{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/695842c7c4b2cc952cc66623/6aac61c28de3b43b6aa2ec78?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":" EP 815 ☕️ \"Is The PT Profession In Crisis? Your Questions Answered!\" [Coffee with Goughy]","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/695842c7c4b2cc952cc66623/1789681742475-0429842f-edbf-460d-92eb-fae93c11f570.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In Today's Episode, I Answer These Questions:</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why are PT clinics generating more revenue than ever while owners are taking home less money?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>How can a $2 million clinic be a worse business than a $1 million clinic</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>What is a respectable profit margin for a PT clinic in 2026—and how vulnerable is an owner operating at just 5–10%?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why should clinic owners pay themselves a $150,000 salary before calculating profit?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Are insurance companies really the problem, or are clinic owners using them as an excuse to maintain an outdated business model?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>How vulnerable is a clinic that still relies primarily on doctors and word of mouth for new patients?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why are clinic owners posting constantly on social media but still failing to generate predictable new patients?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Is the traditional insurance-based PT clinic genuinely dying—or is that just a provocative claim?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Is the inability to pay a great PT $150,000 actually a staffing problem—or a profitability problem?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why can one clinic pay exceptional PTs well and still make a 25% profit while another cannot afford an additional $10,000 in salary?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Is it true that nobody wants to work anymore—or have the expectations of employees and business owners simply changed?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>When does a difficult employee become a toxic employee, and how much can keeping the wrong person cost your clinic?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why do otherwise successful clinic owners tolerate toxic staff for so long?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>What should you do when your highest-producing PT is also the person poisoning your culture?</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Will AI genuinely allow PT clinics to operate with fewer employees—or is it all just industry hype?</li></ul>","author_name":"The Paul Gough"}