5 Tips for Self-Care When Life Gets Stressful
Liam Newlands Despite how good your time management skills are, there will be times when life gets stressful. During these times, it is important to maintain self-care so you can be there for others and reach your personal and professional goals.. So, here are some tips and strategies to make sure you are keeping yourself […]
Prepare for Your Future
Julie Medwid, Student Representative for the Private Practice Division of the CPA Do you feel prepared to apply for your first physiotherapy job? You may be thinking… I’m still a student, I don’t need to think about that yet Of course I am prepared, I get good grades and I am going to pass […]
New Graduates and Business Opportunity in the World of Physiotherapy
By: Jasmine Thorsteinson (MPT, BKin) New skills? Check. Master’s Degree? Check. Mentor? Check. Motivated? Check. New career…? Real world: Am I ready? The answer: without a doubt, YES! Background I graduated with a Kinesiology degree in 2013 and achieved my Masters of Physical Therapy in 2015 from the University of Manitoba. Coming from a family […]
How to boost your schedule with new physiotherapy patients
Does this scenario sound familiar… You’re investing money in physiotherapy marketing for your clinic but you’re currently struggling with getting more patients. Something just isn’t working. You may think you’ve got a marketing problem. But after owning hundreds of clinics and mentoring dozens of clinic owners, in my experience I’ve found marketing is rarely the […]
How to know whether your marketing is working or failing?
By Rick Lau, Healthcare Entrepreneur As physiotherapist business owners, we all know we need to market our businesses so we can keep up with the growing competition. After all, hiding away in the shadows is not going to bring new patients to the doors! But in my experience of working with hundreds of clinic owners […]
3 Reasons Your Patients are Disappearing (and How to Fix ’Em)
By Kylie McKee, WEBPT Oh, parting ways is such sweet sorrow. And that certainly holds true when a patient leaves his or her physiotherapist—particularly if that departure is premature. After all, patients who stick with physiotherapy typically experience high success rates. But, as any PT knows, patient success in therapy hinges on consistency in the plan […]
How to get referrals from doctors without spending lots of time and money?
By Sanjeev Bhatia, MBA, PT Acquiring doctor referrals can be a smart marketing tactic that reaps very profitable rewards for your clinic. In fact, once you get doctors on board you can see a never ending stream of new patient referrals coming your way. But when it comes to doctor referrals, most clinic owners or […]
Healthcare Consolidation: Be Curious, Not Judgmental
By Tanja Yardley Consolidation. Cue the dramatic background music and the darkening sky. To many, it’s a four letter word – spelled with 13 letters – that inspires visions of faceless corporations gobbling up helpless victims and leaving a wake of broken dreams. Like it or hate it, consolidation is an emerging market force in […]
Orthopaedic National Symposium
CALL FOR PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS The Orthopaedic Division of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association and The Canadian Academy of Manipulative Physiotherapy are pleased to announce The 2017 Orthopaedic National Symposium Friday, October 20th to Sunday October 22nd, 2017 at the London Convention Centre and Doubletree by Hilton, in London, Ontario, Canada. “Stronger Together” This year marks […]
How To Keep Your Front Desk Motivated Without Them Quitting On You
Rick Lau @thericklau So, you think you’re running a tight ship. The physiotherapy clinic is going along well and your staff seem to be happy, the culture is positive and the patients are happy. Until… One of your staff quits all of a sudden and the entire clinic culture falls apart. Not to mention, YOU […]