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It’s Time for PTs to Commandeer the National Spotlight

The I consider myself extremely fortunate to have found my particular career path, because I belong to a relatively small community of professionals who genuinely...

PT Residency Journey: The Beginning

Family, full time in the clinic, occasional side gig, self care, and now , residency. It’s not a workload for the faint of heart. Kristen...

Clinical Podcast: Building Autonomous Clinicians | Dr. Andrew Bennett

Co-owner and co-founder of TexPTS, Andrew Bennet, DPT, OCS, FAAOMPT, is an old friend of the podcast and of John and Mark, tracing all the...

Physical Therapy: More Than Just Stretches

A few months ago I was at a family dinner and my sister-in-law was moving gingerly and grimacing in pain. I asked what was wrong...

Clinical Podcast: Founding a One-On-One Clinic | Dr. Seth Peterson

On this week’s episode, Seth Peterson, PT, DPT, OCS, CSCS, FAAOMPT, joins Mark to discuss why and how Seth started his one-on-one, private practice clinic,...

Should We Really Fight the PTA and OTA Payment Reduction?

The rehab therapy industry is no stranger to payment cuts, especially at the hands of CMS. But what if we were to look at CMS...

Clinical Podcast: Treating the Thoracolumbar Junction for those with Hip Pain | Jeff Meadows

On today’s episode, Jeff Meadows, PT, DPT, OCS, COMT, FAAOMPT, joins Dr. John Childs and Dr. Mark Shepherd to discuss Jeff’s new research on the...

What’s Up with Therapists and Money

I’m on a mission. I want to get to the bottom of why therapists struggle to talk about their fees. When I mentor therapists, setting...

Bridging the PT Diversity Gap

This post was written with assistance from Dana Gundrum, WebPT’s Culture Captain. Earlier this month, WebPT made a lot of people on Facebook very, very...

You Hurt Because You Are Fat

That feeling hit me like a brick. That feeling I get when I’m asked to help a patient in the emergency department for constant unrelenting...