PelviBiz Podcast8:19 AM Dr. Kelly Alhooie, DPT 15 years in the clinic. Founder of OrthoPelvic PT. Creator of the LSR Method. Sold her 7-figure practice to go all-in on yours. Founder of PelviBiz. Author: PelviBiz
The PelviBiz Podcast is hosted by Dr. Kelly Alhooie pelvic health DPT, founder of OrthoPelvic Physical Therapy, and creator of the LSR Method. Kelly spent 15 years in the clinic building what most practitioners only dream about: a 7-figure cash-based practice she built from scratch and sold on her own terms. Now she goes all in every week on what it actually takes for healthcare providers especially women to build profitable, scalable practices without sacrificing their lives to do it. Business systems, marketing, mindset, cash-pay strategy, and real talk from someone who has already done it all. New episodes every week. Language: en Genres: Business, Careers, Entrepreneurship Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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PT Burnout: The Real Reason Has Nothing to Do With Your Patients
Episode 233
Saturday, 8 August, 2026
Every burnout conversation in physical therapy eventually lands on the same place — caseload size, compassion fatigue, the emotional weight of caring for people in pain. And those things are real. But they're not the root.The providers burning out fastest aren't burning out because of their patients. They're burning out because of the system wrapped around the patient relationship. The 15-minute visits that can't actually fix anything. The documentation that runs two hours past the last appointment. The reimbursement rates that haven't kept pace with the cost of staying in practice. The autonomy that got quietly handed over to an insurance company, a hospital system, or a clinic owner who controls your schedule, your caseload, and your ceiling.That's not compassion fatigue. That's a structural problem wearing a clinical mask.In this episode, Kelly breaks down the real drivers of PT burnout — the ones nobody names at continuing education conferences — and what actually changes when providers stop treating it as a personal resilience problem and start treating it as a business model problem. Because the solution to burnout isn't a meditation app or a lighter schedule. It's owning the structure you practice inside.This episode is for the provider who loves the work and is exhausted by everything surrounding it.












