26+
Years in Practice
For Established US Physical Therapy Clinic Owners
Clinical Architecture · by Karen DeSimone, PT, DPT
From burnout to freedom in the clinic you already own.
I spent years working harder every year for the same shrinking reimbursement, watching good patients plateau inside a model that was never built to fully help them. So I built a different one.
A structured clinical model that produces better outcomes for your patients and predictable revenue for your practice, without more hours, more volume, or dropping your insurance contracts.
MGH IHP
Doctor of Physical Therapy
$2.5K to $6.2K
Added Revenue Per Patient
Since 2009
Built in Her Own Clinic
Your patients aren't failing. The system is.
The chronic spine patient who plateaus isn't a skill problem.
Most patients with chronic back pain have identifiable mechanical drivers. When the model only allows you to manage symptoms visit by visit, they plateau, they return, and eventually they get referred out, or give up.
It was never your clinical ability. It was that traditional PT was never structured to address the full picture.
The architecture
A structured spine program that runs alongside what you already do.
Freedom From Back Pain is an implementation system: protocols, pricing, communication, and operations, built inside a real clinic and proven with real patients. You keep your insurance credentialing. You keep your practice. You add a cash-based program on top.
Predictable outcomes. Predictable revenue.
Is this for you?
Built for clinic owners, not for everyone.
This is for you if…
- ✓ You own or run a PT clinic and treat back pain
- ✓ You watch chronic patients plateau or return
- ✓ You want a repeatable system, not more techniques
- ✓ You want to reduce insurance dependence without dropping it
This isn't for you if…
- × You're looking for a quick marketing trick
- × You want to overhaul your whole practice model
- × You aren't willing to implement a structured protocol
- × You're not the decision-maker in your clinic
The curriculum
Six modules. One complete system.
01
The Clinical Reframe
Identify the root drivers of chronic back pain and build a defensible path to measurable outcomes.
02
Patient Results Toolkit
The protocols and sequencing that deliver consistent results across your caseload.
03
Cash-Based Conversion
Pricing, communication, and enrollment that make the cash conversation feel clinically natural.
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I can now implement treatment programs that really work and help me earn more while working less.
Suzanne Clapham · PT Clinic Owner
Start here
Get the free Starter Framework.
The first step of the system: a clear, clinically grounded starting point you can use this week.
The structure is here. The tools are here. And Karen is here too.