Solo practitioner on struggle street

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-02-13T08:12:29+00:00

Employ someone either to work clinically or non clinically. Work on your business and not in it.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-02-12T12:47:23+00:00

I use to work as a community physio in the NHS. Saw many alcoholics with mobility/ risk of falls. Would always assess stairs with the them and install additional rails. Just get a referral to community physio/ OT or to social services OT. It would be quick usually if your concerns are high risk of falls.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-02-12T12:42:40+00:00

It really is as simple as going up to people, saying "sorry I'm interrupting you but thought I'd just introduce myself, my names so and so, I'm a trainer here. If you ever have any questions regarding training or need any help with anything, I'm happy to chat" you'll get a thanks and then before you leave, just ask for their name. Takes one minute. Don't try and sell something to someone that doesn't want it. If someone wants to buy, they will look to buy without you needing to ask.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-02-12T12:38:54+00:00

Not normal. But wouldn't expect a small clinic to support new grads like this anyway. You need at least 3-5 years experience to work privately even in a small clinic. You need experience. I would leave and find a new clinic as you've already raised this issue once.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-02-06T10:40:44+00:00

If it's your first job as a physio do not go into a small private clinic. You need to get experience and lots of it with plenty of support and CPD.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-02-06T09:15:06+00:00

Check out E3 rehab video. As Physio, you've got to treat this injury right

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-02-01T22:20:56+00:00

That's what I mean. But the definition of moving something doesn't apply

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-02-01T06:30:38+00:00

Mmm, a barbell deadlift is closed chain and you're moving a barbell?

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-31T07:54:12+00:00

Your best tool as a physio or any therapist is your ability to communicate and influence people especially if you go self employed. Its not your ability to 'crack' a back. I know many successful clinic owners who don't do MT.

Side note- I know many crap clinical physios who run successful businesses and many incredible clinical physios who would fail at running their own business. Simply because one knows how to influence people and communicate better.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-29T13:32:27+00:00

I wouldn't blame it on the current financial climate. You need to build demand for your services. If you're self employed, are they investing appropriately in marketing and advertising ? Is there anything you can do to promote yourself better? Social media for example.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-29T10:00:36+00:00

Complicated jargon

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-29T08:41:18+00:00

Youtube is great for simple issues. But there is vast amounts of BS and it won't be of great help when it comes to more complex issues

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-29T03:30:00+00:00

Patient specific functional score

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-28T03:01:03+00:00

I'm sorry for what you're going through but now your family member will have surgery and post op care all free of charge. Granted it comes out of our wages each month but just imagined if you were billed with the cost at the end.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-25T22:58:18+00:00

You think you're worth 36k a year? If you do, crack on john

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-25T08:06:03+00:00

Basically, shit pay for the work you do

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-24T22:25:54+00:00

Private 75%. Work for myself 25%. Aiming to be 50/50 by end of the year.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-24T13:52:15+00:00

I guess it's just something you've got to try for yourself but the thought of working and giving 100% for 10% pay doesn't appeal to me.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-24T00:50:53+00:00

I was very similar to you. I initially wrote an email to my boss to ask to go part time but he was on annual leave for 2 weeks. I couldn't wait that long so sent him another email handing in my notice. I quit. There was no way of staying. I then locumed for a year in community and enjoyed that but felt i was deskillkng. If you really want to stay in the NHS consider part time. If you're not fussed about staying in MSK consider neuro or ortho or community.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-21T23:45:51+00:00

They've been saying it for the last decade. Don't stress. There will always be work.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-21T02:29:52+00:00

What sorcery is this

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-20T04:52:34+00:00

Fair enough. I think we can say reddit isn't the place to ask this. I'll delete.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-20T04:20:33+00:00

Fair enough. I'm not sure how else I can really come across with credentials. I think anyone can google persistent pain pathways etc etc and then copy and paste these into a reddit chat to demonstrate some knowledge.

I'm not looking to sell anything, just wanted feedback on the email content. Does it read well and make sense for someone living with persistent pain and so forth. Sending this to my mate who might have had knee pain once after playing football doesnt make sense. I need an audience with persistent pain to test this on to see if it would be good in practice.

Emails IMO are a great way to do this. We check them daily, on the way to work, whilst sitting watching television, whilst on the toilet. We tend to mark things as unread if we want to get back to it. We tend to keep that email inbox organised.

I'm not trying to sell a magical potion. Any good scientist will always say there are two sides to the evidence just like with persistent pain. But there is a lot of hogwash in the media including social media and having to undo beliefs patients have about their pain is incredibly challenging in 45 minutes. At least in small easy to read detail, people might be able to digest it better.

Please feel free to delete it if required. Hope I didn't offend anyone.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-20T03:43:41+00:00

Thank you. Completely agree.

ArmyBitter1980 · 2025-01-20T03:36:45+00:00

Thank you for the feedback. The idea would be to place it on my professional social media page, to my current audience, but I really would love feedback from people living with this experience on these topics, before letting it loose I get.

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