From Mount Everest to Building One of the UK’s Largest Physio Groups | Tim Allardyce #47

 In this episode of The Business of a Clinic, Jared speaks with Tim Allardyce, UK-based physiotherapist, osteopath, founder of Surrey Physio Group, and clinical director of Rehab My Patient.Tim’s story moves from private practice and clinic ownership to software, AI, property, NHS work, and most recently, summiting Mount Everest. He shares how a chance meeting with a Sherpa in Scotland planted the idea of Everest, why it took years of preparation, and what climbing at altitude teaches about discipline, resilience, and preparation.The conversation then moves into the business of MSK. Tim explains how he started his first clinic after failing to find the right job, why his entrepreneurial mindset began long before healthcare, and what it really feels like to build, buy, grow, and survive clinics over time.Jared and Tim discuss the hard parts of clinic ownership: landlords, leases, staff betrayal, sleepless nights, buying property, building senior teams, and learning how to move from doing everything yourself to building infrastructure that can scale.They also go deep on technology and AI in physiotherapy. Tim explains how Rehab My Patient evolved into an AI-powered exercise prescription platform, where AI is genuinely useful today, where the hype gets ahead of reality, and why private practice physiotherapy is still fundamentally safe because patients still want human care, human touch, and human judgement.In this episodeHow Tim went from physiotherapist to clinic ownerThe story behind summiting Mount EverestWhy Everest takes years of preparationStarting a clinic after failed job applicationsThe mindset behind becoming the bossThe realities of buying and growing clinicsLandlords, leases, property, and clinic ownership riskWhy Tim started buying clinic premisesMoving from chaos to stability as a clinic ownerWhy “it’s always something” in healthcare businessBuilding a senior team that reduces founder stressHiring the right managers and trusting the right peopleThe rise of private equity in physiotherapyBuilding Rehab My PatientAI-powered exercise prescriptionWhere AI is useful in physiotherapy todayWhy AI still needs human checkingThe risks of AI receptionists and broken booking flowsWhy private practice physio is not being replaced by AIWhat Tim would do differently if he started againKey ideaClinic growth is not just about more sites, more patients, or more technology. It is about resilience, infrastructure, people, property, systems, and knowing where human care still matters most.About the showThe Business of a Clinic explores how private healthcare clinics can grow by improving patient relationships, patient engagement, clinic operations, retention, follow-up, commercial systems, and the overall patient experience.