From New York Taxi Driver to UK Osteopath

Osteopathy changes people's lives. In today’s episode of the Osteobizness podcast discover how to grow your practice, connect with your community and engage your patients as experienced Osteopath and international practice owner Jody Jakob joins the show to share his wealth of knowledge from treating over 40,000 patients. Clinic not working perfectly? Book a free chat with Gilly to find out how to fix it! bit.ly/osteobizchatKEY TAKEAWAYS When you first launch a practice it’s only your friends that come for treatment but if you work at it and market yourself and the service you provide, people will start to come.Connecting your clinic to the local community is essential to building your network and growing your patient numbers. Often people don’t know who to go to but if you’re a pillar in your community it will become the go-to practice for patients to find a solution for their pain.Osteopathy will continue to develop and have a larger part to play with the whole body with treatment for the heart and head. Osteopathy is more than what you can do with your hands, it’s also about what you say and how you interact with them to find the key to solving their problem.BEST MOMENTS “I wanted to be an Osteopath because I wanted to help people”“I opened the first Osteopathic clinic in Cascais and both the Portuguese and British started to come”“Do what you love and talk to people about your work because you are changing peoples lives”“We don’t cure people, we help to make people better and patient engagement is the key”“Osteopaths help patients on lots of different levels”VALUABLE RESOURCESThe Osteobiz mastermindwww.osteobiz.as.me/consultationwww.osteobiz.comCONTACT METHODhttps://www.instagram.com/gillywoodhouse/[email protected]://business.facebook.com/Osteobiz/ABOUT THE HOSTSince 2013, Gilly Woodhouse has been inspiring and developing Osteopaths, other healthcare professionals and their clinics. With a wealth of entrepreneurial skills gained over a lifetime of creating businesses from scratch both in the UK and abroad, Gilly shares these experiences as well as illustrating how her clients have vastly improved their practices by streamlining operations and improving their marketing skills. The Osteobiz team of six now comprises Osteopath clinic owners or members of an Osteo family and together support over 100 worldwide clinic owners.Topics covered are marketing, operations, team management, legacy and exit strategy, operating procedures, gold standard patient care, tech support, boundaries and so much more.ABOUT THE GUESTBorn and raised in New York City, Jody Jakob finished university in the United States and went to London, U.K. to study at the British School of Osteopathy. For 12 years Jody worked at a prestigious medical clinic in Cascais, before setting up "Saúde Integral". More than 40.000 patients treated over the years make an impressive curriculum of experience and success. After moving to Portugal Jody immediately set up practice at the Estoril Sol Hotel, and started to attend patients. Over the past 10 tears, Jody has tutored and mentored many young Osteopathy students and lectured and promoted workshops for both Osteopaths and other health care providers.