transparency. Episode Takeaways Building real estate as a healthcare worker and how to get started Benefits of travel physical therapy Challenges of buying ...
Nov. 29, 2022

How does a physical therapist practice primary care?

Katie O’Bright is a physical therapist who is passionate about educating on the importance of primary care PT roles in a team-based setting. . She is the founder and owner of Redefine Health Education which is a live and on-demand continuing education ...
Nov. 21, 2022

What is Trauma-Informed Care?

Noa Goodman is a pelvic health physical therapist who specializes in Trauma-Informed Care for all ages, genders and abilities at UPMC Centers for Rehab Services. She practices and trains clinicians about Trauma-Informed Care and Gender-Affirming Physical Therapy including Transgender Care. She is Board Certified WCS and Board Certified Lymphedema Therapist (LANA). Episode Takeaways Defining Trauma-Informed and Gender-Affirming Care Post-operative treatment for non-cisgender men Recent research ...
Nov. 18, 2022

What Does an ER Physical Therapist do?

Megan Mitchell is a physical therapist in the Emergency Department at Denver Health Medical Center. She is part of the emergency management team is on the front and responds to chemical, biological, nuclear, radiologic, and explosive events (CBRNE) that occur near the hospital. She also wrote the role of physical therapists involved in mass casualty events, teaches at the University of Colorado, and volunteers for the Community Emergency Response Team and Disaster REsponder with Team Rubicon USA...
Nov. 17, 2022

What is Assistive Technology in Physical Therapy?

Maria Jones is passionate about the use of assistive technology and supporting access and inclusion for people with disabilities. She loves trying to figure out ways to adapt environments to welcome people of all abilities. As a program director and educator at Oklahoma City University's Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, she now encourages future generations of physical therapists to understand the impact they can make in the lives of others.