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Don't Get Left Behind
Using Football and Sports to Market Your Services
You can position your office as a resource for athletes of all ages and all types. This gives you instant and outstanding credibility.
Promote the fact that football and all athletics are improved through chiropractic care.
4 quick tips on what you can do now and 4 tips on how to implement them.

Ed Petty
12 hours ago3 min read


Improving Case Acceptance and Patient Follow-Through in Chiropractic Care
I have known chiropractors who did well with a 3-day onboarding process, as well as a 1-day process. We routinely monitor the following with our clients and discuss them monthly in our management meetings where we set up monthly strategies for improvement.
First Visits to New Patient Percent
Patient Visit Average (Retention – Visits/New Patients)
I want to highlight seven factors that are sometimes overlooked.

Ed Petty
Sep 23 min read


Hobby, Practice, Business. Which is it for You as a Chiropractic Doctor?
Then there are the entrepreneurial doctors, those who want to grow their practices beyond themselves. By setting goals and systematizing their procedures, it is possible to “scale,” or grow without a corresponding increase in overhead or ownership time.
Unfortunately, most doctors who work to scale their practices experience the Practice Roller Coaster. This is common, but after a while, the zest for practice gets hammered down so that practicing is no longer a hobby.

Ed Petty
Aug 263 min read


How to Prevent Your Chiropractic and Healthcare Practice from Eroding
In a business, it is common for procedures and processes to become abbreviated, overlooked, and dropped out. When this happens, the quality of the outcomes or products deteriorates. When quality decreases, the business begins a seemingly inexplicable downward spiral.
I call this Procedure Atrophy and cover it in my book, The Goal Driven Business. (page 164).

Ed Petty
Aug 192 min read


Does Your Intention Affect Your Chiropractic and Healthcare Outcomes?
your intention and attitude towards your patient have a direct effect on how well they improve. There are studies that demonstrate this, and I have provided a few citations at the link below.
People respond directly to the intention, thought, and compassion of a provider. (And their teams!)
In fact, some chiropractic techniques incorporate the doctor's intention as an essential part of their protocol.

Ed Petty
Aug 56 min read


Should Old Acquaintances Be Forgotten in Your Chiropractic and Healthcare Practice?
A practice is a network of relationships that's created and sustained through service and communication.
If you aren’t communicating with your patients – active and inactive - you won’t have much of a practice.

Ed Petty
Jul 224 min read


The Chiropractic Doctor Walked Away When I Asked, “Who is going to do it?”
A practice manager helps put in the systems – the standard operating procedures -- in place that allow all your internal and external marketing procedures to be effective. And not just marketing. Patient retention, patient services, patient reimbursement and so on. They take the load off of you, so you are not the bottleneck!

Ed Petty
Jul 152 min read


Should You Scale Your Chiropractic and Healthcare Practice?
Regular business growth is an arithmetic progression. Scaling is a type of growth that progresses geometrically over a specific period. It's not step-by-step growth.

Ed Petty
Jul 82 min read


Making Our Independence Count in Chiropractic and Natural Healthcare
We are free and independent -- and have been given the opportunity to grow our business and serve our communities. And this is what you and your team are doing.
To all of us here at Petty Michel & Associates, you, and your team, represent the American Spirit of 1776.

Ed Petty
Jun 302 min read


Your Brand: What Do You Stand For In Your Chiropractic and Healthcare Practice?
From a marketing standpoint, you must distinguish your health services as unique from comparable alternatives. If you just go along to get along, you run the risk of becoming a mishmash, an alloy, a blend that gets lost in the crowd

Ed Petty
Jun 173 min read


Extreme Ownership for Your Chiropractic and Healthcare Practice and Job
A few years ago, I participated in a community outreach project that provided education and other services to underprivileged children in Milwaukee.
My particular service was an athletic program for kids from 7 to 15 years old. Our class lasted an hour from 7 pm to 8 pm.
At the beginning of each class, I would bring up a word or a subject that we would discuss. For example, I might bring up the word "compassion," "courage," or even "study." There was one evening that remai

Ed Petty
May 203 min read


The Value Driven Chiropractic and Healthcare Practice
I call this being trapped, mostly unknowingly, in a Personality-Driven Practice.
It is hard to break out of this gerbil wheel.
Making the shift from personality driven to goal driven.
This is what we call a Goal Driven Business, which you should have after 4-6 years in practice. Unfortunately, most doctors get stuck in the hero role of the entrepreneur who still needs to command the daily operation.
The first step is to define your goals.

Ed Petty
May 133 min read


Motivated by Love
the more you are motivated by love, the more fearless & free your action will be - dalai lama

Ed Petty
May 121 min read


How Fast Case Management Can Improve Service and Retention in Your Chiropractic Healthcare Practice
In the end, everything we do is to help each patient reach their goal of better health. This is the ultimate goal of case management meeting

Ed Petty
Apr 82 min read


Mastering Your Skills in Your Chiropractic, Healthcare, and Service Business
Challenge yourself and your team to continue to master the skills of your profession. Always do this first before you worry about marketing.

Ed Petty
Apr 13 min read


Chiropractic or Healthcare Practice Stalled? Get a Trained Manager. Here is Proof.
Chiropractic healthcare and aesthetic practices that have managers provide better service and have greater revenue.

Ed Petty
Mar 254 min read


THE "NEW WILL OF THE WORLD," CHIROPRACTIC AND NATURAL HEALTH CARE
The New Will of the world encompasses major shifts in social values, including a desire for meaningful, purpose-driven work.

Ed Petty
Mar 43 min read


How to Avoid the Groundhog Day Syndrome in Chiropractic and Healthcare
Your chiropractic practice can sometimes experience Groundhog Day Syndrome. Is it time for a new game?

Ed Petty
Jan 283 min read


Creating Goal Driven Team Members in Chiropractic and Healthcare Practices
Seven simple procedures to help your team implement their individual goals achievement.

Ed Petty
Jan 142 min read


Why 2025 Could Be Your Best Year in Chiropractic Practice
A couple of factors in our recent national election can give natural healthcare business owners and entrepreneurs optimism for a better 2025

Ed Petty
Nov 12, 20244 min read
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